Maugorn

1/19/23 Webconcert 86

01) Poem: "The Raven" (E.A. Poe)

Acoustic 12 String Guitar
02) Guinnevere (request for David Crosby)
03) Wondrous Stories
04) Rocky Mountain High (request)
05) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (request)
06) Cockles And Mussels ` (request)
07) Jenny Of Oldstones
08) Sloop John B (request)
09) Woodstock (request)

Banjo
11) Dear Boss (request)
12) Mary Ellen Carter (request)

Electric 12 String Guitar
13) Party With The Elder Ones (original) (request)
14) Hey, Mister Spaceman (request)
15) She Moves Through The Fair (request)

Acoustic 12 String Guitar
16) Mad Tom O'Bedlam's Song (request)
17) Moonshadow (request)
18) C'est La Vie

Electric 6 String Guitar
19) What A Wonderful World

A wonderful, yet bittersweet set.
We observed Edgar Allen Poe's Birthday and then
the passing of David Crosby with multiple requests
for songs he helped write. I also was struck
with the idea of asking people to mention their
favourite songs from my repertoire, and that
generated a bunch of most excellent requests,
some from several people, even.

The bittersweet part came that day when I
found out my FB account had been hacked and
hijacked to post highly objectional, offensive,
terrorist propaganda. FB rightly shut that
down, but now I'm in limbo waiting to see if
they believe that was not me and give me
my account back into my control.

Soooo, I don't know what my fate is going
to be. If I can't get onto FB, my current
plan is to make these announcements &c via
email. If you like the webconcerts you may
want to message Sonya with an email address.
(Because my email may be compromised as well)

At any rate, the next webconcert will still
happen as planned, on Thursday, Feb 2nd.
Yes, it's Groundhog Day, and many fun musical
antics and shenanigans can be perpetrated.
Zoom seems to be uncompromised, so your same
link should still work.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in!
Thanks for the awesome requests!
And thanks in advance for tuning in on 2/2!

12/1/22 Webcast 82

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Sweet Baby James (request)
02) Staffordshire Home (original) (request)
03) John Barleycorn (request)
04) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (request)
05) Uncle John's Band (request)
06) Jennie Of Oldstones
07) This Wandering Day
08) Detectorists Theme (request)
09) Shankhill Butchers
10) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon

11) Stray Cat Strut
12) Tangled Up In Blue
13) Waiting For A Superman
14) Dead Flowers
15) Wild World
16) Last Night
17) Songbird (request for Fleetwood Mac)

I confess: I had my worries about how this set
would go. I was coming off of a very bad bout
with my allergies this past week. I may as well
have had a cold for how I felt and the state
of my vocal apparatus. (No- I wasn't actually
ill with any pathogens. Numerous tests and
consultation with a Dr established that it
was allergies) Nonetheless, I was worried.
My potions, remedies, experience and pure
undiluted stubbornness prevailed, and at least
in MY opinion, I sang OK. And I kept things
uncomplicated instrument-wise pending some
maintainance on the banjo and also to focus
closer on working with myself when I wasn't
100%.

Anyway, the set was framed and the mood
was set with a good handful of most excellent
requests. Along with and around that, there
were some reprises from the weekend, a few
things I'd hoped to play but didn't get to,
and things I haven't played in a while.
The night ended on a very sweet request, as
someone reminded me of Christine McVie's
passing. So ending on my favourite song of
hers seemed apt.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in.
The next one will be Dec 15th.

NB.
There is a *fifth* Thursday in December
this year, on Dec 29th. I am planning for
a concert that night. That's the one that
will be my "Wintry Mix" and where you can
reasonably expect some Holiday Type Music.

11/17/22 Webcast 81

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Wondrous Stories
02) Crackerbox Palace
03) Time In A Bottle
04) Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (request)
05) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
06) Hallelujah
07) Jenny Of Oldstones
08) Cats In The Cradle (request)
09) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
10) Waltzing With Bears

(Electric 12 String Guitar)
11) King Tut (debut)
12) California Dreamin' (request)
13) Door Into Summer
14) Time Warp (request)
15) The Night Nothing Happened In Dublin (original) (request)

(Acoustic 12 String)
16) Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (request)
17) Somewhere Over The Rainbow
18) What A Wonderful World


This set turned out to be quite the ride!
As foretold, I previewed some songs that I had
planned for Chessiecon (Thanksgiving Weekend)
Part of those plans include playing songs for
the "Time Travellers' Social" event. So...
as I was taking a brief break, I chanced to
overhear someone saying something about ancient
Egypt. And that gave me a very silly idea.
As I was setting myself back up to play my
2nd set, I went and Googled the lyrics for
"King Tut" (that very silly Steve Martin song
of yore) A quick check of a couple of guitar
chords and I was ready to go. It looked as
if I learned and debuted a new song in mere
minutes! It's been awhile since I've gotten
to perform using one of my finest tricks.
To be honest, though, I had some deja vu as
I played the song, and I *think* that I
actually *did* perform King Tut once before,
doing this exact same trick. I think that
it was one of my Halloween weekend sessions
busking in Old Town Alexandria. I seem to
remember pulling up these lyrics on my phone
and playing the song for some guy out on the
town on King Street, in a King Tut costume.
But then I never followed up and actually put
it into my regular repertoire. It's still a
fun trick, and it's been awhile since I've
gotten to do it.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in.
The next one is Thursday, December 1st.

