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- Subject: Re: Rejoice, and Velvet reels
- Message-ID: <OLSON.92Nov24000706@husc8.harvard.edu>
- From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there)
- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:07:06
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- In-reply-to: DPERRY@eagle.wesleyan.edu's message of 23 Nov 92 16:57:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.125755.460@news.wesleyan.edu> DPERRY@eagle.wesleyan.edu (DAVID M. PERRY) writes:
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- >In <OLSON.92Nov22223436@husc8.harvard.edu> olson@husc8.harvard.edu writes:
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- [why am I quoting myself? Because I'm an egocentric jerk, that's why :-) ]
- >
- >> "A bodhran, anyway, is a hand-held drum about the same proportions as a
- >> tambourine, only somewhat larger. You hold it by the two crossed struts
- >> in back, and hit it with a short two-ended beater. A really nifty bass
- >> sound, and you can do some really nifty rhythms with it. Most Irish/Celtic
- >> bands use one at least occasionally."
- >>
- >"By the way," inserts Jack Crow, "it was first developed (according to a folk
- >music teacher of mine) by the drummer for "the Chieftans" about thirty years
- >ago. The drum was around as a message drum or for ceremony type stuff, but the
- >Chieftan drummer developed the style. They have tenor bodhrans as well."
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- "Really? That's interesting... I've seen the Chieftains twice; they're about
- the foremost Irish traditional band. Kevin Conneff is the drummer's name; he
- also sings. If you want a good intro to the sort of stuff they do, pick up
- "An Irish Evening" which was released this year... has guest performances
- by Nanci Griffith and, of all people, Roger Daltrey."
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- --
- -Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
- "These are the days you might fill with laughter until you break. These days
- you might feel a shaft of light make its way across your face... And when you
- do you'll know how it was meant to be..." -10,000 Maniacs, "These Are Days"
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