Taplas
Johnny Og is Johnny's senior's son and plays the slightly larger two-row button accordion with a beautiful fluent, light touch. The great Joe Burke was one of his early influences. Virtuoso banjo player Brian McGrath, one of the founders of Four Men and A Dog, currently plays in Sean Keane's Band and At The Racket. He and Johnny Og have played together for years; there's both tightness and an easy give and take in their duo playing. Distinguished accompanists here too, James Blennerhasset on cello and double bass, Eugene Kelly and Peter O'Hanlon on guitars and McGrath on piano. The title is apt. Several of the tunes are recent compositions by, among others, Charlie Lennon and Johnny Og himself, whose fine, intricate tunes include the lovely set of jigs Poirt Inis Bearachain(also featured on his father's CD) and named after the now uninhabited Island off the Connemara coast, where Johnny Connolly Snr was born John Neilson
The Living Tradition
All are played with gusto and the box and banjo keep each other company with microsecond-precise timing, producing an overall sound that positively throbs with vitality.
The Irish Voice
The full maturity of Irish banjo and box playing has never been demonstrated better.
Dirty Linen
Johnny plays with a fine sense of rhythm, but also very melodically with smooth execution, a light touch and nice ornamentation.
The Examiner
Good honest playing of the highest order. Johnny Og's strong, yet sensitive, accordion style combines perfectly with Brian's crisp banjo picking
City Tribune
An album which mixes freshness and spontaneity with professionalism that is their second nature.
The Living Tradition
Johnny Connolly's debut album An tOile n Aerach received fulsome plaudits in the pages of this magazine, which rated it one of the musical highlights of its year of release, 1991. This pair of welcome new offerings from Cl
One of my top fifty favorite trad albums, easily! Nice box/banjo combination with an old-fashioned but not outdated sound.
The tune The Happy Hornpipe (track 4) is in the database here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7370
(The details link takes you to a different tune entirely.)
Traditional music on the accordion (Johnny Og Connolly)and banjo(Brian McGrath). Recorded in 1998.
# Posted on June 12th 2003 by Celtic1234
Help
need the notes for homage to rooney badly
# Posted on June 14th 2003 by ryaners1
brillant cd without a doubt its one of the best
# Posted on June 14th 2003 by ryaners1
Press Reviews
Taplas
Johnny Og is Johnny's senior's son and plays the slightly larger two-row button accordion with a beautiful fluent, light touch. The great Joe Burke was one of his early influences. Virtuoso banjo player Brian McGrath, one of the founders of Four Men and A Dog, currently plays in Sean Keane's Band and At The Racket. He and Johnny Og have played together for years; there's both tightness and an easy give and take in their duo playing. Distinguished accompanists here too, James Blennerhasset on cello and double bass, Eugene Kelly and Peter O'Hanlon on guitars and McGrath on piano. The title is apt. Several of the tunes are recent compositions by, among others, Charlie Lennon and Johnny Og himself, whose fine, intricate tunes include the lovely set of jigs Poirt Inis Bearachain(also featured on his father's CD) and named after the now uninhabited Island off the Connemara coast, where Johnny Connolly Snr was born John Neilson
The Living Tradition
All are played with gusto and the box and banjo keep each other company with microsecond-precise timing, producing an overall sound that positively throbs with vitality.
The Irish Voice
The full maturity of Irish banjo and box playing has never been demonstrated better.
Dirty Linen
Johnny plays with a fine sense of rhythm, but also very melodically with smooth execution, a light touch and nice ornamentation.
The Examiner
Good honest playing of the highest order. Johnny Og's strong, yet sensitive, accordion style combines perfectly with Brian's crisp banjo picking
City Tribune
An album which mixes freshness and spontaneity with professionalism that is their second nature.
The Living Tradition
Johnny Connolly's debut album An tOile n Aerach received fulsome plaudits in the pages of this magazine, which rated it one of the musical highlights of its year of release, 1991. This pair of welcome new offerings from Cl
# Posted on May 11th 2004 by gian marco
It's a lovely album to listen to. Both musicians play very well together and there is a nice selection of tunes too.
# Posted on December 5th 2006 by 52Paddy
The Happy Hornpipe
One of my top fifty favorite trad albums, easily! Nice box/banjo combination with an old-fashioned but not outdated sound.
The tune The Happy Hornpipe (track 4) is in the database here:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7370
(The details link takes you to a different tune entirely.)
# Posted on June 18th 2007 by patrick cavanagh
Mountain Dew
The 2 reels on track 9 are compositions of Charlie Lennon. Neither have been posted here yet, despite a link coming up for "Mountain Dew".
# Posted on February 19th 2008 by Kenny
this album is just too good
# Posted on March 1st 2012 by I ♥ Dow
The Maid In The Meadow
the very first tune on this album is called "The Maid In The Meadow" transposed up to A from the version listed on the session in G:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/942
# Posted on March 7th 2012 by I ♥ Dow