3 posts tagged “music”
Our bluegrass band, the Saggy Bottom Boys, had our debut gig last night as the support act for Irish supergroup, Lunasa. Check us out here!
http://web.mac.com/janattkins/iWeb/Folk%20Festival/Saturday.html
Man, it's been a while since I last posted an entry. Such is life right now and I miss the socialising on Vox.
Anyway, I'm just back from a great night of playing music at Pirnmill Village Hall on the other side of the island. Just a few folk, seven in total, and an array of acoustic instruments and it was truly a wonderful night. I knew that there was a lively music scene on the island before we moved here, but it's taken me a while to figure it out and become part of it. It's finally beginning to happen though and the scene is getting better than it ever was. It's a great time for music on the island and hopfeully I'll be able to expand my business in this area. I do stock some guitar strings and Tortis picks, but I should like to expand a bit into fiddle and mandolin strings, maybe banjo, more picks and that sort of thing.
My accompaniment is starting to sound quite good and I'm getting a bit better at using the capo so that I can play different chord voicings from the other players. And I'm enjoying playing the mandolin a lot now too.
There's a folk night every Tuesday, also on the other side of the island, and the Saturday thing is every other week. It's the same people that go to both so I'm really getting to know them and to feel comfortable playing with them. And it can only get better :)
Music-wise, what was the first 45, single or download you bought?
Submitted by Paddy Melt Wagon.
The first single I bought was a double A side by the Specials in 1981: Ghost Town [YouTube] and Rat Race [YouTube]. I got it by using tokens from crisp packets. I think the deal was that you could get any top 10 single and I'm not sure that I knew what that meant at the time so just bought the number 1 single. It was most definitely a good choice as both tracks have aged very well, Ghost Town in particular (great song). I was 9.
[UK Top 40 - 11 July 1981] (Don't you just love the Internet!)
| 1 | Specials | Ghost Town | ||
| 2 | Michael Jackson | One Day In Your Life | ||
| 3 | Bad Manners | Can Can | ||
| 4 | Starsound | Stars On 45 (Volume 2) | ||
| 5 | Odyssey | Going Back To My Roots | ||
| 6 | Imagination | Body Talk | ||
| 7 | Elaine Paige | Memory | ||
| 8 | Smokey Robinson | Being With You | ||
| 9 | Bob Marley | No Woman No Cry | ||
| 10 | Tom Tom Club | Wordy Rappinghood |
The first single that I remember buying from a shop would be And She Was by Talking Heads. February 1986. I think I got given the money on the day of my grandmother's funeral and I went up to Woolies and bought it. Yep, I actually kept a diary at that time and I just confirmed that it was 24 February. Apparently I also bought Huey Lewis and the News (I'd forgotten about that - I think it was the album, Fore) and Billy Ocean was at Number 1 (with When the Going Gets Tough I would imagine).
Ah, but I just remembered another single I had, a 12" this time - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home [YouTube]. Seemingly it was out in August 1985 so that comes before the Talking Heads track. I'll keep the Heads' track and info there though, since I've already researched it!
But now I really must get some work done. Damn you, QoTD!
