Songs for March 2021

It's the first time I take part to the Song of the month, but this time thank to you I discovered The Minstrel Boy and I felt in love with this song, expecially for the lyrics: when I write songs, my full art-name is "Barbino the apocalyptic minstrel", so I identify myself with the Minstrel of the song and his harp that can't play in slavery.

I tryed to reproduce the sound of the bagpipe with my loopstation and playing chromatic harmonica using octaves, with a bit of crunch in the mic, just to remember also the joe strummer version of this song

Sounds good Barbino!

I like to post something different. For those who are always preferring the Low octaves here is When Irish Eyes Are Smiling on the lowest octave on a Suzuki SCX-64. I don’t think this low is musical but here it is.

Hi all, I've had a go at The Minstrel Boy. I've played it with a shuffle beat. Reading the post from Dezzy I wondered whether this was really a suitable way to play a song like this. I mean no disrespect at all to the soldiers who gave their lives for the good of us all in modern wars.

I'm getting a bit off the subject here. A few years ago I was at the funeral of a old Irish friend. I had been playing a gig with my band the day before and my gear was still in my car. I was asked if I would bring my guitar in and sing a song or two. That day turned into quite a party where they celebrated my old friends life and were happy to have known him. I came away from that thinking that's just the funeral that I would like to have when the time comes.