El Pony Pisador – Maggie May

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. —- 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… —- 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