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Christy Cooney's Brew

Christy Cooney

Submitted on October 13th 2003 by Greenwiggle.

  1. Uncle Nobby's Steamboat
  2. Miller And The Maid
  3. Joe Hill
  4. Sullivan's John
  5. Turn Right At The Bull
  6. Shamrock Shore
  7. Old Man At The Mill
  8. Log Cabin
  9. Paddy Kelly's Brew
  10. Love At The Ending
    Drunken Landlady

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Ken Dorr: pipes
Christy Cooney: vocals, banjo, bodhran
Maxine Briggs: rhythm sticks
Louis McManus: guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo
James Cooney: mandola
Dougie McDonald: drums
Simon Melia: squeeze box
Kenny White: harmonica
Stephen Cooney: bass, guitar and didjeridoo

Larrikin Records (Aust) 1983 LRF 137

Louis McManus is Tony McManus's cousin, and Stephen Cooney is Steve Cooney. Seminal recording from the melbourne mob in the 80's. Wonderous mix of pipes and electric guitar on some songs and bass, fiddle, banjo and didjeridoo on the tunes.

# Posted on October 13th 2003 by Greenwiggle

Hehe

LOL, I'm on that record! I gave Simon (RIP) a lift to the studio and ended up playing fiddles on "Turn Right at the Bull" (a reference to a butcher's shop at the top of the street that had a huge mura of a black bull on it). Christy forgot to include me in the list of musicians and apologized every time he saw me for at least year. I pretended not to mind.

Louis' banjo solo on Sullivan's John still blows me away every time I listen to it. If you want to know more about Louis, who is now very sadly disabled, I have a web page about him at:

http://www.rogermillington.com/louis/index.html

Cheers
Steve

# Posted on October 16th 2003 by Jeeves Tones

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