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lighthead2toe · 11-10-2009, 11:24 PM

Hey Ann. It's great to hear you will be joining us again. Hope we'll have a song (or two) from you.
And requests: of course; by all means we'll fill the bill! (or a close second)

Reminds me of the lyric in Gord's song "I'd Do It Again" where the line says: "They cried for more,_ he replied "Why sure,"_ and he played one just for free."

But Ann, I should tell you that I always thought the lyric from "Minstrel of the Dawn" (If you meet him you will be a victim of his minstrelsy) that you chose to sign off with in your posts was quite tasteful, so I would like to dedicate that song to you at the pub jam.
It's a tune that I had to "re learn" from the early years, but always loved the song and became more drawn to it when I discovered in a July 10, 2008 "Globe and Mail" article written by Colleen Elltoft, Red Shea's daughter. In this article, pertaining to the passing of her father she says that: "Gordon wrote a song "Minstrel of the Dawn" that was inspired by Red. I believe it captured the playful life that my father possessed."

And of course having connected with John Stinson and Paul Bartlett, both students of the master, and will be joining us at the pub jam, "Minstrel of the Dawn" is now a very special song for me.

So guys and gals who are into this one, the capo will be on the second fret in the "D" position (key is "E"), so let's make this baby roll!

We'll try and get into things more happy than blue.

Cheers, RJ.

11-10-2009, 11:24 PM	#9
lighthead2toe Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 920	Re: PubJams during the Massey Hall dates - McVeigh's Irish pub Hey Ann. It's great to hear you will be joining us again. Hope we'll have a song (or two) from you. And requests: of course; by all means we'll fill the bill! (or a close second) Reminds me of the lyric in Gord's song "I'd Do It Again" where the line says: "They cried for more,_ he replied "Why sure,"_ and he played one just for free." But Ann, I should tell you that I always thought the lyric from "Minstrel of the Dawn" (If you meet him you will be a victim of his minstrelsy) that you chose to sign off with in your posts was quite tasteful, so I would like to dedicate that song to you at the pub jam. It's a tune that I had to "re learn" from the early years, but always loved the song and became more drawn to it when I discovered in a July 10, 2008 "Globe and Mail" article written by Colleen Elltoft, Red Shea's daughter. In this article, pertaining to the passing of her father she says that: "Gordon wrote a song "Minstrel of the Dawn" that was inspired by Red. I believe it captured the playful life that my father possessed." And of course having connected with John Stinson and Paul Bartlett, both students of the master, and will be joining us at the pub jam, "Minstrel of the Dawn" is now a very special song for me. So guys and gals who are into this one, the capo will be on the second fret in the "D" position (key is "E"), so let's make this baby roll! We'll try and get into things more happy than blue. Cheers, RJ.