Starts off around 9 - 9:30. We watched from the others side of the bar, enjoyed the music, mostly Irish, some singing. It was a wild mix, two uilleann pipers and two tenor banjo players, a whistle, a guitarist, and a couple of 'drummers', to distinguish from 'percussionist', though one was a 'constant' spoon player with very little capability on the instrument, the same basics no matter what the tune form was, hmmmm. I want to say we were able to tune it out, but no, I'd be lieing. He seriously needs to learn a melody instrument, and to rest once in a while.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the two tenor banjo players, they played well, not throwing the relaxed tempos of the music off at all and very danceable it all was. While it was odd a session basically dominated by the four, the two pipers and the two pluckers, it was alright and the sort of session you had a sense about would welcome anyone to it. Our norm is that we don't play the first time we go to a session, we just sit back and enjoy, sometimes we 'comment' between ourselves. Aside from 'spoons' we weren't feeling critical and enjoyed our pints while others played and, credit to the main players, left the spoon player to his own amusements... So patient too, I wish I had that much...
I have played in the session with said spoons player several times. It's painful, but I have now developed this wonderful blocking mechanism whereby my ears somehow manage to become immune to the sound. Plus if I really want to annoy him, I will play a slip jig. Heh. Either that, or slow down and speed up on purpose til he gets the message.
The whistle player was probably my sister. It's a good session to hone (sp?) your skills - they play a lot of standards. I find it useful to go there when I haven't played in a while, because I know all the tunes so I'm playing all the time.
Doesn't leave much time to get drunk though.
Mixed session of mainly Irish trad but also some singing (Irish, English, Manx, Scottish etc)
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by wjh
worth making the effort to go to just to hear the landlord's piping just beautiful honest stuff - he can hold a tune like we all wish we could
# Posted on March 27th 2005 by Kelpie
Starts off around 9 - 9:30. We watched from the others side of the bar, enjoyed the music, mostly Irish, some singing. It was a wild mix, two uilleann pipers and two tenor banjo players, a whistle, a guitarist, and a couple of 'drummers', to distinguish from 'percussionist', though one was a 'constant' spoon player with very little capability on the instrument, the same basics no matter what the tune form was, hmmmm. I want to say we were able to tune it out, but no, I'd be lieing. He seriously needs to learn a melody instrument, and to rest once in a while.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the two tenor banjo players, they played well, not throwing the relaxed tempos of the music off at all and very danceable it all was. While it was odd a session basically dominated by the four, the two pipers and the two pluckers, it was alright and the sort of session you had a sense about would welcome anyone to it. Our norm is that we don't play the first time we go to a session, we just sit back and enjoy, sometimes we 'comment' between ourselves. Aside from 'spoons' we weren't feeling critical and enjoyed our pints while others played and, credit to the main players, left the spoon player to his own amusements... So patient too, I wish I had that much...
# Posted on November 11th 2005 by ceolachan
Mitre session
I have played in the session with said spoons player several times. It's painful, but I have now developed this wonderful blocking mechanism whereby my ears somehow manage to become immune to the sound. Plus if I really want to annoy him, I will play a slip jig. Heh. Either that, or slow down and speed up on purpose til he gets the message.
The whistle player was probably my sister. It's a good session to hone (sp?) your skills - they play a lot of standards. I find it useful to go there when I haven't played in a while, because I know all the tunes so I'm playing all the time.
Doesn't leave much time to get drunk though.
# Posted on March 6th 2006 by ManxFiddle