Here Martin opens with the arrangement of the Irish tale of Willie Lomax and Willie Leonard - 'The Lakes of Shilin' popularized by Nic Jones (you'll find it on the CD 'Game, Set & Match') rather than his own interpretation of the story 'The Lakes of Ponchartrain'.
near as i can tell the opening track bears absolutely no relation whatsoever to the Lakes of Ponchartrain, a completely different storyline ! That's how it goes with folk music I guess.....but Martin is of course wonderfull and I have been listening to him since the late eighties. I first saw saw him play at the Edmonton Folk Fest in Alberta Canada in the early nineties*, where he played solo, and with Oscar Lopez, and took part in a slide guitar workshop. Alias Ron Kavana was there, David Lindley and Ry Cooder too. Wow! *(best folk fest venue and promotion/organization EVER, 3 days of music and no problems, no fights or excessive drunkenness. ) .
Roud 189, also Lakes of Cool Fin, Cool Flynn and a coiple of other variants. Totally different to 'The Lakes of Ponchartrain' which is a 100% American story (but also now transferred into the UK tradition).
Hi Andy. Concert list is lakes of Champlain, bachelors hall, Duncan and Brady, pretty crowing chicken, andrew lammie, strange affair, never any good, Mr railroad man
@@lordjagged8625 They heard him because of the amplification, I think that is what @Bregelad was referring to. I have heard Martin many times, more often than not he will be plugged in.
Right you are ! This sort of amplification destroys the soul of the wonderful guitar. There is a recording here on YT called "Not the finger in the ear" or something like that. He was young then, and though it is a copy of a neolithic VHS tape - the sound of his guitar is divine. Give it listen ! He plays Dylans "Masters of war" around minute 12:20.
I love Martin Simpson and always have he's a brilliant instrumentalist but at best only a mediocre singer, he should leave the singing to others and concentrate on his strengths.
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Love what Martin does... We cannot lose these songs ~ the tradition has been broken by a different age but the songs of our loved ones must live on.
Martin is accompanied by Andy Cutting on accordion, Andy Seward on double bass, and Kelly While singing harmonies. Brilliant concert!
Prodigal Son: what an amazing album. Maybe the best English folk album of the current century...
Agreed.
Outstanding, watching it the second time , great musicianship.
Breathtaking
Loving that Banjo + Accordion + Bass duet ;-)
Here Martin opens with the arrangement of the Irish tale of Willie Lomax and Willie Leonard - 'The Lakes of Shilin' popularized by Nic Jones (you'll find it on the CD 'Game, Set & Match') rather than his own interpretation of the story 'The Lakes of Ponchartrain'.
near as i can tell the opening track bears absolutely no relation whatsoever to the Lakes of Ponchartrain, a completely different storyline ! That's how it goes with folk music I guess.....but Martin is of course wonderfull and I have been listening to him since the late eighties. I first saw saw him play at the Edmonton Folk Fest in Alberta Canada in the early nineties*, where he played solo, and with Oscar Lopez, and took part in a slide guitar workshop. Alias Ron Kavana was there, David Lindley and Ry Cooder too. Wow!
*(best folk fest venue and promotion/organization EVER, 3 days of music and no problems, no fights or excessive drunkenness. )
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Roud 189, also Lakes of Cool Fin, Cool Flynn and a coiple of other variants. Totally different to 'The Lakes of Ponchartrain' which is a 100% American story (but also now transferred into the UK tradition).
Fantastic!!!
Waw !!!!!!!!!! Fantastisch ....
love it!
Wonderful...(:-)
Can the original poster post the track list for this ace concert? Cheers.
Hi Andy. Concert list is lakes of Champlain, bachelors hall, Duncan and Brady, pretty crowing chicken, andrew lammie, strange affair, never any good, Mr railroad man
is this concert available on dvd?
Yes, from amazon.co.uk. But it's region 2 so won't play on American DVDs - but will on the computer. The whole thing is brilliant.
24:52 Andrew lammie
I'm afraid plugged in acoustics guitars don't do it for me.
Oh for those days when martin played folkclubs with no amplification.
Heaven!
Hmmm - not many people in that hall would have heard him.
They weren't deaf. Of course they heard him.
he still does unplugged all the time. hes playing December get a ticket!
@@lordjagged8625 They heard him because of the amplification, I think that is what @Bregelad was referring to. I have heard Martin many times, more often than not he will be plugged in.
Right you are ! This sort of amplification destroys the soul of the wonderful guitar. There is a recording here on YT called "Not the finger in the ear" or something like that. He was young then, and though it is a copy of a neolithic VHS tape - the sound of his guitar is divine. Give it listen ! He plays Dylans "Masters of war" around minute 12:20.
I love Martin Simpson and always have he's a brilliant instrumentalist but at best only a mediocre singer, he should leave the singing to others and concentrate on his strengths.
His album version of house carpenter on banjo..his singing really suit IMHO