Hey all… I’m in Seattle for the next week - my wife and I are playing in a group for a conference on Hymns at Regent in Vancouver in a couple days (I’ll be playing whistle, guitar & bodhran & singing - she’ll be singing) but we were thinking about checking out a Session Wed Night… A lady at Fado told me about one and wrote the name of the place on a piece of paper… Can’t remember where though…
We also checked out Lark… Pretty cooll… I was able to check out a couple whistles that I’d never played… Harper, Chieftans, Thin Weasels, Shaws, Susato Vsb…etc… Really dug the Harper… Didn’t dig Larks prices…
We’re planning on checking out Dusty Strings soon…
Well… just checkin’ in..
Oh, just missed ya - I was in Seattle last week. Also went to Lark’s. Smaller than I remembered. Did you try the electronic bagpipes? They’re in the display case =)
-A few possibilities…
1)- The Irish Emigrant on University Way
near N.E. 52nd St.-w/ Leo McNamara
et al playing Wednesday nights.
-If you’re not familiar with the location, its
on the main drag through the commercial heart of the U-district, at its north end.
2) Conor Byrne’s on Ballard Ave. in old town Ballard, a short block from Leary Way, a thoroughfare which runs parallel to it.
-Check out Dusty Strings by all means! Its an amazing place. They re-fretted my banjo recently and did a fine job
at reasonable cost. They have an extensive (thats understating it) selection
of celtic and folk CDs, and beaucoup instrumentation to drool over.
-Enjoy our temporarily sunny town!
Brian
There’s also a session on Wed. nights at the Columbia Street Public House (formely Clancey’s) in Olympia. If that’s the one you’re thinking of, let me know and I’ll do up directions. John
Thanks everybody… Rehearsal went extra long tonight so we weren’t able to go downtown… Yeah… the weather’s been great! We had a great 5 mile hike on Tiger Mountain yesterday… and I think I had the best Latte ever at Vivace’s yesterday… We’re going again tomorrow before we head out to Vancouver…
Well… thanks again…
Peace,