Recorded in 1980, the London-based "Shegui" were John Skelton, Sean Keane, John Coakley, Denis O'Rourke and the best Irish concertina player ever to come out of Scotland, Dundonian Willie Haines. Still one of my favorite recordings, a great selection of tunes and songs with quite a high percentage of "Sliabh Luchra" music.
Great album this. I might burn my vinyl copy on to CD so that I'll play it more often. There were some great musicians in this band who all went on to do a lot of interesting work.
I saw Willie today, in fact, but didn't get a chance to speak....
Was on tour in Brittany in the Summer of 1980 & met up with these guys on tour. I remember John was very much in charge, cracking the whip & keeping them in order! The May Morning Dew stood out when they played live - cracking stuff!
Shegui
Recorded in 1980, the London-based "Shegui" were John Skelton, Sean Keane, John Coakley, Denis O'Rourke and the best Irish concertina player ever to come out of Scotland, Dundonian Willie Haines. Still one of my favorite recordings, a great selection of tunes and songs with quite a high percentage of "Sliabh Luchra" music.
# Posted on February 3rd 2005 by Kenny
Great album this. I might burn my vinyl copy on to CD so that I'll play it more often. There were some great musicians in this band who all went on to do a lot of interesting work.
I saw Willie today, in fact, but didn't get a chance to speak....
# Posted on February 4th 2005 by John J.
Was on tour in Brittany in the Summer of 1980 & met up with these guys on tour. I remember John was very much in charge, cracking the whip & keeping them in order! The May Morning Dew stood out when they played live - cracking stuff!
# Posted on September 25th 2005 by Ptarmigan