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Open Request for Your Cat Music Loving Testimonial
yay! CDbaby finally got When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling (and other Celtic Cat Songs) posted on their site. So you can now also buy it through that website. Admittedly it's a bit more expensive, but if you go through their $5 Specials, you can get it for less.
But that's not the reason I'm writing here. I'm actually writing to see if you could post a short review of the CD single. Testimonials help me out a LOT.
My kitties will be ever so appreciative. As will I. :)
posted by Marc Gunn of
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Gift CD @
1:44 PM
Marc Gunn's When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling Is Purrrrfectly Amewsing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Austin, TX -- Love Irish music? Love cats? Curl up in your favorite chair - IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS by MARC GUNN & THE DUBLINERS' TABBY CATS is nigh.
But first, the irresistibly charming three-song sampler WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING by MARC GUNN & THE DUBLINERS' TABBY CATS is currently available. It features "Wild Kitty," ("Wild Rover"), "When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling," ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") and "Furagone's Wake" ("Finnegan's Wake"), a trio of singalongs that are as funny as they are familiar.
IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS is the pet project by MARC GUNN, singer-songwriter and one-half of the award-winning duo, the Brobdingnagian Bards. Full of funny feline folk music, IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS gathers popular drinking tunes and retrofits them with cat-worthy lyrics. The result is a warm and wonderful CD that sees songs such as "Lord of the Dance" redone as "Lord of the Pounce." IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS is due in October.
Why take Irish drinking songs and rewrite them with lyrics about cats? "Well, I was a big fan of Weird Al growing up," confesses Gunn, himself owned by two cats named Tiziano and Torre plus visiting rights with the tabby Jasper, from a previous relationship. "When I listen to a song too often, I typically will change the lyrics. I did that with ‘Wild Rover,' changing the claps to meows. It was all downhill from there."
That is the beauty of IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS and WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING -- the songs are part of the patchwork of American music, a culture with deep Irish roots. Marc Gunn has extensive experience as not only a recording musician but as a veteran performer in renaissance fairs and fantasy festivals. The result is a clever collection of music that appeals to not only Irish and cat lovers, but anyone who appreciates a lyrical laugh.
Japan's Ari Koinuma, also a cat lover, produced IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS and WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING. MARC GUNN wrote or co-wrote the lyrics to the classic songs.
Contact: Marc Gunn
512.470.4866
marc at thebards.net
posted by Marc Gunn of
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Gift CD @
12:18 PM
"Darn humans! When will they learn to speak cat?"
Response to my Cat Drinking Tails newsletter.
Torre wrote, "Darn humans! When will they learn to speak cat?"
Hey Torre, Nreaw :) I know one human who speaks at least some cat. My sister living with 8, how can she not learn some. She tried to teach me once, I didn't get very far with it though. :) Get Marc to set you up with some catnip and a White Russian :) Although you might want him to go a little light on the alchohol. Don't want you ending up like a certain feral we know who used to sneak fish from bars ;) - Anthony C
posted by Marc Gunn of
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Gift CD @
11:24 AM
First Cat Lovers Podcast
Welcome to the First Cat Lovers Podcast!
This issue features:
- Two news items
- Cats in Physics
- Deer hunting kitties
- Music of "Wild Kitty" by The Dubliners Tabby Cats
Well, being new to this, I can't seem to get the podcast listed here, BUT you can subscribe with this RSS Feed
Download the Cat Lovers Podcast  (6.7MB)
posted by Marc Gunn of
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Gift CD @
4:18 PM
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