Dublin, Ireland

[Aran]

Rosie O'Grady's Pub
Harolds Cross
Dublin 6
Ireland

(Across from the petrol station)

9pm every Friday

Bluegrass Jam session, everyone welcome

( http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif You never know when you might be in town http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif )

[JD Cowles]

hope to be there for my honeymoon in '06. have a pint ready!
cheers from across the pond-
jd

[phynie]

Just went there for my honeymoon in april! Amazing! Wish I knew about this jam back in april. =( Not that there was any lack of live music in dublin....... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Aran]

See you for a pint in O6 JD http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[skippy]

Aran-

Question for ya... with up and down perceptions of US folks around the world.. how would the perception be in Ireland? If I were to visits and bring my mando? How would that be recieved? Are there plenty of Jams or places to sit in there?


Just curious (would like to plan a trip there)

[Aran]

US folks are folks and US poloticians (Foreign policy) are another thing alltogether.

There has allways been a special bond between the states and Ireland and US folks are generally welcomed with open arms. There are loads of sessions in every town in Ireland allthough they are mostly traditional Irish music. During the summer there a quite a few bluegrass festivals, with the usual sessions going all day and night, except that Guinness is the order of the day. The highlite of any festival here is allways the American bands that come over. Nearly every month we have a band from the States doing a tour here aswell. Basically you folks are held in very high esteeme by bluegrass fans over here. I don't think you should leave your mando behind. By the way how is your trad irish repertoire?? (Mines not great as it's bluegrass type styles that float my boat.) If you have a good repertoire of trad tunes then you will probably be able to sit in on a session every night of the week.

You don't come to Ireland for the weather http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[skippy]

When we get around to planning our trip, I will make sure part of the prep work is brushing up on my Irish tunes. I know quite a few, I just don't have people over here to play them with, which makes them get rusty quickly. That being said, I love to play em... Matter of fact.. I have decided that I am part Irish... It's not a line in my genology that is real strong, but... if you take my traditionally Polish last name... Omernik, and look at it correctly.. (O'Mernick) and factor in my love of Guiniess and Red Beers, then think about how I love Irish tunes...... not to mention the fact that I grew up on a Potato farm... I think I can clearly make the case that I a good part Irish http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Aran]

I reckon that's a good enough case as I am likely to hear!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I have the opposite problem to you with not enough people to play bluegrass with. Below is a link to a site for traditional tunes and it looks like there is a few people from the States who are members, you never know there might be trad session somewhere near you. The Session (http://www.thesession.org/) When I say near you, you have to understand I can travel from the east coast to the west coast in an afternoon by car and I can't quite get my head around the huge distances in your country http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Did you know that any tunes you play on the mandolin are instantly transferable to the tenor banjo without any transposing it's exactly the same.