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Subject: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: InOBU Date: 28 Jan 02 - 02:15 PM Twice I saw the audience crying at our last gig in North Carolina... any views from the audience??? Plugomatic at work... Larry |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: catspaw49 Date: 28 Jan 02 - 02:17 PM Oh well don't tell us jack squat.................Geeziz Larry, give us some details, a playlist maybe......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Amergin Date: 28 Jan 02 - 02:25 PM Weree they crying at the sound of the pipes...or the bodhran? |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: InOBU Date: 28 Jan 02 - 02:30 PM Thanks Spaw... Well, the great Si Kahn opened... what a tallent. Anyone who never heard Mervin Barr get his CD New Wood. Then there was a young apalachian singer, I don't recall her name. She was wonderfull, than we were on... We opended with a set I call Swift's Modest Proposal, which is on our CD and welcomes MazzMlani Swift into the band, then we did Amadou Diallo and I saw the hankies come out. We then did Yvette's Song, the true story of Innu activist, Yvette Micheal. Well, a Montreal radio show host was there who knew Yvette! So he is going to be playing our stuff..., then we did Engine 33 (you all have to hear McGrath of Harlow's version!!!) I had trouble not crying, and I could hear sobbing in the audience. The pipes sprung a leek, and I was pumping like a madman during the end of the song, but it came off well. Then Peggy Seeger followed us, and she was WONDERFUL! At the intermission Peggy praised my writing, and I nearly started to cry again, she and Ewan are really heros of mine... Si was a real great fellow also, and asked me to do some of his songs, again, I am completely chuffed and will do his songs and honored to do so. Cheers, Larry |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 28 Jan 02 - 05:02 PM Sounds like you had the gig you deserved, InOBU.
(And anyone who wants to here my version of Engine 33, that Larry likes, I've got it on a website that is down for repairs (up at the servers end) for a couple of days. Then it's somewhere on http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/mfinger. But I want to hear the Sorcha Dorcha version.) |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Rick Fielding Date: 28 Jan 02 - 05:15 PM Bravo Larry! Couldn't be more happy for ya! Gets the juices goin' again doesn't it? Rick |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Suffet Date: 28 Jan 02 - 05:41 PM The Friday night (1/25/02) concert just went on too damn long. Fortunately for Sorcha Dorcha, their set was in the first half, because at least a third of the audience disappeared after intermission. Which is unfortunate, because there was plenty of fine music in the second half as well. Or at least that is what I heard, as I was one of those who disappeared. Yes, Sorcha Dorcha came off well, and I am happy to hear that Larry (InOBU) connected with Peggy Seeger and Si Kahn. This was a Peoples' Music Network concert, and above all else PMN is a NETWORK! It's raison d'être is for musicians -- particlarly those working for peace, human rights, and economic justice -- to connect with one another. We hope to see and hear Sorcha Dorcha at future PMN gatherings, including the 2002 Summer Gathering in Beacon, NY, and the 2003 Winter Gathering in Syracuse, NY. --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: catspaw49 Date: 28 Jan 02 - 09:28 PM Larry, I am glad to hear that the way your performance went was well accepted although I'm certainly not surprised. Perhaps a few people have noticed at last that you are indeed a bard for our times. How one can listen to your work and not see this obvious truth is beyond my comprehension. I'm overjoyed you felt the performance itself was good, but even I could make your material meaningful because the truth is within what you do. I suppose that's why I find it so stupid that anyone of your writing caliber should be held to any form of, shall we say "artistic" scrutiny. You should be welcome and frankly invited to many venues simply on the basis of your songwriting alone. It's one thing to be topical and another entirely to be as inciteful as you are. I have nothing but praise for your abliliteis as you know and I hope folks like Peggy Seeger and Si Kahn have seen the same thing that many of us have here. May it get better still. