This is a rare occurrence, two posts in rapid succession but I had a thought and as they come so rarely, I decided to capture it and let it develop. I think the time has come to make the sessions we have come to know and love fictitious. Set them in an entirely made up place, give characters a heavy alias and then elaborate even more on the foibles, peculiarities, and personalities. There can even be a disclaimer - 'Any similarity between the characters in the story and persons either living or dead is entirely coincidental' or something of the sort.
The sort of characters I had in mind are:
- Dizzy Sidebottom - A character who brings an upright piano to sessions
- Earl Tomkins - A Banjo Ace. Used to have an act juggling a cat, a torch and a sword
- Sean Patrick - A Piper with a sideline in cross channel swimming
- Fred Grapple - A Fiddle Player with a sideline in flogging Shawms to Johnny Foreigner
- Fingers O'Fipple - A Whistle player with a sideline in watches
- Mrs Mulligan - A kindly organiser and mother of the session
- Rick O'Shea - A Bodhran player with a sideline in tall stories
- Isla Gechar - An exotic guitar player with a sideline in femme fatale
Set it the rural idylls of say Suffolkshire or Sessionshire (why not?), in and around the town of Middling Parva (I hope to God there isn't one. Note to self - must check*) and a plethora of outlying villages.
* No, there isn't.
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