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1975: The First Album

The Bothy Band

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1. The Kesh Jig
   Give Us A Drink Of Water
   The Flower Of The Flock
   Famous Ballymote
2. The Green Groves Of Erin
   The Flowers Of Red Hill
3. Do You Love An Apple
4. Julia Delaney
5. Patsy Geary's
   Coleman's Cross
6. Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Me in Eirinn
7. The Navvy On the Line
   The Raint Day
8. The Tar Road To Sligo
   Paddy Clancy's
9. Martin Wynne's
   The Longford Tinker
10. Pretty Peg
    Craig's Pipes
11. Hector The Hero
    The Laird Of Drumblaire
12. The Traveller
    The Humors Of Lissadell
13. The Butterfly
14. The Salamanca
    The Banshee
    The Sailor's Bonnet

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One of the best albums of Irish music ever

The Bothy Band's First album is a must have for all those who love Irish traditional music.

Bothies vs. Planxty vs. Altan

To amplify a bit on the two reviews that clashed a bit:

It's important to remember that the Bothies and Planxty were pioneers at the time. They each added to the tradition in different ways. The Bothy Band added a drive and percussive sound that has come to be identified with Irish traditional music -- indeed, many people who only know the more modern bands and artists such as Lunasa and Altan are almost shocked to hear the pure-drop stuff now, as it generally has no accompaniment like guitars or bodhrans or basses or such. Each were pioneers in the 70's and changed much about the face of traditional Irish music.

Altan, now, is a wonderful band. Paddy Keenan said (in a Irish Music Magazine interview in Sept. 2000) that it's groups like Altan and Dervish that are now holding open the door, "opening the gateways, bringing the music to new audiences and putting their own mark on it, which is the way the tradition should evolve."

Irish traditional musicians and fans Who Know still revere and love The Bothy Band. Without The Bothies and Planxty, groups like Altan and Dervish arguably could not exist.

proto-album

To say that I was shocked when I read the review of this album comparing it to Planxty and Altan would be an understatement. All three bands the first of their genre. Each has been unique because, in the broader catagory of "traditional folk music" they have managed to be truly inovative. This album, I remember well when it was releasd, was REVOLUTIONARY because of the fusion of driving rock like rythmns and traditional tunes. It turned everybodies head. To say that this was the most important album of the traditional celtic folk revival would not be far off the mark. Trust me. I was there!

The unwanted voice in the wilderness

As the one who has to give the lower rate, I feel bad, as though I've maligned a great album. I have not. I enjoy it very much; I just think Altan and Planxty are better, though I don't mean to say the Bothies aren't good. I guess someone had to say it.

Among the Very Best of the Celtic Millennium

If the Bothy band ever announces a reunion gig in Ireland, I'll be on the fastest plane over there. Like the Beatles, they didn't have many years together, but what years they were, and what an influence they had! Their music became the benchmark for anything "celtic" that came after it. You simply can't own a collection of Irish music without including the Bothy Band.

I still remember hearing their first album for the first time back in 1977. I envy any of you the sense of exhileration you feel when you discover something real. You won't look back.