10/20/22 Webcast 79

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Long Black Veil
02) Shankhill Butchers
03) Black Fox
04) Forever Autumn
05) This Wandering Day
06) Angie Baby

(Electric 6 String-Jaguar)
07) Cold Dead Hands (original)
08) Love Potion #9

(Tenor Banjo)
09) Old Woman & The Devil

(Electric 12 String Guitar)
10) Blood & Roses
11) Black Water Hattie
12) Ramble On Rose

(Banjo)
13) Friend Of The Devil
14) Maxwell's Silver Hammer
15) Zombie Jamboree (request)

(Bouzouki)
16) Allison Cross

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
17) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
18) Moondance
19) Yankee Bayonet
20) The Ghost In You

(Electric 12 String Guitar)
21) Party With The Elder Ones (original)
22) Werewolves Of London (request)

(Electric 6 String Guitar-Gibson)
23) Bandit Queen
24) Science Fiction Double Feature

I try to go bigger for my Halloween sets and
I dare to say I succeeded. I managed to feature
SEVEN different instruments in the set!

There was a wonderful variety to the songs,
and both requests were for songs I was going to
be playing soon. One of them, came in as I was
*about* to play it.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in, and a warm
welcome (with Evil Laugh this time) to the new
listeners! The next one is Thursday, November
3rd! I'm sure there will be leftover Halloween
treats, upcoming elections that may inspire
political songs, and of course, your requests.

9/18/22 Webconcert 77
Talk Like A Pirate Day EVE

Elena's Set
01) Talk Like A Pirate Day
02) Privateer
03) Last Seskatchewah Pirate
04) Whale Of A Tale
05) Never Smile At A Crocodile
06) Laughter From The Loch
07) Children's Pirate Shanty
08) The Beast Of Pirate's Bay (with Maugie on guitar)

Intermission Music:
Maugie singing "Maggie May" with
Clam Chowder at Darkover Con.

Maugie's Set

(All songs on Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Dead Men's Song (original music)
02) Cape Cod Girls
03) Mariner's Revenge Song
04) Last Farewell (debut)
05) Yarn Of The Nancy Bell
06) Voyaging To Vinland
07) Lincoln Park Pirates
08) Sticks And Stones
09) A Drop Of Nelson's Blood
10) Barret's Privateers (request)
11) Into The Mystic
12) For My Lady
13) Nasty Nell (request)
14) If I Had A Boat
15) Marching Inland
16) Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
17) A Pirate Looks At 40
18) Brandy
19) Redemption Songs
20) Bimini
21) Loch Tay Boat Song (request)
22) Sloop John B (request)
23) Drunken Sailor (With Elena)


Elena and I have been looking forward to this
all year, since last year's was so much fun.
Elena was on first, delighting *and* surprising
us as well. For her finale I joined her on guitar
for "Beast Of Pirate's Bay"!

For an intermission of sorts, I shared a bit of
audio that numbers as one of my "Bucket List Moments":
At a Sci-fi con called Darkover, I won an auction that
granted me the privilege to perform a song with the
band Clam Chowder. These guys have known me forever,
even back before I was a musician. Through the years
they have been my idols, my role models and on occasion,
even my mentors. Now, here I was with them trusting
me enough to hand them chord charts and lyric sheets
and jumping in to play as my backup band. The
result was ragged, but glorious, and WAY TOO MUCH FUN!

Then came my set, with a bunch of my favourites,
my friends' favourites, amazing serendipity and a
sweet debut as well.

We finished up the evening with Elena joining me
to trade verses and sing harmony on the choruses
of "Drunken Sailor".

Naturally, the biggest flaw of the show was that
it was too darn short. My list of songs for the
occasion is about three times as long as this set
list. So, we'll probably have to do it again next
year.

Thank you to all of hale and hearty crew that
signed up for this voyage. Fair winds and following
seas to you all.

N.B.
The next Webconcert with be on the 1st Thursday in
October (10/6). NOT 9/29 this time as I will be on
a voyage to the Ravenwood Renfair near Winchester VA.

9/1/22 Webcast 75

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) All Things Must Pass
02) Heather On The Moor
03) Brandy
04) Lily Of The West
05) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
06) The Night Nothing Happened In Dublin (original) (debut)

(Electric 12 String Guitar)
07) Door Into Summer
08) Redemption Songs
09) Romeo & Juliet
10) Wild Horses

(Banjo)
11) This Land Is Your Land
12) Shackled And Drawn

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
12) Lawyers, Guns, & Money (request)
13) Get Thee Behind Me Satan
14) By Request (original)
15) Hat Song (original)


There was a nice confluence of themes to this set.
There was a goodbye to an old friend, there were songs
I haven't played in a bit, some songs to honour Labour
Day, a couple of sneak previews for the "Talk Like A
Pirate Day Eve" show, and best of all, (for me at least)
was the debut of "The Night Nothing Happened In Dublin".
It's a pub song for all of those nights when people
*aren't* dying or dealing with other disasters.

