EATTISOML #26

"Loch Lomond" - The Celtic City Sons

Picture a Folk Festival. Picture a big tent. It's a really bit tent. There's a stage down one end on which a group of 7 scruffy-looking fellows are playing a variety of instruments. We have a few guitars (including a bass), a fiddle and an accordian (essential at any Folk Festival) and a drum kit. This very large tent is packed with people (who are also mostly scruffy-looking). And the band just started playing "Loch Lomond". It's mellow, it's swaying and the people are digging it. There are some grins and a few people are singing along.

And then the drums kick in and the tempo kicks up and people whoop and holler and start to dance about like muppets on speed.

And it's 3 o'clock in the morning.

The Celtic City Sons are a fantastic celtic rock group from Sydney and their version of Loch Lomond truly goes off! 3 in the morning and the whole joint was jumping. Not a single person was sitting down, the ground was vibrating and holy crap it was fun.