Well, that was fun!
Nov. 24th, 2006 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stevieannieTim is running through a few things for the gig tonight. The gig that I can't make because a 2 hour vocal workout in a smoky pub whilst suffering from the aftereffects of a cold and a very current chest condition and cough probably isn't a good idea.
This *would* be the night that he decides to re-work up "Copperhead Road", wouldn't it? The night when I'm not going to be there? I'm a HUGE Steve Earle fan, and "Copperhead Road" is my favourite song from way back when I wore head to toe leather all the time, and rode a variety of motorbikes (some legally, many not) as my preferred method of transport.
The last time we played this was as an "afterward" to a medieval gig. We'd done the period stuff, and had received a request for a brief 20 minute slot of 'party' music. I'd bought my bagpipes about a month previously, and couldn't really play anything other than a drone on them. "Copperhead Road" really needs bagpipes. It really does. It's just... an awesome track when done right. Lyrically it's good, but musically it really moves me.
So I heard the thunderous D chords drifting down the stairs just now, and I grabbed my pipes and run up to meet Tim, somewhere down Copperhead Road.
There's a wonderful feeling to picking up an instrument that just feels *right*. I don't have it with any other instrument except the bagpipes, but it just felt so good to finally play that song as I always heard it in my head.
I find that I don't mind not singing quite so badly if I can play the bagpipes :-)
Expect to find this making it's way into more sets in the near-future ;-)
This *would* be the night that he decides to re-work up "Copperhead Road", wouldn't it? The night when I'm not going to be there? I'm a HUGE Steve Earle fan, and "Copperhead Road" is my favourite song from way back when I wore head to toe leather all the time, and rode a variety of motorbikes (some legally, many not) as my preferred method of transport.
The last time we played this was as an "afterward" to a medieval gig. We'd done the period stuff, and had received a request for a brief 20 minute slot of 'party' music. I'd bought my bagpipes about a month previously, and couldn't really play anything other than a drone on them. "Copperhead Road" really needs bagpipes. It really does. It's just... an awesome track when done right. Lyrically it's good, but musically it really moves me.
So I heard the thunderous D chords drifting down the stairs just now, and I grabbed my pipes and run up to meet Tim, somewhere down Copperhead Road.
There's a wonderful feeling to picking up an instrument that just feels *right*. I don't have it with any other instrument except the bagpipes, but it just felt so good to finally play that song as I always heard it in my head.
I find that I don't mind not singing quite so badly if I can play the bagpipes :-)
Expect to find this making it's way into more sets in the near-future ;-)
