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Note: This contest is now closed. Congratulations to winner Patricia McCue!
To mark the beginning of my new music blog, I’ll be holding a draw for a free copy of my latest CD, The Butcher Boy (the winner may select instead another of my in-print CDs). This contest is open to all ages (with parental permission) and everywhere in the world serviced by Canada Post. No purchase necessary. All you have to do is to post a comment to this blog entry in which you tell me which of my YouTube videos is your personal favourite. Contest closes 12 pm (EST) October 31, 2014. Fine Print: One entry per person only. Jesse Ferguson is not responsible for missing entries. The winning entry will be chosen with an online random-number generator after the close on October 31. The CD will be mailed free of charge with basic shipping. Jesse Ferguson assumes no responsibility for CDs lost in shipping. Winner assumes responsibility for any duty/taxes.
46 Comments
Shannon Ezzat
9/22/2014 03:15:05 am
Free CD of good tunes, how can I not comment!
Adam Snook
9/22/2014 03:22:38 am
Congrats on the new Blog!! My favorite YouTube video has always been 'Hills of Connemara'
Suzanne
9/22/2014 05:35:07 am
I love so many of your videos, but I will pick Northwest Passage as my favorite because it was my introduction to your remarkable voice.
Lorelei Shields
9/22/2014 05:42:15 am
My fiance and I are deeply appreciative of your music. We happened upon your music while I was introducing him to Stan Rogers. We loved your version of Northwest Passage and Barret's Privateers. This was a few years ago. Since then we have kept up with your music, and hope to someday venture up to see you in person. Thank you for all of your contributions and being a true bard. 9/22/2014 07:25:42 am
Hi Jesse, it's very difficult to choose just one video, you have posted so many and I love so many of them. But if I have to choose it's sure going to be one of your original songs and it's "Willie of the Glass Tongue (original)". So beautiful and with your deep and warm voice. Cheers. Christophe "Rotof Moustache"
Emma
9/22/2014 07:39:16 am
Difficult choice, because you've got such a large archive of goodsters. That said, Now Westlin Winds is probably my favorite - besides the fact that I love the song, I think that it really suits your vocal range and showcases your ability to sing and play guitar together pretty well.
Brandon Groom
9/22/2014 08:29:36 am
These are my favorite: Whiskey in the Jar, Leaving of Liverpool, The Jolly Beggar, Black and Tan, and Streets of London. These are the ones I have listened to the most. You a talent for folk singing, and I especially like when you use mandolin and the harmonica. Been a fan of your stuff for 3 years. Keep it up!
Rhonda Carney
9/22/2014 10:18:31 am
I love your voice and the spirit in which you sing,keep it up Jesse x 9/22/2014 12:44:16 pm
Hey Jesse, big fan. My favorite of your videos is Loch Lomond, which I have personally worked on for years to capture the greatness of your voice. Your slides are masterful in that one. Thanks for all this, studying you has been a big part of my music practice for a long time.
Kristyn
9/22/2014 01:50:44 pm
Which is my favorite video? That's a hard question. I shall have to give more than one answer.
Jeremy Conley
9/22/2014 02:42:21 pm
"Song for the mira" is my favorite
Dasha Beniash
9/22/2014 02:44:33 pm
I love all of your videos, but one of my personal favorites is "Twa Corbies". Thank you for your music, you're amazing!
Rowan
9/22/2014 02:50:12 pm
Hi Jesse! I've been following you for so many years, I can hardly count them. I have so many favorite videos of yours, but a recent favorite is "So Long, Cape Breton," which, more than a beautiful song, made me really want to visit Cape Breton. :D
Loray
9/22/2014 04:28:16 pm
My favorites are Queen of Argyll, House of the Rising Sun and Red Is the Rose. I say that, but in looking to see my favorites I listened to Planxty Fanny Power because I didn't recognize it, and I like that a lot too. It's harder than I thought to pick; it'd be easier to name the ones that I find just okay. heh. 9/23/2014 01:55:50 am
Hi Jesse, congratulations on the new album. My favourite youtube video is your construction and demonstration of the appalachian dulcimer.
Paul Peerdeman
9/23/2014 03:53:16 am
Great tunes, great skills Jesse. Great listening to you.
Matthew Rogers
9/23/2014 02:37:12 pm
The Rocky Road to Dublin, is my fave. 9/23/2014 02:37:14 pm
Thanks for the great videos - my current favorite is Paddy's Lamentation, because you helped me learn to play it. You are the real deal!
Deb
9/24/2014 05:47:46 am
Love all of your mando work, but perhaps my favorite fun song is "Log drivers Waltz"
Patricia McCue
9/24/2014 10:43:57 am
My favorite is Come Out Ye Black and Tans.
Joelatin
9/24/2014 11:34:19 am
One of my favorite videos of yours is your performance of The Foggy Dew, it's wonderful.
