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58. The Parting Glass

Last edited Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:59 PM - Edit history (1)

"The Parting Glass" is an old Scottish poem that became a traditional song often sung in Scotland and in Ireland at get-togethers and also at wakes and funerals. It faded in popularity when Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne," but it's still loved by many.

Here's the Face Vocal Band of Boulder, CO, performing my favorite rendition of "The Parting Glass."

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The Colorado band has been bringing audiences to their feet for seventeen years, using their uncanny ability to identify rock hits and the masterful talent to turn them into something completely new. When they take the stage, there are no guitars, no drums, no Marshall stacks—just their voices.

“We’re kind of easy, because it’s five guys, with five mics,” says Forest Kelly, the band’s audio editing and post-production engineer, and also the "bassist". His sonorous and crystal-clear voice often holds down the root of the group’s chord structures, while his partner in rhythm Mark Megibow provides a battery of percussion sounds using a rapid-fire beatbox technique that would astonish many drummers.

“Mark was a percussion major at Northwestern, joined Face Vocal Band as a singer, and when we decided to go vocal rock he learned to do beatbox, and now he’s one of the best,” says Stephen Ross, the band’s music director, music arranger, as well as baritone/countertenor.

In the picture, Mark Megibow is the one with the curly grey hair on the far left.