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: JedMarum Date: 28 Jan 02 - 10:33 PM Wish I had been there, Larry. Sounds like a wonderfull event, too! |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Big Mick Date: 28 Jan 02 - 11:14 PM I have waited entirely too long for this news. Friend Larry, there is a whole other world outside of the burroughs just waiting to hear your music. From the first minute I listened to the CD you sent me, I knew that you had to be heard, and that Good Lord willing, we would sing together one day. I am thrilled for you, good sir. Mick |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: katlaughing Date: 29 Jan 02 - 01:09 AM What Spaw and Big Mick said, Lorcandarlin'! Wonderful news and may it spread your reknown even more! Thanks, Suffet, for the additional info. luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: hesperis Date: 29 Jan 02 - 01:09 AM Great! Wish I'd been there. :( |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Amergin Date: 29 Jan 02 - 01:11 AM Lorcan...I hope you can forgive my crack earlier... I am very pleased but not surprised at the reaction you received to your songs.....the way you play with one's heart is like a master violinist plays with the strings...magically and beautifully....well done, mate. |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Suffet Date: 29 Jan 02 - 06:49 AM For Hesperis and all others who wish they had been there, I have good news. The Peoples Music Network sponsors two gatherings a year. The summer gathering (actually in the late spring) is held at a camp, while the winter gatheing is held in a city. Our next summer gathering will take place near Beacon, New York, from May 31 through June 2, 2002. Our next winter gathering will be held in Syracuse, New York, probably the last weekend of 2003. If you are a musician, or simply a music lover, who is interested in using music to support struggles for peace, freedom, human rights, and justice -- if you feel musically and politically akin to Larry Otway (InOBU), Peggy Seeger, Si Kahn, Pete Seeger, Pat Humphries, Guy and Candy Carawan, Kim and Reggie Harris, Charlie King, Karen Brandow, Bob Blue, Joel Landy, Tom Neilson, and Colleen Kattau to name just a few -- then these gatherings are a place for you. For more information, periodically visit the PMN website. Just cut and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.peoplesmusic.org/ Or else CLICK! --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: InOBU Date: 29 Jan 02 - 08:39 AM I was so punchy from driving, I forgot to mention Guy and Candie Carawan sang one of Rick Fieldings songs, and it was WONDERFUL! Steve, do you remember the name of the song? They gave it a wonderful introduction prasing Rick's tallent and committment. I am touched by the comments here from those who have heard my work. My fustration comes from not being able to get our band heard. We have never had a bad reception from an audience, but we are hard to type. Traditional venues don't like that we write new material and others say we are too traditional, so they don't give the audience the chance to make up their mind about us. In the car home one of our members suggested that we drop some of the issues of our music. To my joy one member, a real anchor of our sound said, "You can't pretend to be something your not. If we are not who we are, we wont make it anyway." THanks again for the support all, Cheers, Larry |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Rick Fielding Date: 29 Jan 02 - 11:02 AM That's great to hear Larry. Guy and Candie are wonderful friends, and hopefully I'm goin' to get down to Highlander one of these days. My memory's a little hazy about this, but I think Guy told me that he'd heard my song "Voices of Struggle" had gotten translated into Spanish. Now THAT'S a kick! Cheers Rick |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: DougR Date: 29 Jan 02 - 11:52 AM Congratulations, Larry, for praise well earned! DougR |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Suffet Date: 29 Jan 02 - 07:33 PM The Carawans probably did sing Voices of Struggle. I can't recall if they mentioned the song's title, but from what the song was about -- the various people who have contributed to the on-going fight for human rights -- Voices of Struggle would be appropriate. --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Rick Fielding Date: 29 Jan 02 - 09:46 PM Steve, I wrote it about 20 years ago as a reminder of how many civil uprisings had bodies of music right there to keep folks' spirits up. To my surprise, it started to get sung in Quebec en Francais as part of the separatiste movement. It's on my Folk legacy album, but I'm afraid my French translation of the chorus wasn't as good as it could be. Any other reports of singers and songs? Rick |
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Subject: RE: Good Tears for Sorcha Dorcha... From: Suffet Date: 29 Jan 02 - 10:32 PM The one great surprise at the Friday night concert was Billy Jonas. He's a local Asheville percussionist-singer-songwriter-improvisationist who draws upon folk, rock, rap, soul, and whatnot to put on a high energy performance that defies any attempt to categorize it. You gotta hear this guy! I was also very impressed with Andreena Belcher, a singer, songwriter, and storyteller whose family migrated from Eastern Kentucky to Uptown Chicago when she was a small child. Andreena's songs and stories tell the experiences of the "hillbilly" in the big city. --- Steve |
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