Jonathan Ramsey
Jonathan Ramsey performs delightfully brash, Irish songs of protest, love, shame, and glory. Energetic, upbeat, and animated, Jonathan Ramsey is always in motio
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Back Home in Derry Back Home in Derry
Poem written by Bobby Sands for his comrades from County Derry in the H-Blocks.
Black Velvet Band Black Velvet Band
Boy meets klepto. Boy loves klepto. Boy goes to jail with klepto. Boy goes to penal colony with klepto.
Choirboy looks betrayed by gritty, over-the-top musical play. The music is Irish. The genealogy is Irish. The outcome is a definite party - with lots of happy songs about death, mutilation, lost love, and betrayal.
Called upbeat, animated, and often just crazed, Jonathan Ramsey is always in motion onstage. Still, in spite of his highly energetic and playful performances, his musical style remains true to the nature of Irish folk songs.
Not one to weep into a beer, he builds up from warm ballads to rebel songs, then on to pint-banging pub songs. Soon, everyone is grabbing an empty glass and joining the percussion.Band/artist history
Jonathan's love for music began early, from the singing and playing of his granddad and family. He took up the guitar and played with several folk, rock, blues, and jazz groups. In 1993, he narrowed his focus to Irish music with Maid in the Myddle, then with Bully Ruse. In 1996, he began performing solo at several regional Irish music venues, including Harling's Upstairs in Kansas City.
His new self-titled CD of Irish songs bears witness to Jonathan's musical background. Packed with pub songs, rebel songs, and love songs, he performed these "live in studio" to capture the impact of the music.
Jonathan plays live across the U.S. and Canada, and every Thursday night at Harling's Upstairs in Kansas City.Have you performed in front of an audience?I play live, every week, in Kansas City, and around the US.
I love performing. The highlights of my work always involve sharing the moment with people who love the music, whether in a huge hall, or in a house concert.
Your musical influences
My granddad, Andy Irvine, Christy Moore, the Wolfetones, the Chieftains, Altan, Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem,What equipment do you use?
Taylor 610 and Yamaha LW-5 guitars - in standard, drop-d, and DADGAD tunings.
Chicago tenor banjo - 21" scale - tuned GDAE.
Stomp Box - 16"x24"x3/8" plywood top with 1"x4" whitewood sides.
German-made fiddle.
Epiphone f-style mandolin.
Shure Beta-58 mics.
Miniflex Guitar Microphones
Kansas City, MO
USA
ID
115136
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Comments (1)
This is one of the best recordings of a favorite drinking song I have ever heard...and I'm lucky enough to hear it played every thursday in KC!!!
God Bless Jonathan
