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lighthead2toe · 07-10-2008, 08:44 PM

This really is the big highlight of my day. It's sort of the very first "up" arising from the "down" since Red's passing.
I never would think though of associating "Minstrel of the Dawn" with a non singing person. From what I understood minstrels usually would be singers or poets, but musicians also were included in that category as well from what I've since discovered. But yes the lyrics of that beautiful song fit well for a guy like Red. It pins him down there pretty good.
I never really had the opportunity, or maybe it passed me by, to officially meet Red Shea, but one thing for sure is he knew how to jangle and dangle those guitar strings like nobody else could. From the conversations I had with those who knew Red and had taken lessons from him it didn't take much for me to determine that this man seemed to hold a promise in his hand.
The minstrel of the dawn is gone but as our "Mandoann" signs off with on her posts here, I am, and have been since I first tried to follow (without a hint success) the fingers where they they go: "A victim of his Minstrelsy." Ron J.

07-10-2008, 08:44 PM	#7
lighthead2toe Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 920	Re: Article by Red Shea's daughter This really is the big highlight of my day. It's sort of the very first "up" arising from the "down" since Red's passing. I never would think though of associating "Minstrel of the Dawn" with a non singing person. From what I understood minstrels usually would be singers or poets, but musicians also were included in that category as well from what I've since discovered. But yes the lyrics of that beautiful song fit well for a guy like Red. It pins him down there pretty good. I never really had the opportunity, or maybe it passed me by, to officially meet Red Shea, but one thing for sure is he knew how to jangle and dangle those guitar strings like nobody else could. From the conversations I had with those who knew Red and had taken lessons from him it didn't take much for me to determine that this man seemed to hold a promise in his hand. The minstrel of the dawn is gone but as our "Mandoann" signs off with on her posts here, I am, and have been since I first tried to follow (without a hint success) the fingers where they they go: "A victim of his Minstrelsy." Ron J.