No. This is not your typical “Danny Boy”. The original “Danny Boy” was written by Frederick Weatherly, an English lawyer, using a traditional Irish melody called “Londonderry Air” in 1910. The song was popularized by opera singers at the turn of the century, and my guess is that it entered into the Music Hall scene […]
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Pub Songs #32: Live Music with Michelle Hedden on Bodhran
Michelle Hedden recorded on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers with me and used to play with Brobdingnagian Bards. I thought it’d be nice to jam a little before a CD release party of cat songs. Songs: “Come Out Ye Black and Tans“ “Paddy McCullough“ “Ye Jacobites By Name“ “Old Dun Cow“ “A Lil Bit […]
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New MP3 – What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty
I am back in the studio to record my second edition of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. I had so much great feedback from the first album, I HAD to do another. And lo and behold, I haven’t finished this album and already people are talking about a THIRD album. One paw at a […]
New MP3 – Black Is the Color (Live)
What a beautiful song! I really fell in loved with it listening to Nick Hennessey perform it on his solo albums. Nick plays harp. I play autoharp. But the first thing I did after falling in love with it was rewrite it about cats for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. And it […]
Pub Songs #31: What I Love About Valentine’s Day
What is it I love about Valentine’s Day? It’s all about love. I’ll tell you more in this week’s show. Notes: “The Secret” by The Pierces from Thirteen Tales Of Love And Revenge Pump Up the Volume Podsafe Music Network What I Love About Valentine’s Day A Tribute to Love “Bobby Casey’s/Boy in the Gap” […]
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Catnip and Kitties #15
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, Cat Cafe Calico, Celtic Cat Names, Cats Are Just as Blind as Humans, “What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty” Cat Music & News Adopt More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Get your copy of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers and Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat […]
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New MP3 – Finnegan’s Wake (Live)
“Tim Finnegan lived on Walklin’ Street…” Yeah. It’s one of the first Irish songs I learned nine years ago. And it’s still a favorite of mine and many others too. Here it is live and in it’s raucous glory. “Finnegan’s Wake (Live)”Listen: LoFiRecorded by Marc GunnFrom: 4 Drunk’s Sake: Live from an Irish PubRead Lyrics: […]
Pub Songs #30: New Cat Music CD
I’m working on the next album of Irish Songs for Cat Lovers. Here’s a small taste of the album. Songs: “What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty” by Marc Gunn from More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Notes: Adopt a copy of More Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Rich Brotherton, producer for […]
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New MP3 – Gollum Blues (Live)
What happens when you read Lord of the Rings and drink too much in a pub in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland? A live recording of “The Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues”. Complete with butchered lyrics. But toned with lots of live sing-a-long fun. “Gollum Blues (Live)”Listen: LoFiRecorded by Marc GunnFrom: 4 Drunk’s Sake: Live from an Irish […]
Pub Songs #29: Celtic Music Goals for 2008
Time to start planning for my world-conquering goals of 2008. Songs: “I Saved the Planet Earth” by Marc Gunn from What Color Is Your Dragon? “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” by Captain Black Jack Murphy from Pogue Mahone Means Kiss My Arse Notes: Goals for 2008 MarcSongs Podcast Irish and Celtic Music Podcast Renaissance Festival […]
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