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Post by Riverman on Apr 26, 2018 22:04:29 GMT
I absolutely loved this album. Managed to find it on CD recently and saw them live for the first time, as they’re now performing together again. Just wonderful.
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Post by scorpiodog on Apr 26, 2018 22:51:17 GMT
I absolutely loved this album. Managed to find it on CD recently and saw them live for the first time, as they’re now performing together again. Just wonderful. Oh yes, Riverman. I very nearly chose this myself. I still listen to this album regularly and I bought it in about 1972. And again in the early 2000s on cd. Every track is a gem. I even learned to play some of the songs. Not quite the same as Tir Na Nog, though. Much simplified.
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Post by lavaman on Apr 26, 2018 22:54:17 GMT
Ti Na Nog Saw them many times in Plymouth and the south west in the 1970s. Brilliant duo. Their most memorable concert for me was at an upstairs room in a pub in Newquay during the summer of 1972. We were queuing to get into the venue and Tir Na Nog were selling tickets at the door. Two girls in front of us asked Leo and Sonny if Tir Na Nog were any good and if were they worth the admission fee of £1 or whatever it was. They assured the girls that it was worth a punt and gave then seats in the front row. The look on the girls' faces when Tir Na Nog came on stage was priceless. Have a listen to "Time Is Like A Promise"
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 26, 2018 23:06:10 GMT
Nice harmonies, and nice Harmonys.
Keith
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Post by Riverman on Apr 26, 2018 23:22:43 GMT
This was one of my favourite songs from when I saw them live. Not sure if there’s a studio recording; it definitely wasn’t on either of their first two albums.
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Post by scorpiodog on Apr 27, 2018 6:57:11 GMT
Splendid, that, Riverman. Looks like time kept its promise. They really don’t look too bad after all these years. The distinctive guitar playing is still there, too, albeit under a Latin disguise in that vid. I only have the one album and I must get more, I think.
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Post by earthbalm on Apr 27, 2018 7:36:42 GMT
Ti Na Nog Saw them many times in Plymouth and the south west in the 1970s. Brilliant duo. Their most memorable concert for me was at an upstairs room in a pub in Newquay during the summer of 1972. We were queuing to get into the venue and Tir Na Nog were selling tickets at the door. Two girls in front of us asked Leo and Sonny if Tir Na Nog were any good and if were they worth the admission fee of £1 or whatever it was. They assured the girls that it was worth a punt and gave then seats in the front row. The look on the girls' faces when Tir Na Nog came on stage was priceless. Have a listen to "Time Is Like A Promise" Fantastic voices. Thanks for posting. Dale
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Post by walkingdecay on Apr 27, 2018 8:34:24 GMT
These are never far from my record and CD players:
The Pizza Tapes - Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice and David Grisman (and every other album by Garcia and Grisman, not so much Rice. Mature musicians with a complete understanding of their craft and of each other as musicians.) Reckoning: The Grateful Dead Whiskey Before Breakfast: Norman Blake (and every other album by Norman and Nancy) Doc Watson On Stage Flatt and Scruggs At Carnegie Hall Bluegrass Instrumentals: Bill Monroe (Special mention for Live At Mechanics Hall. Vintage Bluegrass Boys line up with Bill Keith.) Dobro: Mike Auldridge Django Reinhardt Anthology John Hartford: Morning Bugle
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Post by jonnymosco on Apr 27, 2018 8:54:21 GMT
Glad this has been revived, missed it first time round.
So many to choose from - I'll post this one first.
"Snap a Little Owl" by John Renbourn and Stefan Grosmman. Huge influence on me back in the day and I still play some of the tunes.
Here's the title track.
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Post by Welshruss on Apr 28, 2018 2:50:27 GMT
Here’s a few of my faves: Kelly Joe Phelps - Shine Eyed Mr Zen Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane Townes Van Zandt - Live At No Quarter Jack Rose - Kensington Blues Jeff Lang - Hall Seas Over Nick Drake - Pink Moon
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Post by andyhowell on Apr 30, 2018 19:52:04 GMT
Not a bad choice that :-)
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Post by andyhowell on Apr 30, 2018 19:52:38 GMT
I'm not sure if this qualifies in the context of this thread but......MILES DAVIS 'Kind of Blue'. Vic Well, it is acoustic so I'd vote for it.
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Post by andyhowell on Apr 30, 2018 19:55:23 GMT
The Long Road Home — Darrell Scott Memories and Moments — Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott
Both on almost continuous play at the moment.
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Post by delb0y on May 9, 2018 19:33:07 GMT
Driving home today I listened to the first four John Prine albums. They're all good - but that very first one... Wow!
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Post by martinrowe on May 9, 2018 20:31:37 GMT
I bought a lot from second hand shops in the early days. You could find some interesting records, take a chance, and didn't lose much if you made a bad choice. I'd heard of Folkways so 'The Best of Dave Van Ronk' for, I think, something like 40p seemed a good bet at the time. I seemed to choose it a lot (the real test) when I was looking for something to put on the record player. It had loads of songs and therefore, in my view, was good value, and I really liked his singing as well as the variations in his guitar playing. This sort of stuff opened up new food for the imagination, songs about bedbugs and the, mysterious to me, IRT - you couldn't look that up on google in those days. Looking back, this was the first time I heard Hesitation Blues, Duncan and Brady, and Just a Closer Walk with Thee - still have very fond memories of that LP - it was interesting. I also bought, new but cheap, another that I seemed to play a lot: it had Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on one side and acoustic Lightnin Hopkins on the other, with a couple of tracks with all three playing at the same time. This was fascinating, they would sing, there would be guitar runs and harmonica playing between the singing and both guitarists seemed to be making the breaks up as they went along, Then there was Sonny Terry doing the same with the harmonica - so interesting, there always seemed to be something different happening. I didn't know much music theory at the time and couldn't really play more than a few first position chords so what they were doing seemed like magic.
Back in those days I sort of knew that I was probably one of the few who had that LP in Plymouth - how else would you hear it unless you, or someone you knew, bought it? Music is much more accessible today - better in some ways because you can find anything, but a bit of the mystique seems to have gone. Hey ho, must be getting old - as the choice probably shows.
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