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Marc Gunn's When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling Is Purrrrfectly Amewsing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Austin, TX -- Love Irish music? Love cats? Curl up in your favorite chair - IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS by MARC GUNN & THE DUBLINERS' TABBY CATS is nigh.
But first, the irresistibly charming three-song sampler WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING by MARC GUNN & THE DUBLINERS' TABBY CATS is currently available. It features "Wild Kitty," ("Wild Rover"), "When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling," ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") and "Furagone's Wake" ("Finnegan's Wake"), a trio of singalongs that are as funny as they are familiar.
IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS is the pet project by MARC GUNN, singer-songwriter and one-half of the award-winning duo, the Brobdingnagian Bards. Full of funny feline folk music, IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS gathers popular drinking tunes and retrofits them with cat-worthy lyrics. The result is a warm and wonderful CD that sees songs such as "Lord of the Dance" redone as "Lord of the Pounce." IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS is due in October.
Why take Irish drinking songs and rewrite them with lyrics about cats? "Well, I was a big fan of Weird Al growing up," confesses Gunn, himself owned by two cats named Tiziano and Torre plus visiting rights with the tabby Jasper, from a previous relationship. "When I listen to a song too often, I typically will change the lyrics. I did that with ‘Wild Rover,' changing the claps to meows. It was all downhill from there."
That is the beauty of IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS and WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING -- the songs are part of the patchwork of American music, a culture with deep Irish roots. Marc Gunn has extensive experience as not only a recording musician but as a veteran performer in renaissance fairs and fantasy festivals. The result is a clever collection of music that appeals to not only Irish and cat lovers, but anyone who appreciates a lyrical laugh.
Japan's Ari Koinuma, also a cat lover, produced IRISH DRINKING SONGS FOR CAT LOVERS and WHEN KITTY EYES ARE SMILING. MARC GUNN wrote or co-wrote the lyrics to the classic songs.
Contact: Marc Gunn
512.470.4866
marc at thebards.net
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