Wow. This was my second time playing St. Patrick’s Day as a musician, but it feels like my first. Last year, I was still teaching, and I only played an earlier afternoon slot.This year, St. Patrick’s Day became a very large event for me as a musician.
As a teacher, I used to share some notable stats from the career. (Example: Number of cups of coffee, number of papers collected, number of times I rapped during a grammar lesson, etc.)
I thought I’d share some stats as a musician on St. Patty’s Day: Learned 20 Irish songs in preparation (in five days). Played two gigs. Drove 95.2 miles. Sang for eight hours. Drank one beer, a Guinness. Only had one drunken lady try to sing into my microphone. Got my first sunburn.
Hope you all had fun! I’m still tired!
My mom got us a shamrock plant yesterday. It's pretty awesome!
Got my first sunburn of the year, in March. This is also a very unattractive photo of my arm.
Hey! Natalie and I are in the Lansing State Journal article’s Life section! The article is about our Michigan-made wedding and our blog, mymitteninyours.com!
You can read the article online by clicking here: “Married–and made in Michigan”
Hey! Look at us cheering our nuptials with jars of McClures!
Special thanks to Tricia Bobeda for writing up the article and photographer Greg DeRuiter for meeting us at the Lansing City Market to take some photos of Michigan stuff we might be using at our wedding!
Photo Credits: Andrea Lawson
Here’s a playful Clancy Brother’s tune, which is more fun to sing with a harmony than solo.
Don’t forget, I’ll be playing two shows on St. Patrick’s Day this Saturday:
- Noon to 4 PM at the grand opening of the Black Rose in Lansing, MI – info
- 5:30- 8:30 at Lu & Carl’s in Brighton, MI – info
Mountain Dew – Clancy Brothers
Capo 7
Let grasses (G) grow and (C) waters flow in a (G) free and (D) easy (G) way,
But give me (G) enough of the (C) rare old stuff (G) that’s brewed near (D) Galway (G) Bay,
And (G) policemen all from (G) Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim (Em) too,
Oh, we’ll (G) give them the slip and we’ll (C) take a sip
Of the (G) rare old (D) Mountain (G) Dew
Chorus
Hi (G) di-diddly-idle-dum, diddly- (C) doodle-idle-um,
diddly-(G) doo-ri (D) diddlum (G) deh
The Juice of the Barley (chord chart)
Here’s another Irish-sing-along! Don’t forget, I’ll be playing two shows on St. Patrick’s Day this Saturday:
- Noon to 4 PM at the grand opening of the Black Rose in Lansing, MI – info
- 5:30- 8:30 at Lu & Carl’s in Brighton, MI – info
The Juice of the Barley – Clancy Brothers
Capo 3
In the (G) sweet county Limerick one (C) cold winter’s (G) night
all the (G) turf fires were burning when I (C) first saw the (D7) light
and a (G) drunken old midwife went (C) tipsy with (G) joy
as she (G) danced round the room with a (C) slip of a (D7) boy
Singin’ (G) ban-ya na mo if an (C) ga-na (G) and the Juice of the (D7) Barley for (G) me.’
Listen on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6b9XBu5CzPW0uKlNRmzqrc
Here’s another Irish-sing-along! Don’t forget, I’ll be playing two shows on St. Patrick’s Day this Saturday:
- Noon to 4 PM at the grand opening of the Black Rose in Lansing, MI – info
- 5:30- 8:30 at Lu & Carl’s in Brighton, MI – info
All For Me Grog – by the Clancy Brothers
Capo 3
And it’s (D) all for me grog, me (G) jolly, jolly (D) grog
All for me (D) beer and (A) tobacco
Well I spent (D) all me tin on the (G) lassies drinking gin
Across (D) the western (Em) ocean I must (A) wander
Listen on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/2nBEkYDROiP2JrTOJFSK6V
