Last week, I went into the studio to record Happy Songs of Death. It was far more successful than I anticipated. I laid all the autoharp tracks and most of the vocal tracks. These included:
- Clementine Blues
- Won't You Come With Me
- Flupandemic
- Waxies Dargle
- Johnny Jump Up
- High Jeannie High
- Whiskey, You're the Devil
- Jug of Punch
- Rosin the Bow
- The Foggy Dew Swing
- I'll Drink from Dust Till Dawn
It sounds great so far. I'll post a rough recording of “Rosin the Bow” in the next Pub Songs Podcast which I will be editing after this blog.
I gotta say, I'm really excited about this CD. Yes, there are some new versions of songs done by the Brobdingnagian Bards, but it is the theme that makes me giggle with glee. Okay, most of these songs aren't funny. It's mostly the irony in the performance–nice upbeat music with horrible songs of death. But they're fun, and that's what I hoped to achieve in creating this album.
What is left to record?
Well, I have one new song I wrote called “Red, Red, and Black Death” that is a bouncy song inspired by a quote from an Italian author in the 16th century about the plague and also inspired by Angelo Branduardi's song “La Pulce d'Acqua” (hear it on YouTube).
I also want to record a couple of instrumentals. And someone suggested “Twa Corbies” which I don't know how I missed that one. Two crows picking the bones of a dead knight. I mean, c'mon, that's happy death magic! 😉
Hopefully, next week I'll find more time to record. But it's progressing at a slower pace than usual. That's okay though. It'll give me a lot of time to make you a great record.
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