lyrics by Jamie Haeuser, music by Marc Gunn Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: How America Saved Irish Music Oh, Michael, please don’t go today You’re shakin’ like a leaf We will make do, o stor, maron We will make do somehow I’ve washing in, I can do more Just don’t go back, I pray It’s death […]
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Men of New Basin Canal (Lyrics)
lyrics by Jamie Haeuser, music by Marc Gunn Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: How America Saved Irish Music We came to find a bit of land Land our fathers never had No land we found but only death From fever, the yellow jack The yellow jack, one day you’re up The next you’re in the […]
Pub Songs #132: Earth-Shattering News from the Pub Songs Podcast
My voice is a little rough today, so I kick off the show with the one song in this episode. It’s “Whiskey, You’re the Devil”. Then I share some extremely important news for all the fans of Marc Gunn’s Pub Songs Podcast. You DO NOT want to miss this Plus, I gear up for the […]
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Topping the Celtic Charts with Real Competition
Ever since 2000, when the Brobdingnagian Bards first started charting on MP3.com, I have loved to see how my music would continue to chart on some scale. Charts are an important part of the music business. Billboard Top 100 determines what the most-popular songs are in the world in any given week. iTunes and Amazon […]
America CD Fundraiser a Success, Thank You!
I closed up all of the pre-orders this morning for How America Saved Irish Music. Now I’m packing up the final orders. I hope to finish it all up and have stuff in the mail tomorrow morning since I leave for Texas on Friday. Overall, the fundraiser was a decent success. It’s a lot more difficult […]
Driving Ideas and Kickstarting the Gunn Runners in 2014
It’s just a few hours away from the CD Release of How America Saved Irish Music at The Irish House. I’m hard at work, paying bills and trying to implement some of the Drive Ideas. More about that in a moment. If you’re in the New Orleans area, don’t miss the show tonight at 7pm. Here’s […]
Pub Songs #130: How to Build a Great Community
As a cultural geographer and a musician seeking to build a fan base, I am fascinated by the idea of building communities. Last week, I played a show which offered some great insight that I will share, along with some great music and a couple of song requests. News How America Saved Irish Music and […]
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Pub Songs #129: Preview of How America Saved Irish Music
The American impact on Irish music and my new CD is the theme of the first episode of the Pub Songs Podcast in 2014. I’m holding a fundraiser to help pay for the album before it is released. In this show I sing three songs found on the album with my Americanized twist on Irish […]
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Pub Songs #126: Vote Celtic Music in the Podcast Awards
Welcome to another edition of the Pub Songs Podcast. This week, I am PACKED full of news. I’ve had a busy month, thus the delay in posting a show. But I’m back with more Celtic geeky goodness. First and foremost is the exciting news that the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was nominated in the […]
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Can a Giant Mish-Mash of CDs, Websites, Podcast, and News Save the World?
I had a busy week. So alas, I wasn’t again able to publish a new Pub Songs Podcast. My apologies. I do want to keep it weekly, but there’s a lot to do. Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion Arrived from the Printers Yesterday, Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion arrived from the printers. I […]