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This one is more of a curiosity, really. My mp3 lists it as celtic Mystery - Foxhunters’ Slip Jig.
I love the song, but I have no idea who the actual artist is any more. My MP3 version is all that has survived, since I had this on a CD that got stolen in a case years ago.
Is it really ‘Celtic Mystery’? I have no idea.
I just know I really like the fast paced music that encourages you to get off your big butt and dance the Shredding dance.
Also, I don’t really want to get into it right now, but I have my reasons for wanting to imagine a sly feline slipping through the trees at high speed, to make an artful and successful escape as the hounds that are hot in it’s heels lose the scent.
In other news, I’d like to report that, thanks to the thoughts and prayers of my fellow raiders, (some of whom I am sure were simply praying for me to shut up about it) my Tier 4 Gloves finally dropped off Mr. Curator last night.
And there was much /cheer to be heard in the shadowed halls of Kara.
Have a great weekend, folks!
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December 28th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Congratulations to the ‘finally’. As to the song…
It’s two songs. Foxhunters Slip Jig, which segues into The High Road to Dublin. It comes from one of the Lifescapes albums — the one titled (surprise) Celtic Mystery.
IIRC - and this is dregs of memory so bring a large salt-shaker - the Lifescapes albums are/were “various artists” studio albums. In other words, various groupings of in-house studio musicians strutting their stuff. Like Mannheim Steamroller (though there were only a half-dozen of them switching between roles, and I think there are close to a dozen or so Lifescapes artists.) Again, that’s memory so feel free to mistrust to your heart’s content.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Grats on the gloves! Mine finally dropped off of Curator last night as well. Someone else rolled on them, and because he has green gloves thought he was entitled to them…. He went to so far as to imply I was a ninja. (Do ppl not think about what their saying? I didn’t snatch them, I rolled on it just like he did). Oh well. I won’t burden you with my guild drama!
Grats again on the gloves and Happy New Year!
December 28th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Grats on your gloves! Can’t wait for mine
December 28th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I should have known Kirk would have the answer… dude’s a genius.
And that actually makes sense, since I have bought those albums at Target more than a few times over the years.
I’d been wondering for a while why I had a CD and couldn’t remember who had done it.
I think, as a reward, I shall gift you with a post with some awesome bagpipe music in a few moments.
Remember - if you are a burly man, you must drink a celtic beverage whilst listening to the bagpipe.
It’s a moral imperative.
(Whether you choose the blessed Guinness, or some Jamesons’, Smithwick or an entirely different tipple I leave to your discretion. Who said I wasn’t generous?).
December 29th, 2007 at 2:25 am
heh - I’m not a genius. I’m - to quote Spider Robinson - “one of the secret masters of the world: a librarian.” Give me time and incentive and I CAN answer your question. Which leads to the question…
Which Celts?
British (Scots, Wales, English before the Saxons and Normans), Irish, Gaulic (French - north and south), Iberian, Basque… or perhaps the even less remembered such as the Scordisci (Serbia, Hungary, the Ukraine) and Galatians (Bulgaria and Anatolia), and…
Or did you mean more modern, where we say Celts when we mean the folk that overran them in the British Isles, the Gaels - the Scots and Irish?
grin - something of an interest of mine, don’cha know.
But I’ll have my mint tea for now (quite Celtic, trust me, provided we’re speaking of a tisane of mint, not of Camellia sinensis with a leaf or two of mint thrown in) while I enjoy the tunes, and later, after I’m done playing, my single malt.
December 29th, 2007 at 5:59 am
Celtics came from Europe, right?
Sorry, I’m a wee bit foggy on the whole history thing pre-French Revolution…
December 30th, 2007 at 4:00 am
Yah. There’s argument as to whether the origin point is what is now Germany, Austria, or Spain, but they were European. And most of the people who study this thing say the origin is southern Germany/northern Austria.
But when you consider we’re talking of a culture that started before 1000 BC, getting solid detail is not going to happen.
December 30th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Well Triple B, I’ve just started your blog and loved the addition of the pipe music. Do you play? The Foxhunter’s Jig is a traditional tune with many different settings/renditions. But its always fun to listen to.
December 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I love the slip jig. I grew up on all this music. totally doing the jig under the desk with my feet.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:31 am
Thank you SO much for the music!
I heartily recommend the following bands:
Solas
Old Blind Dogs
Bards of a Feather
…. and good luck finding that last one. They were a group of high school kids and their music teacher from a magnet high school here in Nashville who thought it would be cute to play a couple pubs… and then suddenly they had an album out and were going on tour! Sadly, when the young ‘uns graduated, the band split up. Their one album is called “Homeward Way,” and any effort you can go to to get your hands on it will be worth it!
The first two bands I discovered via a compilation disc called “Celtic Tides”. (without getting into the whole conversation about what a “Celt” actually is!) That compilation is great as well if you can get it; a wide variety of traditional and modern stuff.
Sláinte!