I was dreaming rather heavily when I woke up this morning. I don’t remember exactly what I was dreaming about, but I woke thinking about playing music on a weekly basis in Austin. Austin is a peculiar place. It bills itself as the Live Music Capitol of the World. So the city is flooded with […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Pub Songs #18: Interview With a Pirate, Captain Black Jack Murphy and Pirate Songs
I had the pleasure of interviewing a pirate named Captain Black Jack Murphy as we started working on a CD together with Murphy on vocals and me on autoharp. Songs: “Bonnie Ship the Diamond” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview With A Pirate “The Mermaid” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from An Interview […]
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October Sessions
In the Spring of 1998, I quit my job to play music full-time. It was a lofty goal… especially since I had no real plan on how I would make money. I released Ichabod’s Geography and tried booking gigs. It was an epic failure. But I learned a lot. By October, I was almost out […]
A Rabbit for Halloween (Lyrics, Bugs Bunny & Witch Hazel – Broom-Stick Bunny)
by Marc Gunn With Halloween nearing, I started thinking about Bugs & Witch Hazel in “Broom-Stick Bunny”. I sat down with my autoharp and started retelling the story of an ugly witch who is threatend by Bugs Bunny dressed as an uglier witch for Halloween. But when Witch Hazel finds out that Bugs is actually […]
Monkeys Over Mongolia
by Marc Gunn, October 8, 2006 I’ve always liked nonsensical songs. Early in my Brobdingnagian Bards music career, I wanted to write songs using suggestions from the audience. The closest we ever got to that was “If I Had A Million Ducats”. That was not quite what I envisioned. After asking a few people, I […]
Pub Songs #17: Mongolian Monkey Devil of Tam Lin’s Ballad
Back with lots of new gigs with Brobdingnagian Bards. Plus I ponder how to start my own Renaissance Festival. Songs: “Whiskey, You’re the Devil” by Bruno’s Boys from Last Call “Monkeys Over Mongolia” by Marc Gunn from unavailable “Tam Lin” by Nick Hennessey from Of Fire, Wind and Silver Stream Notes: Brobdingnagian Bards – Irish, […]
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Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #25: Feature on Celtic Men
Brought to you by… The Brobdingnagian Bards’ TOUR OF IRELAND. Do you want to go to Ireland? Ever wanted to see the Cliffs of Moher or drink Guinness straight from the source? Next June, you can do just that with Marc Gunn and the Brobdingnagian Bards. Visit http://www.thebards.net/ireland/ for details. Do you download your podcasts […]
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Is There Shame in Failure?
I was listening to NPR this morning with their program, “This I Believe“. They had an essay on the power of failure as a building block to success. That made me think of knowing my limits. When is it when I need to ask for help to do what I need doing. Like office helpers. […]
Pub Songs #16: Season Middle Earth with Larks in the Morning and a Song for Her
Season 2 of the Pub Songs Podcast has now begun and I’m back with lots of new projects. Songs: “Middle Earth Bragging Song” by Marc Gunn from Soul of a Harper “Song for Her” by Melanie Gruben “The Old Copperplate/The Connachtman’s Rambles/The Lark on the Strand” by Cormorant’s Fancy from An Evening at the Fairfield […]
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Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind
1 Corinthians 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, […]