Barely worth mentioning is the Zoom bomber who went
to some considerable trouble to ruin everyone's good
time. Of course, he failed.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in!

The next show will be on Thursday Sept 15th and don't
forget to tune in on Sunday Sept 18th at 3pm for the
special "Talk Like A Pirate Day EVE" concert that will
also feature the fabulous Elena Stark, with her harp and
lovely voice. Pirate songs, sea shanties, nautical tall
tales and surprises will abound!

7/21/22 Webconcert 73

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (request)

(Banjo)
02) Mary Ellen Carter (request)
03) Daydream
04) Shackled And Drawn

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
05) Staffordshire Home (original)
06) By Request (original) (request)
07) Rocket Man
08) Mad Tom O'Bedlam's Song (request)
09) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon (request)
10) Heather On The Moor
11) She Moves Through The Faire (request)
12) Country Life + (inst: Kesh Jig)
13) Scarborough Faire (request)
14) Moondance (request)
15) I'd Lie To You For Your Love
16) Butterfly
17) Marrriner's Revenge Song

(Electric 6 String Guitar)
18) Bandit Queenb
19) What A Wonderful World


I sure was up against some stiff competition for
audience this time with the 1/6 Committee Hearings
and a very popular local folk sing. But a sweet
dedicated handful of you folks showed up, including
a newcomer and it was great. I started a wee bit
early for the sake of someone who tuned in but had
to go almost immediately and played both of their
requests right away. I had some tunes planned,
but mostly I just went through all the attendees
and asked if they'd like to hear something from
my Pennsic or Modern Repertoires or had a specific
request. It's always fun to have one of my originals
requested! Oh, and plus, I got to do a couple
of songs to honour the anniversary of the first
Moon Landing!

It was an awesome mix of tunes! Thank you
everyone for tuning in.

NB. The NEXT Webconcert will be on
AUGUST 18th! August 4th, I'll be at
Pennsic. The good news there is that
if you'll be there, you can hear me in
person, and I can hear you applauding and
singing along!

6/30/22 Webcast 71

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Heather On The Moor
02) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
03) Staffordshire Home (original)
04) By Request (original)
05) John Barleycorn (request)
06) Six Snowflakes (original)
07) Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (request)
08) Memory Of A Free Festival
09) Sloop John B (request)

(Banjo)
10) Shackled And Drawn (debut)
11) Marching Inland
12) These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
13) Mary Ellen Carter (request)

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
14) Barret's Privateers (request)
15) Loch Tay Boat Song (request)

(Electric 6 String Guitar)
16) Somewhere Over The Rainbow
17) What A Wonderful World
18) Bandit Queen

This set turned into a most excellent
confluence. On the one hand, I was still
riding high from the NY Faerie Fest and
anxious to play songs that were still in
my head from there, plus a couple that I
hadn't gotten to play and found myself
wishing I had. On the other hand, a
sea-based theme emerged from the requests.
And on the third hand, I had a debut
I really wanted to get out there.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in, and
remember, this was a 5th Thursday, so
the next one is NEXT Thursday, July 6th.

6/2/22 Webcast 69

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) I Shall Be Released
02) Folsom Prison Blues` (request)
03) By Request (original)
04) Staffordshire Home
05) Yarn Of The Nancy Bell
05) The De'il's Awa With The Exciseman
06) Brandy

(Banjo)
07) Theme From _The Detectorists_
08) Corn Rigs Are Bonny
09) Rainbow Connection (request)

(Electric 12 String Guitar)
10) Hey, Mister Spaceman (request)
12) I've Seen The Saucers

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
13) Butterfly (request)
14) Werewolves Of London (request)
15) The Mist On The Ground (original)

(Electric 6 String Guitar)
16) What A Wonderful World


I started out the evening with a tribute to
the groundhogs. We had an adorable family
of groundhogs move into our back yard. They
were cute. We shared pictures. We named them.
But we can't keep them, not if we wanted to
actually eat anything we've planted. So we
hired a trapper and he's relocating them. But
our hearts broke for the little critters as we
saw them in the traps, cruelly imprisoned.
From there I recapped some highlights from
the VA Renfest whose season just finished.
And there were some most excellent requests,
as well.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in.

5/5/22 Webcast 66

(Bouzouki)
01) We Will Sing
02) Cup Of Wonder

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
03) Staffordshire Home
04) By Request (original)
05) Butterfly
06) Heather On The Moor
07) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
08) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
09) Wild Mountain Thyme

(Banjo)
10) Hero Of Canton
11) Theme From _The Detectorists_
12) Yellow Submarine

(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
13) Saviour Machine
14) Loch Tay Boat Song
15) Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (request for Pete Seegeer)
16) The Black Fox
17) Legionaire's Lament
18) Mariner's Revenge Song
19) All Things Must Pass
20) Sunshine Superman

This set was exactly as I foretold:
There were songs to share to welccome the May,
song that I'd played at the Marshy Point
Fairie Fest and previews of things that I
would be featuring at Virginia Renfest, plus
a truly awesome request.