I get to play tunes with Davy Spillane. UPDATE
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Bernard (unlike Colin) doesn't sign his whistles inside the tube.Wombat wrote:Now that would be a bit harder to check out without making it look obvious. I couldn't find anything like that on my Bernard-made Overton low D just now but it could do with a good cleaning inside.NorCalMusician wrote:Colin does mark his whistles. It is engraved on the inside of the bell end with sig and serial number I believe.
Well, as a practical suggestion, it might not be as easy to check as I had hoped. I think most Overtons around these days are Colin-made.
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If you get a chance to speak to Davy, please extend to him my warmest regards.
And, now:
I'd like to add that I have (almost) no doubt that the whistle Davy plays is not an Overton but is, as he claims, one he built. What I have always considered a mystery is why, after all of his statements that he makes & sells whistles for other players, have I NEVER heard from anyone who owns one. I would also bet that he has made and sold a few. And I also bet he truly intends to do more of that. I bet he just can't find time.
I don't hate Davy and I have no reason to dislike him. It just turns out to be the unfortunate truth that the only contact I've had with him was a bit, well, unfortunate....
Anybody who can play like that (not to mention write "The Dreaming of the Bones") has the spark of the divine in him/her. That collaboration with Sinead (who, by the way, was my first wife), is exquisite.
Oops, turn irony back on.
Love and peace,
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And, now:
I'd like to add that I have (almost) no doubt that the whistle Davy plays is not an Overton but is, as he claims, one he built. What I have always considered a mystery is why, after all of his statements that he makes & sells whistles for other players, have I NEVER heard from anyone who owns one. I would also bet that he has made and sold a few. And I also bet he truly intends to do more of that. I bet he just can't find time.
I don't hate Davy and I have no reason to dislike him. It just turns out to be the unfortunate truth that the only contact I've had with him was a bit, well, unfortunate....
Anybody who can play like that (not to mention write "The Dreaming of the Bones") has the spark of the divine in him/her. That collaboration with Sinead (who, by the way, was my first wife), is exquisite.
Oops, turn irony back on.
Love and peace,
Dale
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No way! Yours too?DaleWisely wrote:That collaboration with Sinead (who, by the way, was my first wife), is exquisite.
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Re: I get to play tunes with Davy Spillane. UPDATE
When the news comes out we'll know: it will be the thread that gets 300 replies on the same day and gets locked on the next day!markv wrote:Davy does make his own whistles, no doubt about it. I have the feeling that he didn't want to take the time to become a whistle maker more than player just because everybody wanted a "Riverdance whistle". He did have some interesting news on something he is working on but I don't know if I should let it out yet. Hopefully in a month or so the news will come out.
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Re: I get to play tunes with Davy Spillane. UPDATE
Curiouser and curiouser. What was his quote when he first posted to this board? Something along the lines of I NEVER EVER HAVE PLAYED, PLAY NOW, OR EVER WILL PLAY ANYONE ELSE'I WHISTLES EVER! NOR WOULD I EVER ENDORSE ANYONE ELSE'S WHISTLES! Seems he's changing that now - would have been nice if he could have been a bit kinder to and truthful to the board and the makers... :roll: I guess super stardom exempts one from that though. I think this is why so many of us have been turned off.markv wrote:What whistle was he playing.....
Overton
I got the feeling it was an old favorite of his....
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Well, he might have been overwhelmed by a quickly successful career, and worried about not selling his name cheap (i.e. getting more money for a public endorsement). I've heard from other people that success is a difficult thing to get used to.
Thinking of which, when are we're going to have the VH1 "Behind The Music" special on D.S.?
Thinking of which, when are we're going to have the VH1 "Behind The Music" special on D.S.?
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