Anyone else here like Gaelic Storm?
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Anyone else here like Gaelic Storm?
I was just wondering if anyone else here liked Gaelic Storm? I just saw them live at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, and they put on a rather good show. Great music. I also heard a group called Altan there, and they were also amazing. The only downside of the festival was the only whistles there were cheap feadogs. Well, i guess that means ill just have to order some more!!
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Re: Anyone else here like Gaelic Storm?
Although I usually like the Trad Irish music better, I do enjoy Gaelic Storm. One of their tunes, called "Thristy Work" has a TREMENDOUS whistle part in it.Steve-o wrote:I was just wondering if anyone else here liked Gaelic Storm? I just saw them live at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, and they put on a rather good show.
When was the Pittsburgh Irish Festival? Wasn't it the first weekend in Sept? I unfortuntately forgot about it, and didn't drive the 45mins to see some of it. I was hoping to get a new whistle, but at least I have the consolation that they were only selling Feadogs! But I would have LOVED to have seen Altan. Oh well...maybe next year!
Steve, you live in P'Burgh?
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I've been a fan of Gaelic Storm for a while, but I have to say that I was disappointed seeing them at Milwaukee Irish Fest (I hadn't seen them in a long time). They've always been a party band, and a lot of fun on stage, but it seemed to me they're concentrating more now on trying to be a wacky fun-loving band and less on the music. I think they're trying to be the Jimmy Buffetts of Irish music or something.
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True, "Swimming in the Sea" does show quite a bit of parrothead influence.rebl_rn wrote:I think they're trying to be the Jimmy Buffetts of Irish music or something.
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About two years back, I had a chance to meet and play some tunes with the guys after a concert here. The concert itself was....well, let's just say, I promptly fell asleep.
But they do know some great session type tunes and we had a blast back at the pub afterwards. If only they would play more of that instead of the twist their music has taken now. Interesting that the producers of Titanic chose about the most UN-traditional band to play the VERY traditional band in that steerage scene.
But they do know some great session type tunes and we had a blast back at the pub afterwards. If only they would play more of that instead of the twist their music has taken now. Interesting that the producers of Titanic chose about the most UN-traditional band to play the VERY traditional band in that steerage scene.
Nah, you're thinkin of the Titanic's Orchestra. I bet the steerage band wouldn't keep playing as the ship went down...SirNick wrote:I thought they sank in the north Atlantic?
I was a little disappointed with GS's newest album "How are we Getting Home", but otherwise they are a really great band, especially live. I saw them at Duke University twice, and they really seem to engage with a small crowd (maybe they manage this at festivals, too; I don't know). They sure seem to go through fiddlers, though. They're on their 3rd or 4th one. I think they really should have held on to their last fiddler, Kathleen Keane, who was also an incredible whistler (and cute to boot).
I heard a story about their first fiddle player, Samantha Hunt (from Zambia, of all places). Apparantly, James Cameron thought that Samantha, with her raven hair, didn't fit the "Irish look", so she was kept out of the scene with the steerage band. Now, I haven't and probably never will see Titanic, so could someone confirm or deny for me: was the fiddle left out of this shot? Doesn't seem like much of a steerage band w/o a fiddle (or at least a whistle)...
I doubt that they're the MOST untrad band. Lord, I could name several that are far worse.Brian Lee wrote:But they do know some great session type tunes and we had a blast back at the pub afterwards. If only they would play more of that instead of the twist their music has taken now. Interesting that the producers of Titanic chose about the most UN-traditional band to play the VERY traditional band in that steerage scene.
They started off extremely trad and slowly started working in their originals.
When James Cameron discovered them for Titanic, they were playing pubs in CA,
so I'd assume he picked them for the same reason that you enjoyed playing w/ them.
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LOLfearfaoin wrote:I doubt that they're the MOST untrad band. Lord, I could name several that are far worse.Brian Lee wrote:But they do know some great session type tunes and we had a blast back at the pub afterwards. If only they would play more of that instead of the twist their music has taken now. Interesting that the producers of Titanic chose about the most UN-traditional band to play the VERY traditional band in that steerage scene.
They started off extremely trad...
I think they were picked (and I doubt by James Cameron himself) because whoever did the picking didn't know the first thing about Irish traditional music. Just my two cents.... and slowly started working in their originals.
When James Cameron discovered them for Titanic, they were playing pubs in CA,
so I'd assume he picked them for the same reason that you enjoyed playing w/ them.
(I've played with "the guys" too in sessions a couple of times, but at least I don't brag about it in my resume. )
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