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Brother Patrick and the Celts
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A musical story of Patrick and the spiritual warfare with the celts of Ireland.
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Beanfield Castle - what a crop of acoustic and more!
I'm actually my own band :) I sequence music to accompany myself, usually with me playing an acoustic instrument and singing for the final mix.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #233
Peak in subgenre #56
Author
Sherry Crann
Rights
2010
Uploaded
June 25, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 2:36
Story behind the song
This piece started out as an improvisational exercise on the high E string of my guitar. The drone of the other two strings led me to explore a little more, as they gave a feeling that coincided with some reading I was doing at the time about Patrick and his work in Ireland. After obtaining a mandocello, the piece really developed. I finally recorded some improv tracks including whistle (the Dixon D) and my fretless bass to go with the mandocello, and here's what happened.
Lyrics
Patrick was a real historical figure who was largely responsible for bringing Christianity to Ireland. He was kidnapped as a young teen and taken to Ireland where he was a slave, working as a shepherd. His isolation gave him much opportunity for reflection and he came to a strengthened relationship with God, whom his grandparents had told him of in early life. He then escaped, but over time came to feel compelled to return to Ireland and share the love of Christ with his former captors. He spent the remainder of his life there sharing the love of Christ with the people and established hundreds of churches. It is said that he used the shamrock's three leaves to illustrate the Trinity to the people.
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