Christian Pavkovich
9/24/2014 12:25:45 pm
The Hills of Connemara is my personal favorite.
Scott Towers
9/24/2014 06:22:26 pm
It is very hard to narrow down to which of your videos I like best. after great though, deliberation and a good coin flip "Scots Wha' Hae" narrowly beat out "Wayfaring Stranger". I look forward to reading you weekly updates.
James Ash
9/25/2014 09:26:33 am
Come Out Ye Black and Tans.
Marie Stanley
9/26/2014 07:13:24 am
I LOVED the older version of " Wayfarin' Stranger" ; the one of you sitting on the floor in your kitchen. It was perfect. It was personal and almost too intimate to watch, it filled me with awe.
David Lenander
9/27/2014 03:48:43 pm
The first song that comes to mind, and I'm sure this is the one that I've watched the most often, is the live version of "Skye Boat Song," with a kilt and a guitar. I loved the melody, and I didn't really know it before (though since seeing yours I think I've listened to more than a dozen other versions), even though I knew its title as a commonly sung and recorded "Scottish" song. I don't like your rerecording as well. However, the song of yours that I've actually learned to sing is "Snowball Earth," and I was really more than a bit surprised by its album of non-trad songs. Then I got your book of poetry--you really are a fine writer, as well as everything else! But I loved the science/fiction, the use of the scientific theory as metaphor in "Snowball Earth"--I even sang it to a music circle at a local science fiction convention.
James Smith
9/28/2014 03:57:13 am
Huge fan of your Whiskey in the Jar, I can't imagine what it must have taken to be able to play the mandolin and harmonica at the same time.
Joe Long
9/30/2014 04:51:37 am
witch of the westmorland and foggy dew are my favorites and i like the blog
Neil Edwards
9/30/2014 06:04:44 am
Hi. Torn between Barretts Privateers and South Australia from which you can guess I like bodhran. I also build folk instruments from cigar boxes and cookie tins (btw I am from South Australia)
Dagmar Rupp
9/30/2014 08:32:45 am
I was just watching your Bodhran tutorial on youtube and I love that you made sure to explain all the details. That may be the initial spark for me to get started! Very well done! :) Thank you!
Laura
9/30/2014 10:13:17 am
Caledonia was one of my absolute favorites. Exquisite and haunting. Also, no longer posted. Why? The sadness. Also, Jesse's take on Fields of Athenry is the best. Also, no longer posted. However, Nancy Whisky is still posted. It rocks. It's my cheer-up jam. Also, other songs. You rock Jessie Ferguson. I wish all the best to you and yours and thank you for sharing your talent with the world. Tour Texas. It's warmer than Canada.
Janet
10/2/2014 02:19:09 pm
Skye Boat Song is my favourite but it was very hard to choose just one!
Jasmin
10/3/2014 07:08:13 am
Hi Jesse
Rocío
10/4/2014 04:52:52 pm
"Massacre of Glencoe", I've lost the count on how many times I've heard it. After so much thinking, finally I gave it the first place, but I did bear in mind "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye" and "These Are My Mountains" (despite of the blowing wind, I really love it).
Jennifer
10/7/2014 03:15:35 pm
Sir Patrick Spens. Hard to choose, because they're all great. My goal is to own all of your CDs. Thanks for making such beautiful music!
Stan Cullerne-Bown
10/11/2014 10:31:53 pm
Hi, I'm new to your You Tube channel and have only heard a handful of songs so far, although all have moved me, driven as they are by your voice, which speaks louder than the words themselves (if you know what I mean). So I'm going to go with the song that took me to your channel in the first place, "The Foggy Dew".
Dave
10/21/2014 04:52:58 am
My favorite is "Patrick Spens"...A wonderful rendition!. Cheers!
Brandy Hoskins
10/31/2014 02:32:09 am
Although hard to choose only one, I must say I still enjoy the Little Beggar Man video played on your cookie tin madolin.
Kristina
10/31/2014 02:48:50 am
It´s hard to pick just one song when som many are so good but one of my favorite is: And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Susan
10/31/2014 02:54:17 am
Well it "was" your version of Caledonia. Now I'd have to say Northwest Passage". It is a beautiful song on it's own but singing it raw with the ocean as inspiration would break anyone's heart.
Katja
10/31/2014 03:26:41 am
Northwest passage. It makes me think of Due South, my favourite tv-show. You asked for only one song, but from your original songs November song is my favourite, it makes me feel happy :)
Holly K
10/31/2014 04:07:49 am
I love Rocky Road to Dublin, first video I saw and it is my favourite. Such talent! :]
Waltetr Quinn
10/31/2014 04:51:06 am
Too many great ones to choose from but I'm partial to "Loch Lomond", both versions. Leave a Reply. |
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