Brobdingnagian Bards (Featured Group 5/2007)Mood:
lyricalTopic: May
BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS
you embarrassing questions in public,
it would be wise to keep this music out of
hearing range for little ears!
Back to my Celtic roots this month, in honor of Faire season! Once a Rennie, always a Rennie, and always loyal to Rennie musicians... The Brobdingnagian Bards, though, have a special place in my heart, because Mama Linda (RIP) was the first to take me to see them. The band is comprised of two exceedingly handsome and witty gentlemen, Andrew McKee and Marc Gunn. Both of these men I have had the good fortune of conversing with a couple of times, and they are every bit as smart as their music! A word of advice- if you ever see them in person, go up to them and ask about their name, it's a fascinating conversation, especially since the book they took it from isn't period to the Renaissance in the slightest.
Anyway, onto their music! It's everything a Rennie could ever want... Beautifully Celtic, at times irreverent, and hilariously anachronistic! Their version of Wild Mountain Thyme is moving and gentle, and this from the same band that has done Monty Python songs, the Do Virgins Taste Better Medley, Jedi Drinking Song and If I Had A Million Ducats! If you have any appreciation for good Celtic music, or even if you just enjoy a good gut laugh or intellectual funnies, you simply have to check these boisterous bards out... BECAUSE REAL MEN WEAR KILTS!
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