Black Velvet Band: the noisy, Digbeth mash-up
Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 ( 8 responses )
Tags: blackvelvetband, brumtwestival, craighamilton, friendsofthestars, noiseabatementorder, spotteddog, thedubliners, TheRainbow, twestival
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In the raffle at Twestival on 12th Feb I was lucky enough to win a cover of a song of my choice by Friends of the Stars, which was kindly donated by member Craig Hamilton. I inevitably chose an Irish folk song – my favourite, Black Velvet Band.
But then I went and butchered the lyrics to reflect the recent Noise Abatement Order problems suffered by The Spotted Dog and The Rainbow, so the hairpiece is worn by a noisy colleen who gets a poor Digbeth barman into all sorts of trouble. Play it in the little playbox above or download a 128kbps version (5mb), which should be small enough for downloads. I’ll be burning a few CD’s for all the local pubs in good time for St Patrick’s Day.
I hope you like it, I think it’s beautifully done. If you hate it because you’re an ardent Dubliners fan and this amounts to sacrilege, I’m really very sorry. If it’s any consolation, my Dad’s going to kill me.
Here’s the credits:
Friends of the Stars – Black Velvet Band (Trad.)
Additional Lyrics by Nicky Getgood
Arrangement by Friends of the Stars
Recorded in Birmingham and Glasgow in Feb 2009 by Friends of the Stars
Anna Russell – Vocals
Campbell Docherty – Bass, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Craig Hamiltion – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Piano kindly played by Rich Batsford
