cj, there are at least two contributors to discussion #10042 whom I know personally, and so I can attest that they are indeed Musicians.
Discussion #10042 is, to my mind, a wonderful continuing example of musicians behaving "strangely" (the wording used in the opening question of this current discussion).
I rest my case.
Peg Leg Sam (yes, he had a peg leg) at the Philly Folk Festival 25-30 years ago. He sang a version of John Henry and accompanied himself on harmonica. He kept the harp at his mouth while singing and filled every available space with backup licks. After a verse, he would play a really great break while doing the most amazing things with the harp.
You have to suspend judgement of grossness to picture this properly, but he would flip the harp end-over-end and play it reversed, play with his nose in both directions, slide it sideways halfway into his mouth, pull it out, flip it over and slide it in again, back across the nose, etc. All of this without missing a beat. If I hadn’t been watching, I would’ve thought it was a really powerful performance with nothing unusual going on.
And then there’s my old bandmate and buddy, Albert. We used to do a cool, funky song called “Chicken Train” and Albert, who is an accomplished hambone artist, would pull a big chicken mask over his head and stomp around the stage in an intricate hambone dance, using both hands, both legs and other body parts of his own and other band members.
Once after a gig, we had a round-robin jam session and Albert decided to sing “Marie (the dawn is breaking…)”. He couldn’t remember the last verse, so without a hint of goofiness, he went into a virtuoso chicken voice and finished the song with immaculate pitch and inflection. “Buck buuuuuuuck buck buck buck buuuuck …” It was funny and strangely moving at the same time.
Haha, I also tried this nose-whistle-thing once. It seems to have made a great impression on a girl who was around at that time ..... she never talked to me again.....
i think that 'deep feeling' musicians go fairly ''wild'' in their heads while delivering their stuff, completly outside their so-called ''normal'' control _whatever that my be . . .
Musicians gone wild
Musicians gone wild
What are some great stories of musicians behaving wildly or strangely? Or just great times with them, musical and normal.
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# Posted on May 18th 2006 by m
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When someone strikes up Sailor's Hornpipe as a waltz, I think that that qualifies as going wild.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by Zazzaliss
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You don't need to look any further than here:
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/10042
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by lazyhound
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John Skelton plays a whistle with his nose. Or has in public, at least once.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by wormdiet
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I've tried the whistle up the nose thing... It's interesting.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by m
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What I want to know, Trevor, is who are you calling a musician?
cj
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by cj
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Cathal McConnell is a great character. People in Edinburgh would know too many stories to tell about him.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by slainte
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cj, there are at least two contributors to discussion #10042 whom I know personally, and so I can attest that they are indeed Musicians.
Discussion #10042 is, to my mind, a wonderful continuing example of musicians behaving "strangely" (the wording used in the opening question of this current discussion).
I rest my case.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by lazyhound
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Harmless fun, Trevor. Not exactly my cup of Tay, though I did contribute, but each to their own.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by Key Maniac Lad
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When do musicians NOT behave strangely?
Kid: Mom, when I grow up, I want to be a musician.
Mother: Son, you have to choose one or the other, you can't have it both ways.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by AlBrown
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Peg Leg Sam (yes, he had a peg leg) at the Philly Folk Festival 25-30 years ago. He sang a version of John Henry and accompanied himself on harmonica. He kept the harp at his mouth while singing and filled every available space with backup licks. After a verse, he would play a really great break while doing the most amazing things with the harp.
You have to suspend judgement of grossness to picture this properly, but he would flip the harp end-over-end and play it reversed, play with his nose in both directions, slide it sideways halfway into his mouth, pull it out, flip it over and slide it in again, back across the nose, etc. All of this without missing a beat. If I hadn’t been watching, I would’ve thought it was a really powerful performance with nothing unusual going on.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by Bob himself
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And then there’s my old bandmate and buddy, Albert. We used to do a cool, funky song called “Chicken Train” and Albert, who is an accomplished hambone artist, would pull a big chicken mask over his head and stomp around the stage in an intricate hambone dance, using both hands, both legs and other body parts of his own and other band members.
Once after a gig, we had a round-robin jam session and Albert decided to sing “Marie (the dawn is breaking…)”. He couldn’t remember the last verse, so without a hint of goofiness, he went into a virtuoso chicken voice and finished the song with immaculate pitch and inflection. “Buck buuuuuuuck buck buck buck buuuuck …” It was funny and strangely moving at the same time.
Okay, you had to be there.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by Bob himself
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Actually, I imagine The sailor's Hornpipe would make a better waltz than hornpipe.
# Posted on May 18th 2006 by Bob himself
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Haha, I also tried this nose-whistle-thing once. It seems to have made a great impression on a girl who was around at that time ..... she never talked to me again.....
# Posted on May 19th 2006 by jensis
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Don't you have to be able to do the Zen Yogi trick of closing one nostril, or you waste half your breath ?
# Posted on May 19th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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i think that 'deep feeling' musicians go fairly ''wild'' in their heads while delivering their stuff, completly outside their so-called ''normal'' control _whatever that my be . . .
# Posted on May 19th 2006 by lisaniska
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wild? i've seen some pretty livid in my time...
# Posted on May 19th 2006 by biggus dave