Tag Archives: Johnny Cash

Music Influences and Inspirations

Apr 15, 2015 Articles Angelo Branduardi, Black 47, Bryan Bowers, Cat Stevens, Ceann, Christy Moore, Clandestine, Clannad, David Garza, Ed Miller, Elvis Presley, Enya, Fabrizio de Andre, influences, Jackopierce, Johnny Cash, Joni Minstrel, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, The Corries, The Irish Balladeers, The Wolfe Tones, Weird Al Yankovic

I found this old blog post in html format on my website. I thought I’d reshare it now. It already seems a little out-dated, but oh well. I’m not entirely sure when this podcast was first published.. As you may have realized by my strange pick of instruments, the autoharp, I was late bloomer to […]

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New This Week: Kickstarter Launched, New Celtic Video and CDs, Plus Celtic Christmas?

May 9, 2014 News Celtic CDs, Firefly, Johnny Cash, Pepper Place Farmer's Market, podcasting, Scruffy Murphy's, Starfest, The Stubby Shillelaghs, Walk the Line

I spent most of this week playing catch up from my weekend at StarFest. When I go away for a weekend, not only do I often leave things a minor wreck, it takes me a few days to recoup. This past weekend was a bit worse because I also got a stomach bug at the […]

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Hobbit CD Collaborator Profile: Laurent Leemans

Dec 12, 2011 Articles, News Belgium, Black Is the Colour, Brendan Perry, Captives On The Carrousel, Carabett, Ceili Moss, collaborators, Folgazán, Gunn Runners, hobbit drinking songs, Jen Gloeckner, Jessica Kilroy, Johnny Cash, La Vierge du chancelier Rolin, Laurent Leemans, Let's Get Drunk Tonite, Marieke Lightband, Michael Gira, Old Dun Cow, Pterodactyl Plains, Wovenhand

There were sooo many great musicians who recorded on Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits. I emailed these folks and asked them a few questions. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Laurent Leemans, aged 40, 3 lovely daughters (the only thing I love more than making music), librarian because music is […]

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A Cat Named Rover (Lyrics, parody of Gypsy Rover)

Dec 5, 2004 Song Lyrics & Poetry A Boy Named Sue, A Cat Named Rover, cat song lyrics, Gypsy Rover, Johnny Cash

by Marc Gunn, December 3, 2004 A parody of the Irish folk song, “Gypsy Rover” for my upcoming Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. It was inspired in part by Johnny Cash’s song, “A Boy Named Sue” and tells the story of a female cat who runs off with a tough cat named Rover. […]

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