Monday, May 03, 2004
Back from a Super Secret Mission
Sorry about the break in contact. I conducted an infiltration mission into Key West yesterday in order to compete in the annual traditional fiddle-playing contest down there.
Yeah, I'm nuts that way.
I took third place.*
Had a great time, though. Stayed in another musician's houseboat. It was amazing. We literally had a shark swim up to the door.
Lots of tunes, lots of friends, lots of not thinking about Iraq.
And no, we didn't play anything by Jimmy Buffett
Livin' la vida buena.
Splash, out
Jason
*For those of you who care, the tunes I played were "The Britches Full of Stitches," "Red Haired Boy," and "The Mason's Apron" all in one set, then "Flowers of Edinburgh."
I didn't expect to be called up for the semifinals, but they did. In a fit of incredible cynicism, I opted for "The Irish Washerwoman," and "The Garry Owen," mostly because the unwashed masses love it (although the Garry Owen has some uncomfortable political overtones to it in Ireland, I gather. Can anyone in the know weigh in?), and because no one else had played a jig (6/8 time) yet, and I wanted to differentiate myself.
Oh, and because the chords were easy. Which is important in that context.
Mark O' Connor's job is safe.
Yeah, I'm nuts that way.
I took third place.*
Had a great time, though. Stayed in another musician's houseboat. It was amazing. We literally had a shark swim up to the door.
Lots of tunes, lots of friends, lots of not thinking about Iraq.
And no, we didn't play anything by Jimmy Buffett
Livin' la vida buena.
Splash, out
Jason
*For those of you who care, the tunes I played were "The Britches Full of Stitches," "Red Haired Boy," and "The Mason's Apron" all in one set, then "Flowers of Edinburgh."
I didn't expect to be called up for the semifinals, but they did. In a fit of incredible cynicism, I opted for "The Irish Washerwoman," and "The Garry Owen," mostly because the unwashed masses love it (although the Garry Owen has some uncomfortable political overtones to it in Ireland, I gather. Can anyone in the know weigh in?), and because no one else had played a jig (6/8 time) yet, and I wanted to differentiate myself.
Oh, and because the chords were easy. Which is important in that context.
Mark O' Connor's job is safe.
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