Re: "Scotland the Brave"

Kevin Kinney (kkinney@med.unc.edu)
Tue, 18 Jun 96 16:01:02 EDT

>
> > I really appreciate knowing that the has been hammered into
> > the ground... that's very valuable input...
>
> You might want to run over Scotland the Brave a couple times (with a truck :)
> just in case the folks you're playing for are expecting to hear it. As many
> times as the song has been played, it's amazing the power it has over an
> audience. There are people who can listen to that song 100 times and still
> not get enough of it. If you're getting paid for a gig by a Scottish
> organization, you don't want to *not* know one of the old standards.
>

Right! I'll second this. It's an easy-ish tune, and once you know it,
you don't *have* to play it, but you *Can* play it if someone requests it.

(and someone will, believe me. Personally, I *hate* "Danny Boy," but I get
requests for it all the time. Many Rennies have a well-justified hatred
for "Greensleeves," yet most of us have had more requests for it than any
other song out there. This often contributes to the player's disgust with
it, especially after the 199th time on a given Saturday.)

Comes down to the old "give the people what they want" bit...

Kevin
(Who will fess up to liking Greensleeves, and doesn't play Danny Boy. I
deliberately forgot it)

kkinney@med.unc.edu