The Celtic Music Portion of the Evening

So, I have to confess that as much as I love rugby (its official, I had a lovely chat with a bio lecturer at pints on Thursday about rugby and am now clearly an aficionado), the real reason that I've now decided to move to the UK is these guys. Well really just amazing live Celtic, folk, blues, rock fusion bands in general.

As the rugby game was ending and all of the Welsh fans were filing out of the pub with their tales between their legs and tears dripping down their cheeks a Welsh band called Rusty Shackle was setting up and tuning their guitars...banjos, fiddles, basses, and mandolins. Talk about a multi-talented set of guys. The base player is just about the cutest person I have ever seen...sorry Jonny Wilkinson...and really, really talented. These guys just give off this amazing vibe of fun and imagination. I say imagination because they played some of the weirdest covers I have ever heard, like a celtic-folk version of Bloodhound Gang's the Bad Touch and something by Usher. They did however play the best cover of the Green, Green Grass of Home I have ever heard and in fact the only version of the song that I will listen to in the future.

Over all the night was just exactly what I love doing, bopping around to music though next time I vow not to have a giant schoolbag and I shall dance the night away.

I learned though that as much as I love being able to go clubbing I would much rather swing the night away in a pub with some Celtic-folk beats bumping in the background. Amen to that.

I discovered upon returning home from the pub that the band wasn't just some local boys playing for a few bucks, but actually the real deal. This is a still from the music video to their song "Cold Hearted Town"which is definitely worth a listen.

Besides who doesn't love a cowboy?
Click here for Cold Hearted Town