This is brilliant stuff. Beautiful, rich-toned, crisp, spirited fiddle playing. Arty McGlynn backs John on the guitar, but he also picks a few tunes, and I haven't heard anything like it - warm, melodic, intricate - just lovely!
The piano accompaniment by Brian McGrath is pretty subtle. I'm not really a fan of piano all over everything, especially electric piano - but in spite of my initial misgivings, it does work, and it's not aggressive in the mix.
Get this CD, and if you see John, pester him to record an album with his brother James - that's a CD the world needs.
Thanks Rev! Great tune. I did notice that Carty moved both tunes to A but then again that whole album is more experimental in nature. I like the sound in A but I can't imagine starting off Miss Monaghan in A in our session... I'm likely to get a bow in my eye ;)
Yeh, That's All It Is
This is brilliant stuff. Beautiful, rich-toned, crisp, spirited fiddle playing. Arty McGlynn backs John on the guitar, but he also picks a few tunes, and I haven't heard anything like it - warm, melodic, intricate - just lovely!
The piano accompaniment by Brian McGrath is pretty subtle. I'm not really a fan of piano all over everything, especially electric piano - but in spite of my initial misgivings, it does work, and it's not aggressive in the mix.
Get this CD, and if you see John, pester him to record an album with his brother James - that's a CD the world needs.
# Posted on January 20th 2003 by Nell
John Carty tune identification
John Carty has a tune listed as "John Brennan's" on his Yeh, That's All It Is recording. It's on track 5, right after Miss Monaghan
If you have the recording - do you know the tune by another name?
I'm finding more and more tunes called John Brennan's....
Thanks,
Avi
# Posted on August 21st 2008 by improziv
Re: John Carty tune identification
That's a tune that I know as "A Night In Ennis" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1139
Some people call that the (other) Ashplant
But he's playing it down in A, instead of in D.
# Posted on August 21st 2008 by Reverend
Re: John Carty tune identification
Thanks Rev! Great tune. I did notice that Carty moved both tunes to A but then again that whole album is more experimental in nature. I like the sound in A but I can't imagine starting off Miss Monaghan in A in our session... I'm likely to get a bow in my eye ;)
Good call Pete
Cheers
Avi
# Posted on August 22nd 2008 by improziv
Re: John Carty tune identification
Yeah, that is truly a gem of a tune - one of my favorites to play! Now if I could just learn to sound a bit more like JC while I'm doing it
# Posted on August 22nd 2008 by Reverend