Yo-ho-ho, Mates,
I must've been watching too much Johnny Depp while being sick last week because when I walked into Paddy's the other night night, I felt as if I was aboard a ship in Frenchman's Cay in the 1700's - instead of a bar in Kip's Bay, 2010.
Co-host AJ greeted me wearing his new pigtail, bandana and facial hair - and as I looked around all I could see was ponytails, pigtails, beards and stubble (and that was only the women...). And so began the Kip's Bay Pirates Of Paddy's jam...
Craig (who would fit in sailing under any Jolly Roger) started us off with "You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine" - surely a pirate classic.
Long, tall Steve didn't lead any songs, but certainly fit the image sporting his new stubble. Give him a cutlass and he'll pass.
Scottie, who would have to be the cook on our ship (with the obligatory mischievous monkey) - sailed into uncharted bluegrass waters with Elvis Costello's "Allison" (in F - I guess his compass was broken) and James Taylor's "Fire And Rain".
Cabin boy Scott (...the younger), stayed the bluegrass course with "Little Girl Of Mine In Tennessee" and "Molly And Tenbrooks".
Judy, who would probably stay ashore, gracing a seedy sailor's joint in some hellish pirate port, gave us a little Spanish flavor with a bluesy rhumba. Scotty helped her with that one (I haven't reached the "Latin Rhythms" chapter in my Scrugg's book yet). She also pumped out "Got Your Mojo Working" - almost working the crew into a mutiny.
Even a pirate ship needs a "Professor" (look at Gilligan's) - and our's has "Peg Leg" ("Pistol") Professor Pete, who forgot to wear his bandana, but came instead with numerous barely known country songs from who knows where (but ask him, and he'll tell you... at length). His voyage started with Harlan Howard's "Too Many Rivers", veered into the doldrums with The Stewart Family's "Just Out Of Reach (Of My 2 Open Arms) and he lowered his sails with Charlie Walker's "Who Will Buy The Wine?".
Bob doesn't need an eye patch or a hook, nobody'd mess with Bob on our ship - he's seen it all. Although while he led "Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?" - I couldn't help thinking that a bright-colored parrot would look good with that Martin. Ay-y-y-y-y...
Cynthia would be carved in wood as our mast head - long hair flowing in the Carribean breeze - cutting through the waves, just like her voice cuts through the bar with EmmyLou's "Montana Cowgirl" or Warren Zevon's "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me".
Co-host (and First Mate) AJ, along with helping Sarah out of trouble with "Dallas", when her sails floundered, contributed Johnny Cash's "Big River" and a crowd-pleasing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?".
It's too bad that "Banjo" Mike and (2nd Mate) Mr. T were serving time in the brig and missed this one - they would've fit right in, having enough hair between them for a whole motley crew. I always pictured Tony on the bar, with a barrel of rum hoisted on one shoulder, waving a sword in his other hand leading the bar in "A Pirate's Life For Me".
As for the rest of you (including me, I'm afraid) - shape up, or ship out! You look like a bunch of landlubbing port dwellers who've never scraped a barnacle in your lives... Paddy's doesn't have a plank to walk, but if you've never seen the basement - beware, it's just as scary!
Not that the rest of us didn't try to get aboard...
Karen led great versions of "Rain And Snow" and "Rider" - although keel-hauling her would be too good for leading it in the key of E.
Chris finally put down his dobro for a song (at least I know one person reads these things) and led Elvis' version of "Blue Moon Of Kenturky", while later Gary led "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane".
Kim and co-host Bill led a nice "Arkansas Traveler" (with Scotty providing the harmonics at the end... What?? I'd like to see him do that with a hook!). Steve led the Stone's "Dead Flowers" - say, didn't Keith have a part in one of those Depp movies?
Sarah pulled out a new one, Lucinda William's "Howling At Midnight".
I managed Vince Gill's "Give Me The highway" and almost started more mayhem with Sam The Sham's "Wooly Bully". We lost a couple overboard on THAT one...
We'll be back in port in two weeks, see you then - who knows what the crew'll look like by then!
