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Oblabs,
hi and welcome to chordie.

I have moved this post into this section ( bands and artists ) as it does not belong in  about chordie.
If you take a few minutes to read the sticky in "about chordie" you will realise there are certain sections to place certain threads. They cannot just get thrown into any section or the forum would be a mess.

thank you

ken

ok im there :LOL:

so back on track for favourite bands.
Mine right now is Brian McNeill. I have mentioned him in Song requests.
What a guy he is... a true great folk musician. been about since the late 60's and I only heard of him a month or two ago.
I cannot stop listening to his latest album " no gods" ( part of this song is my signature just now)

He is Scottish and writes songs about scottish people/history etc as well as others.
He plays violin, mandolin,guitar,paino,banjo, hmmm a few more I think.

His song "no Gods" is also covered by a guy called Dick Vaughan, he does a tremendious acoustic cover of this.
No gods is about scotland getting its freedom and independance. One line in it is so good I will tell you what it is and why it is so good. ( ready to be bored? lol) some might already know a bit about scottish history but for those that dont;
Bonnie prince charlie had the last attempt in 1745 for there to be a king of Scotland, he was exiled in France from a very young age, some scottish clans wanted a king back and chrlies Stewart was the only person left in the line. They talked him into coming back and taking up arms against the english ( not only the english though, by this time there was a british army so there were scots fighting scots) these people that were on the bonnie prince's side were known as jacobites. So to cut what could be a very very long history lesson a bit shorter,lol.
Quite a lot of scots still think back on Culloden and what could have been etc. they dwell ono the past instead of looking forward. they sit about and dont even vote when they can. they seem to thrive on talking about scottish history and how we should be free etc. Charles got defeated at Culloden and done a runner back to France, never to return and fight to his death for his people and country.
This song is all about those folk and also a verse about prince charles Stewart.

"ah and will we never hear the end of poor bloody charlie at culloden yet again for he ran like a rabbit through the glens, leaving better men than him to be butchered"
( I would love to type more but I nest not type a verse, even though I really dont think Brian himself would mind)

later in that verse it sings the line i use in my signature.

and another song ( its ok, no history to this one)
trains and my grandfather. it is a slow piano played song about his grandad, memories from 7 years old until 30 odds when his grandfather died, superb sad song.

and bring back the wolf.
In scotland woves,bears, beavers etc were native to the land but us humans decided we were better than them and killed them all.
This song tell of how we now want to bring back the wolf and bear to the glens but not the people. The enlgish cleared the glens and highlands for a few hundred years but they do not want folk to go living in the hills again but they are spending a lot of time reintroducing animals. the folk that lived in the hills and glens had a very strong bond, a very good community to be in ( until ye met yer cattle thieving neighbours and had to fight.lol
bring back the wolf, bring back the eagle, but the dark eyed child and the red haired man are still gone from the glen.......blah blah blah, ye juts dont care or yer too dam nscared to make the highlands real again.

I am a very proud scot, maybe thats why I love this music so much?

I am goig to get more of his stuf from itunes and if i like it as much as this album i might bore ye all again if i find a spare half hour to dribble on,:lol:
sorry for going on a bit, but nothing else to do.

ken

only if britney is there and she promises not to sing

Ken

Phill have you checked to make sure you have not got any nodules on your vocal cords?

Ken

Al,
I see an ad for JAMPLAY.

when you put your mouse over it does it change to the wee pointing finger?

If so click on it see if it takes you somewhere. lol

I dont see any empty boxes though

Ken

I bought a fly fishing kit last year. So far I have used it twice. First time I used it I caught a wee brownie up the spey dam, second time in a very windy day I gave up after 15 minutes and got the spinning rod out.
I do a lot of spinnig for trout and salmon if i am lucky enough for one to bite up the spey river.
I also go to loch Awe for trout and recently started fishig for pike there too.
Not done it for a few years but I was always sea fishing from the shore or a small boat.

And I started when i was 14 years old down the firth and forth canal fishing for perch.

There are a few...ok loads of other lochs in scotland I fish and rivers but too many to name.

Ken

I am lost with this. a busker?

I am obviously not getting this at all. can anyone explain?

ken

Good question Lieven,

I would love to hear buskers playing the groups you named but I tihnk you got to ask " what do younger people listen to, what do they want to hear"?

The reason for this is older people are more wiser and more money concience and maybe avoid throwing some money dow to a busker.
Younger people if they hear a song they like I tihnk would be more willing to throw money into a guitar case/hat.
Also the younger ones are out at nightclubs etc drinking and throwing money about so get out at 3am and you should do ok. ( unless they have spent all their money on drink)

So I dont know...oasis, the kooks, babyshambles, sandi thom, and anything else that seems to be popular with 16-30 year olds.

I might be wrong, but I very seldom am

Ken

dunno I am scottish

but as far as I know, Patrick got rid of all the rats in ireland, he played a a whistle and they all followed him. Or is that someone else?

Lena is the best to answer.

Ken

selso the way I remember what strings are what and also a useful guide for some chords

the mandolin strings are the same as a guitar but upside down, lol.

top string ( thickest) G
down to (thinnest string) E

this is also the same for the violin.

The chord F is not too easy to do so I imagine the F chord on a guitar and place my fingers where they would be on a guitar but upside down.

And you can use a guitar tuner, or I do. I also use my guitar tuner for my wife's violin and my Uke and mandolin.

ken

is this you politely asking because it annoys you so much or do you always demand things when asking nicely?

If Per sees this I am sure he might do as you have ordered

Ken