Featuring Zelda 3, bluegrass and ragtime.
Hello fellow game music lovers,
a new Zelda is on the table and I cannot resist to use the opportunity to make an entry for the franchise with one of the few songs I haven't looked at in the SNES game: Zelda 3 from 1991. The game features a gambling house / shooting gallery where you can aim for rupees while a song plays in the background that gives strong vibes from an old west piano bar:
This sequence is reminiscent of the fast picks you often hear in bluegrass and ragtime music. Some examples:
Marc O'Connor - "Cotton Pickers Rag" (1977):
Charles N. Daniels - "Borneo Rag" (1911):
Homer Danney - "Ham Bones" (1912):
Irene Franklin - "Redhead Rag" (1910):
See you next week!
Phil out.