JIM BEMENT AT
THE HIGHLANDER SCOTTISH PUB
COLLIERVILLE, TN
DECEMBER 28, 2018
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Highlander Scottish Pub - Jim Bement and Martin Mitchell
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YOU WILL NEVER meet a more delightful fellow than JIM BEMENT, who lives in Collierville, TN, sometimes in Nashville, TN, and perhaps even all over! The busy and classically-trained accordion artist / born entertainer performs just about everywhere. Jim joined us at the Collierville Historic Town Square Bluegrass & Old-Time Jam in the summer of 2018. He says he found the group by first following a guy coming to the Square with a guitar case in his hand. He asked the man about the jam, and the rest is history! Good plan, Jim!
Jim recently expanded his outreach, brought some friends along, and gave a performance at one of the newer restaurants on the Square called THE HIGHLANDER SCOTTISH PUB. The pub/restaurant provides a friendly atmosphere with great food and a nice choice of libations. The staff is friendly and the service prompt and accurate! You must meet Martin Mitchell! We recommend that you give The Highlander a try when you're out and about at the Square in Collierville.
We have some photos and Jim's set list to show you from the evening. Enjoy the trip through the first home of what we know today as bluegrass, traditional, and old-time music. Scotland, Ireland, the British Isles, and even France and Germany, sent some of the best music and musicians over to America starting in the 1600-1700's, and it's been a great ride for the past 400 years or so. Thanks, y'all!
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Jim Bement, Scotland, Darts
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Martin Mitchell havin' a bit o' fun
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Jim leaning into his work
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Lu Whitworth, Alex and Tanya Peselis
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Martin, sing-along cue card, Jim
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Alex/Tanya Peselis, Julie/Dan Brewer
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Jim Bement is really into his music
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Set 1: Swallow Tail Jig / The Kesh / Irish Washerwoman; Wild Rover; Old Grey Cat / The Morning Dew / Drowsy Maggie; Rambles of Spring (Makem & Clancy); Lauda (Medieval Latin chant on portative organ and alto recorder); Music for a Found Harmonium (Patrick Street, as danced to in the movie Napoleon Dynamite); Piano Concerto in D minor (Bach); The Ballad of Accounting (Ewan McColl); Red-Haired Boy / The Little Beggarman; Frank's Reel; Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel (Makem & Clancy); and Flowers of Edinburgh (Scottish reel).
Set 2: Finnegan's Wake; Sailor's Hornpipe (Popeye, Pink Panther); Red is the Rose / Loch Lomond; The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Rakes of Mallow / Scotland the Brave; Mari-Mac; The Water Is Wide / Though I May Speak (Traditional Irish song on hymn tune O Waly Waly); Morrison's (jig); Wild Mountain Thyme / Will Ye Go Lassie Go; Cry of the Celts (related to Riverdance); Bill Caddick / John of Dreams (Traditional Irish song based on a Tchaikovsky melody); Planxty Fanny Power; Conroy Pitt / Soldier's Joy (reel) / Soldier's Joy (song); Molly Malone; Raggle Taggle Gypsy / Give Me Your Hand; A Place in the Choir; Mellow Yellow (Donovan); Gary Owen (ballad reel which became a march); and Old Grey Cat finale fanfare / Iron Man quote.
For more information:
Jim Bement jbement@starpower.net CDs are available.
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