 Harp accompanied Vocal of Traditional Scottish tune - Hank Hogan :
The Lichtbob's Lassie is the Scottish version of Leaboy's Lassie, but since I don't yet know the Irish version of this song, I'm very glad to have gotten the Scottish Lyrics of Willam Jackson.   The harp accompaniment is based on a version from Kathy DeAngelo's Ten Year's of Tunes. 

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Hank Hogan plays the harp and sings in Arkansas at the Kelts Pub or the KXIO Coffee House Radio Stage - LIVE 

What Would You Do If You Married A Soldier

Recorded LIVE on a Monday night at the KXIO College Avenue Coffee House (RADIO)   The poem which I read from a posting from Lochabar Deaf Care Center's Newsletter in Scotland.   I thought this would be great if set to a familiar melody like the one  for Lakes of Ponchatrain.   I always loved the look that I would see on five year olds in a restaurant situation.

The Computer Swallowed Grandma LIVE Harpin' Hank Hogan

The Galway Shawl is a traditional song from Northern Ireland.
It can be found in most of the Irish Tune books.   I think it has a beautiful, haunting, plaintive, melody.   I played it in the key of A which for my singing and is just one more lever flip from the key of D which most of the harp tunes are in most of the time.  

Galway Shawl Key Of A

I was working from an arrangement of Grainne Yeats in the Harper's Choice.   It happened to be the last tune in the book, and my voice teacher Amy, said she did not think it was too difficult of a tune for me to consider doing, and the arrangement did not need to be transposed for me to sing it.  When I found out that it ends with a Picardy Third, well, that was good enough for me!  At least it's in "Bearla !"
I was having some real difficulty playing this because I did not know the music it's probably obvious at the end where I was trying to not completely blow the Picardy Third ending.

The BlackBird and the Thrush

Carraig Fhearghus, meaning ‘rock of Fergus’, was originally established by the Normans and named Dun-So-Barky for Strong Rock or Hill.  It was renamed and is reputedly the final resting place of Fergus Mor, the founder of Scotland.

Carrickfergus

Harpin Hank Hogan played a bodhran of the famous Scotsman's Kilt song. 

Scotsman's Kilt Bodhran Version -  Hank Hogan

 Báidín Fheilimí, that I found in Mary O'Laughlin's book on Irish Singing, and after I heard a recording of it by John Spillane, on a YouTube video, I just had to try learining it me-self... This video was made with the Kindle Fire HD on a Univrsal Tablet Holder attached to the mic stand.

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This recording of the Traditional Irish Tune, The Jug of Punch was made to test the Kindle Fire HD device  for use as a video recorder and microphone.  I am amazed at how well it worked, the audio track was simply saved  using the Polderbits program, trimmed, equalized and saved as a wav type file.

Jug Of Punch - Harpin' Hank Hogan EQ

The Three Lovely Lasses from Kimmage  is a popular Irish folk song often sung in Pubs and Irish football games.  This recording of me singing with my Ravenna 34 string harp features a nice bass amplifier (TA-20) attached to the harp with an electronic pickup.  I am simultaneously uploading the matching MP3 file to CD Baby's New Radio Air Play site.

Three Lovely Lasses From Kimmage - LIVE- Harpin Hank Hogan

You can see me performing on www.TradConnect.com/ or http://www.fandalism.com/hhh  Fandalism. forward slash hhh or on YouTube / b0dhran (b zero d h r a n) - Hank

Harpin Hank Hogan

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