by Kilmichael Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:42 pm
I've no issue with the question being asked and wasn't trying to be arguementative, but every credit I've ever read for Streams of Whiskey makes it pretty clear the whole song was written by Shane. The comment "no apparent mention of the tune" just made it read to me that Jonah was assuming he didn't write it, and I was querying why. And yes, I'm well aware of his habit (in the Irish tradition) of 'borrowing' tunes, but I think that a) that happened much more when he was with the Popes and the creative well was running dry, and b) it's been very overplayed anyway. There are a wealth of songs Shane wrote that bear no relation to any other tune, and unless someone can tell me different Streams of Whiskey is one of them.
I've no issue with the question being asked and wasn't trying to be arguementative, but every credit I've ever read for Streams of Whiskey makes it pretty clear the whole song was written by Shane. The comment "no apparent mention of the tune" just made it read to me that Jonah was assuming he didn't write it, and I was querying why. And yes, I'm well aware of his habit (in the Irish tradition) of 'borrowing' tunes, but I think that a) that happened much more when he was with the Popes and the creative well was running dry, and b) it's been very overplayed anyway. There are a wealth of songs Shane wrote that bear no relation to any other tune, and unless someone can tell me different Streams of Whiskey is one of them.
