strathspey@strathspey.org:11659

Ron.Mackey

Re: Dancing to pipes - or not!

April 16, 1998, 2:40 a.m. (Message 11659)

Hi,
Coletta wrote,
> At first blush the  
> good piper might not sound as "good" as the gawdawful piper, but trying to  
> keep to a beat that changes is a lot harder to put up with than a sour  
> note here and there.
>     Sometimes a drummer could be worth his weight in whisky, if he gives  
> the piper and dancers a good beat.
> 
>        Coletta Busse
>         Bielefeld
> 
The comment about a good drummer brought to mind some of the old 
recordings (& a few not so old) especially of strathspeys where a 
lovely tune or great band was drowned out by a beserk drummer 
hammering away.
Sometimes it was bad recording technique but it seemed that there 
were some military drummers looking for a job!
In our group, especially if a lovely strathspey tune was being ruined 
the cry would go up, " Someone shoot that ~*# drummer."
Cheers,  Ron   :)

 < 0   Ron Mackey, 
  'O>  Mottingham, 
  /#\  London. UK.
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