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McNally's Row of Flats
Mick Moloney
Compass Records
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McNally�s Row of Flats- Are you There Moriarity
- The Regular Army-O
- Patrick's Day Parade
- Danny by my Side
- Get Up Jack John Sit Down
- Dad's Dinner Pail
- Never Take the Horseshoe From the Door
- I Never Drink Behind the Bar
- The Babies on Our Block
- The Mulligan Guard
- Old Boss Barry
- Such an Education Has My Mary Ann
- Maggie Murphy�s Home
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Scholarly
Nick Moloney's efforts in bringing back to us the music of late XIX century NYC vaudeville are to be applauded, but after the delightful opening track that gives its name to the record, it becomes less an alive musical experience and more a museum expedition. I know, a difficult trick to pull off, but their treatment of the "McNally's Row of Flats" track shows that it could have been done...
Fantastic
These were the pop songs from the late 19th century but because they weren't recorded we've lost them, until now. What a wonderful bunch of songs not only as history but because they're great music. They fit very well in the Stephen Foster tradition. The recordings are excellent. Great singing, great playing, great arrangements. Now, who will stage one of the Harrigan and Hart shows?
An American Treasure
The songs of Harrigan and Braham, written for musical shows towards the end of the 19th Century, are a lost treasure of American culture -- brought to vivid life again in fine performances by Mick Maloney on this CD. You can't get closer than this to the roil and energy and sweet aspiration of immigrant life in 19th-Century New York, when people from all over the world laughed and complained and butted heads with each other as they struggled to find a way of being Americans together.