More Traditional Music Stuff...
Here's another Morris tune. Red Tail Morris does a really nice hanky dance to this one.
A nice Irish tune, albeit a little ubiquitous.
Thanks to Mr. John Messenger for putting a name and history to this fine English Country Dance tune. It is known variously as 'Enrico' or 'Jacob' and was a favorite of Thomas Hardy, the poet/writer. .
This is an english country dance tune from John Playford's The English Dancing Master. My interpretation is, as always, wildly inappropriate. Oh well.
I know that a 'velocipede' is a bicycle, but what's a 'gallopede?' A horse? Hmmm....
I think this is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written. I like to listen to it and remember past times, and old friends.
These two tunes work together very nicely. This duo of tunes come from an old Fairport Convention album, though the arrangement is my own.
Combrogi call is actually a tune that I wrote. Waltz in Five is a traditional french tune. If you want to know more about it, look on the Original Compositions page for the same arrangement.
Here's two morris tunes that go together nicely. When I heard Ring o' Bells for the first time, I thought it was a really dumb tune. But when I listened, I realized that it's not dumb at all... merely simple. Getting Upstairs is something I have to do whenever I leave the cavernous cellar that houses my computer, my library, and about a hundred spiders.
Back in the days when Bruno was playing at the San Francisco Brewing Company, we used to play this morris tune. I've always liked the tune... I have no idea why we stopped playing it. Bruno just might associate this tune with the incredibly horrendous hangovers we used to get after drinking Emperor Norton Dark Ale. That would explain it, I suppose...
This is a sweet tune. I wrote a morris dance for it (with the help of my wife, Sue, and our friend Marz) for Red Tail Morris. The dance is really cool. Wanna see it? Here, I'll dance it for you.....
Isn't that cool? I especially like the part where it goes..... Sue and Marz came up with that part.
All right, what's so special about the 29th of May? I could see writing a tune and dance about the 29th of February, seeing as it only happens every four years. But '29th of May?' Forget it. It just doesn't make sense.
Nice tune though.
is a fine irish tune. I kinda like the sentiment of the title, too.
An annoying tune for an annoying dance. For some reason I like it anyway.
In the time of the English Renaissance, Bobbing Day was the day of a childs first haircut. I don't know whether this has anything to do with the name of this english tune (and dance), but it gave me the opportunity to display knowledge of an obscure and otherwise useless piece of information. For some reason, I don't feel knowledgeable for it though... just kind of dorky. Oh well.
This is another old Fairport Convention tune. It's kind of creepy. I like it. When my friend Brian Dal'Armi plays it, he walks around like an extra in The Night Of The Living Dead. Considering the color of the tune, it kind of makes sense.
A typically simple English tune for a typically simple English country dance. Both are fun, though.
My friend Wil likes to play this tune for rednecks when they ask him to play 'Dixie.' It was an anthem of the Union army during the American civil war.