bacon September 26th, 2008
…finally got around to putting The Marlin Spike into Finale and, I must say, it is much cleaner than the original. You can see the whole tune online here. I have also created a PDF version for download. If anyone is interested in the Finale file, please contact me and I will send it to you. Go nuts.
bacon August 23rd, 2007
To break up the monotony of fife and drum during our Swiss concert we mixed in some Celtic music. We performed three sets of tunes. Here is the middle and slowest set that we played, which is a well known hornpipe called The Rights of Man. Evidently this was a real treat for the Swiss audience since this is not a style of music they typically hear. At one point, although not in this set, we had the entire audience clapping along with us. It was great fun. The other interesting point is that half the guys playing this set were Swiss including Sam the bouzouki player. The first time we ever played this tune with them was two days before the show. That being said, I think it went quite nicely.
