another version of the band with Frankie Gavin on Fiddle and Alec Finn on bouzouki and this time singer Eleanor Shanley , Colm Murphy on bodhran, accordeonist Aiden Coffey and guest Adele O'Dwyer on the cello.
The usual stuff here great traditional tunes and very soft songs. In addition there is a Beatles 'tune' and a some Bach tunes converted to 'IRTRAD'
Saw them in Keadue at the 1990 O'Carolan festival - I don't think Jacket of Batteries made it to the US for another year - Elanor Shanley was captivating & the band was in fine form. Colm Murphy was absolutely _scary_ - he did a bodhran solo that sounded like an entire Taiko drum ensemble, followed by a fine duet reel with Gavin on tin whistle.
I like this one though I find its tunes and songs on the whole less riveting than on other D-D albums (for example, nearly all the tune sets consist of a single tune, foregoing the dramatics of changes in a 3 or 4 tune set: but I assume the band knew all about that side of things, and wanted to do things differently).
Three tracks make it for me: the sensitive treatment of the beautiful slow tune "The Mountains Of Pomeroy", the Klezmer tune "The Flatbush Waltz", and the song "Catalonia" about the Spanish Civil War - better written than a lot of songs written after the event on political/historical subjects.
Regarding the tune "sailing in B" on the record, What key is it traditionally written in, on my record it is played in f major but i dont tihnk this is correct, if anyone knows can they tell me and i can transpose.
I think you'll find the reel is called "Sailing in", the 'B' has been transposed from the next tune in the set, i.e. Reel A: "Sailing in", B: "Alice's Reel"
I was not impressed when I first saw this album as I know Frankie Gavin knew it was written by Neil Dickie before the album was recorded, but conveniently forgot to credit it. Also they did not write the jig version. See http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3828
another version of the band with Frankie Gavin on Fiddle and Alec Finn on bouzouki and this time singer Eleanor Shanley , Colm Murphy on bodhran, accordeonist Aiden Coffey and guest Adele O'Dwyer on the cello.
The usual stuff here great traditional tunes and very soft songs. In addition there is a Beatles 'tune' and a some Bach tunes converted to 'IRTRAD'
# Posted on November 4th 2004 by swisspiper
JofB band lineup live
Saw them in Keadue at the 1990 O'Carolan festival - I don't think Jacket of Batteries made it to the US for another year - Elanor Shanley was captivating & the band was in fine form. Colm Murphy was absolutely _scary_ - he did a bodhran solo that sounded like an entire Taiko drum ensemble, followed by a fine duet reel with Gavin on tin whistle.
# Posted on July 27th 2005 by pickndude
I like this one though I find its tunes and songs on the whole less riveting than on other D-D albums (for example, nearly all the tune sets consist of a single tune, foregoing the dramatics of changes in a 3 or 4 tune set: but I assume the band knew all about that side of things, and wanted to do things differently).
Three tracks make it for me: the sensitive treatment of the beautiful slow tune "The Mountains Of Pomeroy", the Klezmer tune "The Flatbush Waltz", and the song "Catalonia" about the Spanish Civil War - better written than a lot of songs written after the event on political/historical subjects.
# Posted on August 28th 2006 by nicholas
Sailing in B
Regarding the tune "sailing in B" on the record, What key is it traditionally written in, on my record it is played in f major but i dont tihnk this is correct, if anyone knows can they tell me and i can transpose.
cheers, decca
# Posted on September 18th 2006 by Decca
Sailing in B
I think you'll find the reel is called "Sailing in", the 'B' has been transposed from the next tune in the set, i.e. Reel A: "Sailing in", B: "Alice's Reel"
# Posted on September 24th 2006 by prouse
Authorship of Clumsy Lover
I was not impressed when I first saw this album as I know Frankie Gavin knew it was written by Neil Dickie before the album was recorded, but conveniently forgot to credit it. Also they did not write the jig version. See
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3828
# Posted on September 24th 2006 by prouse
"Sailing In"........no B
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3178
# Posted on September 24th 2006 by Kenny
E
According to "spoon", it was written and played in the key of "E". I inadvertently transposed it.
# Posted on September 24th 2006 by Kenny