Marc Gunn's Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Is Purrrrfectly Amusing

Love Irish music? Love cats? Curl up in yourinstrument is an autoharp and I sing about
favorite chair - Irish Drinking Songs For Catcats."That is the beauty of Irish Drinking Songs
Lovers by Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' TabbyFor Cat Lovers - the songs are part of the
Cats will tickle your feline fancy.Irish Drinkingpatchwork of American music, a culture with
Songs For Cat Lovers is the pet project by Marcdeep Irish roots. Marc Gunn has extensive
Gunn, singer-songwriter and one-half of theexperience as not only a recording musician but
award-winning duo, the Brobdingnagian Bards. Fullas a veteran performer in renaissance fairs and
of funny feline folk music, Irish Drinking Songs Forfantasy festivals. The result is a clever collection
Cat Lovers gathers popular drinking tunes andof music that appeals to not only Irish and cat
retrofits them with cat-worthy lyrics. The result islovers, but anyone who appreciates a lyrical
a warm and wonderful CD that sees songs suchlaugh.Japan's Ari Koinuma, also a cat lover,
as "Lord of the Dance" redone as "Lord of theproduced Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers.
Pounce."Why take Irish drinking songs and rewriteParticipating musicians include Hannah Gunn and
them with lyrics about cats? "Well, I was a big fanCedric the Fiddler of the Bedlam Bards. Additional
of Weird Al growing up," confesses Gunn, himselfmusicians include Chris Buckley, Sarah Dinan,
owned by two cats named Tiziano and Torre plusHamby, April Porter, Blake McCaig, and Franco
visiting rights with the tabby Jasper, from aBordoni. Marc Gunn wrote all the lyrics to the
previous relationship. "When I listen to a song tooclassic songs.Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish
often, I typically will change the lyrics. I did thatfolk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads,
with 'Wild Rover,' changing the claps to meows. Itdrinking songs and cats. He is the lead singer for
was all downhill from there.""The CD is also notthe Brobdingnagian Bards. He is also Celtic music
just Irish drinking songs," Gunn points out. "It'spodcaster and Irish music magazine publisher and
more like a traditional Irish CD with a combinationpromoter. Last but not least, he is poet,
of drinking songs and Irish tunes, except the chiefphotographer and music business educator.