'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - Mike Taylor, 1967 - arrananged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdys (3), bass viols (4), pardessus viols (3), soprano recorders (3), clavichord, folk-guitar, and organ. 'Pressed Rat...' appeared on 'Wheels of FIre' by the Cream, with Ginger Baker's words (which I do not recite here; still working on that evasive 'final mix'!), though I had never heard the song until just a few years ago. As a kid, I enjoyed Cream ALOT, and had even heard Eric Clapton perform with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in 1968 (?) in Cleveland, but never had bougt their albums. A few years ago, finally bought all the Cream opi on CDs, and started to listen. 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' just simply blew me away; I stopped the CD, went to my music room, and started recording the above version! I worked virtually non-stop for about 3 days! It was INTENSE fun!!! That was in Spring of 2009. I start off with a single full hurdy-gurdy (two more join in for the final chorus), and eventually you hear clavichord, folk-guitar (modified to emulate a bandora!), four bass viols, 3 pardessus viols (that is it's pegbox on the video!), 3 soprano recorders, and organ. It was my intent to present a version as perhaps Oliver Cromwell might have heard it, if the broken consort (the band), down at the Swan & Lyre Tavern around the corner from St. Paul's, had come across a copy of the score (via time transport?) about 300 years prior to the Cream's release (give or take a ...
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - (1667 version!)
Daniel Mantey - 'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - (1667 version!) Video Clips. Duration : 3.95 Mins.
'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - Mike Taylor, 1967 - arrananged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdys (3), bass viols (4), pardessus viols (3), soprano recorders (3), clavichord, folk-guitar, and organ. 'Pressed Rat...' appeared on 'Wheels of FIre' by the Cream, with Ginger Baker's words (which I do not recite here; still working on that evasive 'final mix'!), though I had never heard the song until just a few years ago. As a kid, I enjoyed Cream ALOT, and had even heard Eric Clapton perform with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in 1968 (?) in Cleveland, but never had bougt their albums. A few years ago, finally bought all the Cream opi on CDs, and started to listen. 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' just simply blew me away; I stopped the CD, went to my music room, and started recording the above version! I worked virtually non-stop for about 3 days! It was INTENSE fun!!! That was in Spring of 2009. I start off with a single full hurdy-gurdy (two more join in for the final chorus), and eventually you hear clavichord, folk-guitar (modified to emulate a bandora!), four bass viols, 3 pardessus viols (that is it's pegbox on the video!), 3 soprano recorders, and organ. It was my intent to present a version as perhaps Oliver Cromwell might have heard it, if the broken consort (the band), down at the Swan & Lyre Tavern around the corner from St. Paul's, had come across a copy of the score (via time transport?) about 300 years prior to the Cream's release (give or take a ...
'Pressed Rat & Warthog' - Mike Taylor, 1967 - arrananged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdys (3), bass viols (4), pardessus viols (3), soprano recorders (3), clavichord, folk-guitar, and organ. 'Pressed Rat...' appeared on 'Wheels of FIre' by the Cream, with Ginger Baker's words (which I do not recite here; still working on that evasive 'final mix'!), though I had never heard the song until just a few years ago. As a kid, I enjoyed Cream ALOT, and had even heard Eric Clapton perform with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in 1968 (?) in Cleveland, but never had bougt their albums. A few years ago, finally bought all the Cream opi on CDs, and started to listen. 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' just simply blew me away; I stopped the CD, went to my music room, and started recording the above version! I worked virtually non-stop for about 3 days! It was INTENSE fun!!! That was in Spring of 2009. I start off with a single full hurdy-gurdy (two more join in for the final chorus), and eventually you hear clavichord, folk-guitar (modified to emulate a bandora!), four bass viols, 3 pardessus viols (that is it's pegbox on the video!), 3 soprano recorders, and organ. It was my intent to present a version as perhaps Oliver Cromwell might have heard it, if the broken consort (the band), down at the Swan & Lyre Tavern around the corner from St. Paul's, had come across a copy of the score (via time transport?) about 300 years prior to the Cream's release (give or take a ...
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