Wow! That is very cool. I was sort of vaguely aware of the bodhran (though I had no idea what it was called) from seeing some Irish stuff before but never heard a solo and had no appreciation for what it could do. Imagine how old that is. I'm picturing getting the boys fired up before doing a raid on the troops building Hadrian's Wall <s>
>Great stuff, but I want to learn to play the bodhran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChbigufBC8>Amazing what he can do with a single beater.
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>>>>>>>>>"They weren't really a hippie band....."
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>>>>>>>>uhhhh...I think they were like the biggest hippie band of all time!
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>>>>>>>Well.... Jefferson Airplane???
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>>>>>>Airplane yes Starship no. Red Octopus was the last of the greatness.
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>>>>>Ahh... Papa John. Although, I have to admit to never having been all that enamoured of Starship. In fact, I very nearly fell out of love with Grace.
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>>>>That was some crazy fiddlin', no? Another magic night at Winterland. I can hear Grace "Hold a dollar bill up to the mirror ... and I'll show you something funny ..." Those were the days when I was driving too fast for my headlights.
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>>>I love good fiddlin'. Give me a Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Stephane Grappelli, or Natalie McMaster any time.
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>>And Svend Amundsen and Vassar Clemens. ( I even like a lot of Charlie Daniels )
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCvi58-BnPg>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnepPZChA5U>>
>>and of course Darol Anger ( Grappelli loved him)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJA5aTDFWgc&feature=related>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKn-LLQ29hk&feature=related>>
>>Grisman used have on stage both Anger and Mark O'Connor
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x05z27blg80&feature=PlayList&p=5A2ADB48C4DF6E2E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27>>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aF8iF4k2hE>>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvI3QOZyVws&feature=related>>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjfWW9CMfM&feature=related>>
>>and then add a Yo Yo ....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bok3otfMs&feature=related
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