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ShortBuSX
January 7th, 2007, 07:31 PM
My grandfater is bout 91 years old, in a nursing home...hes doing alright currently no real issues...I imagine hes gonna be around for awhile longer. BUT hes not going to live forever...and when my grandmother died when I was bout 16, my aunt wanted me to play guitar with her at my G'mothers funeral service in church. I was only given 3 days to learn the song(I dont even remember the name of it, this was about 18 years ago)...I didnt know much about chords then, just barre cords...and I floundered and choked, my aunt carried me through it and I faked it...everybody still praised me as if they didnt even notice. Ive picked up playing guitar again after several years of slacking and now Ive got a better knowledge of chords and such...but now Im curious what song(s) I can learn for his service so Im not looking like a loser this time.
A little bit of history, my grandfather had one of the original Gibson hollow bodies without the lower cutaway...I almost never saw him play this, and it was often said that he had to be pretty drunk to play it and that he normally sang Irish drinking songs(yeah, we are Irish/Catholic) and usually for special occassions...once again, I almost never heard him play.
I dont really know who, in my family, that I should ask, without sounding insensitive and feeling akward. I asked my dad and he suggested a couple of unusual songs, that I almost immediately shot down...and I told him I wanted to do something that wasnt unlike what my grandfather might have played at such an occassion...so then he suggested "Danny Boy"...which I find to be too cliche and also another Irish drinking song...and not necisarrily appropriate. Im under the impression Irish drinking songs arent appropriate for a (Catholic)church enviornment...but I like the idea of it being an Irish type folk song...I just dont know........
...any suggestions???? Im really stumpted :confused:
BTW I asked an uncle on my otherside of the family(not related to this grandfather)...and his suggestion was "People Get Ready", that it was a "negro spirital" and that hed be proud if Id play it at his funneral should the time ever come and I was able. But my grandfather is Irish and not African-American...and Im back where I started, scratching my head trying to figure out an appropriate song...which is hard because I havent heard too many Irish folk songs.
HELP!!!:confused:
A little bit of history, my grandfather had one of the original Gibson hollow bodies without the lower cutaway...I almost never saw him play this, and it was often said that he had to be pretty drunk to play it and that he normally sang Irish drinking songs(yeah, we are Irish/Catholic) and usually for special occassions...once again, I almost never heard him play.
I dont really know who, in my family, that I should ask, without sounding insensitive and feeling akward. I asked my dad and he suggested a couple of unusual songs, that I almost immediately shot down...and I told him I wanted to do something that wasnt unlike what my grandfather might have played at such an occassion...so then he suggested "Danny Boy"...which I find to be too cliche and also another Irish drinking song...and not necisarrily appropriate. Im under the impression Irish drinking songs arent appropriate for a (Catholic)church enviornment...but I like the idea of it being an Irish type folk song...I just dont know........
...any suggestions???? Im really stumpted :confused:
BTW I asked an uncle on my otherside of the family(not related to this grandfather)...and his suggestion was "People Get Ready", that it was a "negro spirital" and that hed be proud if Id play it at his funneral should the time ever come and I was able. But my grandfather is Irish and not African-American...and Im back where I started, scratching my head trying to figure out an appropriate song...which is hard because I havent heard too many Irish folk songs.
HELP!!!:confused: