Entertaining the Troops

[mookien]

Nathan: Thank you. Alycia Putnam plays at least some of these, and her album "Wired for Sound" is available via iTunes. Do you recommend any other artists who play strathspeys, reels, and airs, and of course whose music is commercially available?

Also, the only "Belize" number I have heard has a Latin American style. Do you know an artist who does the Belize tune you played?

John

[Salvianus]

Smartly turned out, nicely done.

Technical question - I play guitar kilted but haven't attempted it with my Argyll jacket on - do you not find the right cuff catches?

Concordia, salus et pax

[CMcG]

I take it that is the new grey Argyll and plain sporran you picked up the other day? It's a good look and the lighting in the pic shows off the leather buttons a bit more clearly than the other photos you posted on the "picking the right jacket" thread.

[Nathan]

Colin: Indeed. The pics were taken on the same evening but I already had the plain sporran. The one I picked up recently is for one of my brothers...

Salvianus: I had no problems at all.

Mookien: I recommend Troy MacGillivary, Andrea Beaton, Buddy MacMaster, Natalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac, Ian MacDougall, Howie MacDonald, Beolach, Winnie Chafe, Brenda Stubbert, Jerry Holland, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, Mairi Rankin, Colin Grant, Cynthia MacLeod, The Barra MacNeils, The Rankin Family, Slainte Mhath...

Belize was recently composed by Daniel Gervais. You can hear a clip of it here:
http://danielgervais.ca/eclectrip/belize/

[crash]

Was just wondering what you've been up to lately. Good job Nathan.

[mookien]

... Mookien: I recommend Troy MacGillivary, Andrea Beaton, Buddy MacMaster, Natalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac, Ian MacDougall, Howie MacDonald, Beolach, Winnie Chafe, Brenda Stubbert, Jerry Holland, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, Mairi Rankin, Colin Grant, Cynthia MacLeod, The Barra MacNeils, The Rankin Family, Slainte Mhath...

Belize was recently composed by Daniel Gervais. You can hear a clip of it here:
http://danielgervais.ca/eclectrip/belize/

Nathan: Thanks. I was hoping to get more recommendations. Presumably, they are in decreasing order of quality. Just kidding.

Belize sounds a bit melancholy for me, what little of it I could hear. I don't like crying in my scotch.

John

[Aussie_Don]

Smartly turned out, nicely done.

Technical question - I play guitar kilted but haven't attempted it with my Argyll jacket on - do you not find the right cuff catches?

Concordia, salus et pax

I've worn both Argyll and PC (different occasions) -- I find that the buttons are far enough around on my arm that they
don't touch the guitar. What I have found to be a problem with jackets is that the sleeves on most are just too slim -
but that's Saxon jackets as well. I haven't found any that are big enough to be really free for movement.


A belt with a kilt and guitar can be a problem, though. When I'm not wearing a waistcoat for an informal look I turn
my belt buckle off to the left side to make sure that it is clear of the back of the guitar. It's not a problem when seated,
but standing it's a bit of a worry. My guitar has taken several knocks and scratches in sessions over the years, but
I try to keep from adding to the damage.

To the OP, what was the guitar? (I know it's a kilt forum, but I'm interested in seeing what sort of guitars others are
playing.)


-Don

[Nathan]

Nathan: Thanks. I was hoping to get more recommendations. Presumably, they are in decreasing order of quality. Just kidding.

Belize sounds a bit melancholy for me, what little of it I could hear. I don't like crying in my scotch.

John

Given the theme of the event, we thought a mournful lament would be appropriate along with our more lively numbers.

[Nathan]

I've worn both Argyll and PC (different occasions) -- I find that the buttons are far enough around on my arm that they
don't touch the guitar. What I have found to be a problem with jackets is that the sleeves on most are just too slim -
but that's Saxon jackets as well. I haven't found any that are big enough to be really free for movement.


A belt with a kilt and guitar can be a problem, though. When I'm not wearing a waistcoat for an informal look I turn
my belt buckle off to the left side to make sure that it is clear of the back of the guitar. It's not a problem when seated,
but standing it's a bit of a worry. My guitar has taken several knocks and scratches in sessions over the years, but
I try to keep from adding to the damage.

To the OP, what was the guitar? (I know it's a kilt forum, but I'm interested in seeing what sort of guitars others are
playing.)


-Don

That particular guitar is a Norman B-20 made in Lapatrie, Quebec by the good folks at Godin. I also have a Garrison G-50, a Yamaha FG-345II, a Gibson ES137 and an American Fender Strat.

[Aussie_Don]

That particular guitar is a Norman B-20 made in Lapatrie, Quebec by the good folks at Godin. I also have a Garrison G-50, a Yamaha FG-345II, a Gibson ES137 and an American Fender Strat.

Ah, OK. I'd say that it was one of a number of guitars around that owe a lot to
the design of the Martin dreadnoughts. There are a couple of makers here in
Oz that are building guitars of similar style. But I did notice that the body
did not seem to be rosewood.

I've a Martin HD-28, a 12D-28 and a Taylor Baritone. The baritone is the only
one with pick-ups, though. A few years back I saw and tried a Martin made
from Australian blackwood. I had a much different timbre than the usual
rosewood, warmer and without the "edge" that cuts through noise in a session.

When I was a late teen in the US, everyone wanted Martins to play folk
music. So when I had money in my later years, instead of a red sports car
I bought a pair of Martins. (I'd had a guitar in my youth, but it was what
Aussies call a "cheese cutter" with the action about 3/8" off the fretboard.)

Is yours maple? It looks as if it might be.

-Don