I am so grateful to have been GaFilk's Guest of Honor. It was, to repeat myself a bit, a true honor, and I couldn't have had a better time. The GaFilk set list, with arrangement* notes, was as follows:
1. "The Sealskin and the Story and the Sky." (Seanan McGuire, vocals; Bill Sutton, guitar; Brenda Sutton, bodhran; Dave Rood, bass; Dr. Mary Crowell, piano; Amy McNally, fiddle.)
2. "Counting Crows." (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
3. "Mama Said." (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, coconut shells; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
4. "Mother of the Crows." (Seanan, vocals; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
5. "Still Catch the Tide" (Talis Kimberley cover). (Seanan, vocals; Jodi Krangle, backing vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
6. "The Ghost of Lilly Kane." (Seanan, vocals; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
7. "Dear Gina." (Seanan, Katie vocals; Mary, piano, creepy demon vocals; Amy, fiddle.)
8. "Silent Hill." (Seanan, vocals; Mary, piano.)
9. "Dare to Dream." (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
10. "Evil Laugh." (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, dinosaur shaker; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, Merav, backing vocals.)
11. "Burn It Down" (Vixy & Tony cover). (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
12. "Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves." (Seanan, Jodi, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
13. "My Story Is Not Done." (Seanan, vocals; Bill, guitar; Brenda, bodhran; Dave, bass; Mary, piano; Amy, fiddle.)
The bridge for "Wicked Girls" was...
"Now Brenda beats bodhrans, and Vixy's run off with the fairies,
And Deborah will pour you red wine pressed from sweet poisoned berries.
Autumn signs secrets, and Amy plays tricks,
While Sunnie calls music from wires and sticks,
And the rules that we live by are simple and clear..."
As always: "Counting Crows," "Mama Said," "Mother of the Crows," "The Ghost of Lilly Kane," "My Story Is Not Done," and "Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves" are on Wicked Girls. "Evil Laugh," and "Still Catch the Tide" are on Stars Fall Home (out of print). "Dear Gina" and "Silent Hill" are on Red Roses and Dead Things.
Again, I am so very grateful to the GaFilk concom for having me. I had a wonderful time, and I can't wait to go back.
(*Dave Rood was actually moving around behind me quite a lot, so if I accidentally left him off something, or added him to something incorrectly, please let me know. Assuming you know. Which you may not.)
Dear Gina
January 19 2011, 17:22:03 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Dear Gina
January 19 2011, 17:27:28 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Dear Gina
January 21 2011, 04:59:38 UTC 6 years ago
I was thrilled to find that it came through clearly on the recording of the concert which went up for Interfilk auction - Wicked Cool to be able to hear it again and share it with folks unable to be in attendance.
Fantastic concert.
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January 19 2011, 18:53:58 UTC 6 years ago
What are you looking at me like that for? Doesn't everybody have a selkie playlist?
January 19 2011, 20:42:40 UTC 6 years ago
I do!
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January 20 2011, 19:05:35 UTC 6 years ago
With the help of iTunes and
January 24 2011, 03:41:23 UTC 6 years ago
I presume you have "The Great Selkie" (you know, "An earthly nurse sits and weeps...."
January 24 2011, 11:20:10 UTC 6 years ago
"Circle of Ice" sounds like the very definition of a rare recording.
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Still Catch the Tide - Talis Kimberley
Glass Half Full of the Sea - Ben Newman
In This Sea - Seanan McGuire
Seafaring Satyr and Shipful of Monsters - S.J. Tucker
You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me You Seal - (I don't think this is attributed) it's a parody of Lucille
and the grand-daddy of selkie songs:
The Great Selchie of Sule Skerry - Annwn
I probably have more somewhere that are unsorted.
January 19 2011, 23:26:52 UTC 6 years ago
Also Joe Kesselman's Stole of the Seal.
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Thank you again for a wonderful concert at GaFilk.
January 25 2011, 02:25:28 UTC 6 years ago
Also, Stars Fall Home is NOT out of print. I have 18 copies available.
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