El Pony Pisador - Maggie May
(Matricular una galera 2019)
Per a Maggie May volíem fer una cançó amb un estil estrictament bluegrass. El bluegrass és una forma de música country originada per Bill Monroe als anys 40, que es caracteritza pels tempos ràpids i les harmonies vocals. Per barrejar-lo amb cançons marineres vam trobar Maggie May, una cançó tradicional de Liverpool que té la mateixa harmonia que molts standards del gènere.
Al 2014 ja vam intentar tocar bluegrass en un assaig i va sonar tan malament que no ho vam intentar més fins 4 anys més tard. En el nostre viatge als Estats Units el juliol de 2019 vam tenir la sort de conèixer al David McLaughlin, mandolinista de The Johnson Mountain Boys, gràcies al qual vam poder aprendre les particularitats de l’estil de primera mà. És el primer cop que gravem una cançó amb solos, que són un element indispensable del bluegrass i la veritat és que ha costat molt i n’estem força satisfets.
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Oh Maggie, Maggie May they have taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors and skinned so many whalers
You clever, no good, robbing Maggie May
Now gather round you sailor boys, and listen to my plea
And when you've heard my tale, oh, pity me
For I was a ready fool in the port of Liverpool
The first time that I come home from sea
I was paid off at the home from the port of Sierra Leone
Four pounds in a month it was me pay
With a pocket full of tin I was very soon took in
By a girl with the name of Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May they have taken you away...
Oh, well I do remember when I first met Maggie May
She was cruising up and down in Canning Place
She had a figure so divine, like a frigate of the line
And me being just a sailor, I gave chase
In the morning I awoke, I was flat and stoney broke
No jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find
When I asked her where they were she said "My very good sir,
They're down in Kelly's Pawnshop number nine"
Oh Maggie, Maggie May they have taken you away...
Well, to the pawnshop I did go but no clothes there could I find
The policeman came and took that girl away
And the judge he guilty found her, of robbing a homeward-bounder
And paid her passage back to Botany Bay
She was chained and sent away from Liverpool one day,
The lads all cried as she sailed down the bay,
And every sailor lad, was sad, but sort of glad
They'd sent away mischievous Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May they have taken you away…
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Sea shanty: Maggie May
Arranged by El Pony Pisador
Mixed by Óscar López “Dumbleoscar”
Mastered by Ferran Conangla
Video recording and post-production by Adrià González Pintamones
Published by Coopula Editorial
El Pony Pisador are:
Adrià Vila: Mandolin & vocals
Guillem Codern: Banjo bluegrass & vocals
Martí Selga: Upright bass & vocals
Miquel Pérez: Fiddle & vocals
Ramon Anglada: Guitar & vocals
www.elponypisador.com
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