White Ripple Community Band October 10th, 2016

In the days of mixtapes, remember when you would accidentally put together a side that sounded pretty keen? Two or three songs put together at random can be more than the sum of their parts. That's what happened this week.

Song 1: Rhiannon, by Stevie Nicks. As the story goes, Stevie read Triad by Mary Leader, was intrigued by the name, and the rest is a great song. Rhiannon is also the name of a goddess in Welsh mythology.

 

 

Song 2: Fields of Gold by Sting.

 



 

 

 

(Here are some melody notes for Fields of Gold.)

 



 

 

Song 3: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison.

 

 

 

And there you go! It was a nice, minor key vibe we didn't know we were shooting for.

 

White Ripple folks have a couple of chances to play these songs this weekend. One is the open mic tonight at Frida's Café, signups start at 6:15 and the open mic starts at 7 p.m. The other is the Saturday open mic at Tinker's Attic, which will be held outdoors as we enjoy a last breath of warm weather.