| Love Irish music? Love cats? Curl up in your | | | | tunes, except the chief instrument is an |
| favorite chair - Irish Drinking Songs For Cat | | | | autoharp and I sing about cats."That is the |
| Lovers by Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby | | | | beauty of Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers |
| Cats will tickle your feline fancy.Irish | | | | - the songs are part of the patchwork of |
| Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers is the pet | | | | American music, a culture with deep Irish |
| project by Marc Gunn, singer-songwriter and | | | | roots. Marc Gunn has extensive experience as |
| one-half of the award-winning duo, the | | | | not only a recording musician but as a |
| Brobdingnagian Bards. Full of funny feline | | | | veteran performer in renaissance fairs and |
| folk music, Irish Drinking Songs For Cat | | | | fantasy festivals. The result is a clever |
| Lovers gathers popular drinking tunes and | | | | collection of music that appeals to not only |
| retrofits them with cat-worthy lyrics. The | | | | Irish and cat lovers, but anyone who |
| result is a warm and wonderful CD that sees | | | | appreciates a lyrical laugh.Japan's Ari |
| songs such as "Lord of the Dance" redone as | | | | Koinuma, also a cat lover, produced Irish |
| "Lord of the Pounce."Why take Irish drinking | | | | Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers. Participating |
| songs and rewrite them with lyrics about | | | | musicians include Hannah Gunn and Cedric the |
| cats? "Well, I was a big fan of Weird Al | | | | Fiddler of the Bedlam Bards. Additional |
| growing up," confesses Gunn, himself owned by | | | | musicians include Chris Buckley, Sarah Dinan, |
| two cats named Tiziano and Torre plus | | | | Hamby, April Porter, Blake McCaig, and Franco |
| visiting rights with the tabby Jasper, from a | | | | Bordoni. Marc Gunn wrote all the lyrics to |
| previous relationship. "When I listen to a | | | | the classic songs.Marc Gunn is an Irish and |
| song too often, I typically will change the | | | | Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity |
| lyrics. I did that with 'Wild Rover,' | | | | for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats. |
| changing the claps to meows. It was all | | | | He is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian |
| downhill from there.""The CD is also not just | | | | Bards. He is also Celtic music podcaster and |
| Irish drinking songs," Gunn points out. "It's | | | | Irish music magazine publisher and promoter. |
| more like a traditional Irish CD with a | | | | Last but not least, he is poet, photographer |
| combination of drinking songs and Irish | | | | and music business educator. |