Hobbit Day is on September 22nd. We're gonna celebrate it with the true story behind my popular song and album "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits". I'll share the origins of Hobbit Day and how I fell in love with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as well all of the exciting things that have happened due to my love of hobbits. Subscribe to my mailing list for a free hobbit song and to the podcast at http://celtfather.com/.
What's in this Week's Show
- Origins of Hobbit Day
- How I Discovered Hobbits
- Halflings and D&D
- Psychology of a hobbit
- The facts as I remember them of the truth behind "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits"
- Origins of Memories of Middle earth
- How you can have a happy hobbit birthday
Hobbit Resources Mentioned
- Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits CD
- Memories of Middle earth CD
- How to Have a Hobbit Birthday eBook
- Tolkien Society
- Review of our LOTR Oscar Party. (Oh! I just saw this feature of Brobdingnagian Bards in the Austin Chronicle, but it's unrelated)
- Hobbit Birthday Song
- A Long Expected Party
- Listen to Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
- More Hobbit Songs .com
Celtfather News
- New Single: "The Long Arm" from the upcoming album As Long As I'm Flyin'. Watch the lyric video for "The Long Arm". The single is out on September 21, 2017.
- Watch The Mercenary Show on Concert Window on Thursday evening. Details here.
- One song left to finish for my Browncoat album
- Check out my Halfway to St Patrick's Day shows on the Pub Songs Podcast and the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Also check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast where he talks about the Celtic Holocaust.
- I blogged a bunch this week. Check out what I wrote here.
- Get Brobdingnagian Bards new album Dragons and Virgins. You can only buy it in September. You can also get 5 Classic Marc Gunn CDs for just $24.
- Huge thanks to New Patrons in the Gunn Runners Club: Anita Gorrell, Raeyln Bangel, Matthew MacMillan, Linda Reynolds-Burkins, Justin Lawrence, Robyn Louise Finner, Tom Smith, Robert Eby, Evan Meehan.
You can support my music and travels for as little as $1 per month when you join the Gunn Runners Club and become a patron of my music. If you enjoy this show, subscribe to the podcast and my mailing list at celtfather.com.
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