May the trade winds be at your back, and your cutlasses stay sharp,
Dave Comins
www.bluegrassandbeyondnyc.com
Facebook / Bluegrass & Beyond NYC
I must've been watching too much Johnny Depp while being sick last week because when I walked into Paddy's the other night night, I felt as if I was aboard a ship in Frenchman's Cay in the 1700's - instead of a bar in Kip's Bay, 2010.
Co-host AJ greeted me wearing his new pigtail, bandana and facial hair - and as I looked around all I could see was ponytails, pigtails, beards and stubble (and that was only the women...). And so began the Kip's Bay Pirates Of Paddy's jam...
Craig (who would fit in sailing under any Jolly Roger) started us off with "You're No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine" - surely a pirate classic.
Long, tall Steve didn't lead any songs, but certainly fit the image sporting his new stubble. Give him a cutlass and he'll pass.
Scottie, who would have to be the cook on our ship (with the obligatory mischievous monkey) - sailed into uncharted bluegrass waters with Elvis Costello's "Allison" (in F - I guess his compass was broken) and James Taylor's "Fire And Rain".
Cabin boy Scott (...the younger), stayed the bluegrass course with "Little Girl Of Mine In Tennessee" and "Molly And Tenbrooks".
Judy, who would probably stay ashore, gracing a seedy sailor's joint in some hellish pirate port, gave us a little Spanish flavor with a bluesy rhumba. Scotty helped her with that one (I haven't reached the "Latin Rhythms" chapter in my Scrugg's book yet). She also pumped out "Got Your Mojo Working" - almost working the crew into a mutiny.
Even a pirate ship needs a "Professor" (look at Gilligan's) - and our's has "Peg Leg" ("Pistol") Professor Pete, who forgot to wear his bandana, but came instead with numerous barely known country songs from who knows where (but ask him, and he'll tell you... at length). His voyage started with Harlan Howard's "Too Many Rivers", veered into the doldrums with The Stewart Family's "Just Out Of Reach (Of My 2 Open Arms) and he lowered his sails with Charlie Walker's "Who Will Buy The Wine?".
Bob doesn't need an eye patch or a hook, nobody'd mess with Bob on our ship - he's seen it all. Although while he led "Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?" - I couldn't help thinking that a bright-colored parrot would look good with that Martin. Ay-y-y-y-y...
Cynthia would be carved in wood as our mast head - long hair flowing in the Carribean breeze - cutting through the waves, just like her voice cuts through the bar with EmmyLou's "Montana Cowgirl" or Warren Zevon's "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me".
Co-host (and First Mate) AJ, along with helping Sarah out of trouble with "Dallas", when her sails floundered, contributed Johnny Cash's "Big River" and a crowd-pleasing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?".
It's too bad that "Banjo" Mike and (2nd Mate) Mr. T were serving time in the brig and missed this one - they would've fit right in, having enough hair between them for a whole motley crew. I always pictured Tony on the bar, with a barrel of rum hoisted on one shoulder, waving a sword in his other hand leading the bar in "A Pirate's Life For Me".
As for the rest of you (including me, I'm afraid) - shape up, or ship out! You look like a bunch of landlubbing port dwellers who've never scraped a barnacle in your lives... Paddy's doesn't have a plank to walk, but if you've never seen the basement - beware, it's just as scary!
Not that the rest of us didn't try to get aboard...
Karen led great versions of "Rain And Snow" and "Rider" - although keel-hauling her would be too good for leading it in the key of E.
Chris finally put down his dobro for a song (at least I know one person reads these things) and led Elvis' version of "Blue Moon Of Kenturky", while later Gary led "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane".
Kim and co-host Bill led a nice "Arkansas Traveler" (with Scotty providing the harmonics at the end... What?? I'd like to see him do that with a hook!). Steve led the Stone's "Dead Flowers" - say, didn't Keith have a part in one of those Depp movies?
Sarah pulled out a new one, Lucinda William's "Howling At Midnight".
I managed Vince Gill's "Give Me The highway" and almost started more mayhem with Sam The Sham's "Wooly Bully". We lost a couple overboard on THAT one...
We'll be back in port in two weeks, see you then - who knows what the crew'll look like by then!
May the trade winds be at your back, and your cutlasses stay sharp,
Dave Comins
www.bluegrassandbeyondnyc.com
Facebook / Bluegrass & Beyond NYC
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