Old Dog Long Road Vol. 1

by Andy Irvine

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seamus quaide A great retrospective of Andy Irvine's broad career. Highly recommended!

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1.	Goodbye Monday Blues (1999) 03:37	buy track
2.	Farewell To Ballymoney (1978) 04:06	buy track
3.	Green Grows The Laurel (2002) 05:19	buy track
4.	Andy Irvine with Donal Lunny - King Bore And The Sandman (1978) 03:02	buy track
5.	Down By Greer’s Grove (1995) 04:07	buy track
6.	Dublin Lady (1971) 02:34	buy track
7.	Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm - Little Stack Of Wheat / Humours Of Tullycrine (1993) 02:17	buy track
8.	Jack Tar (1971) 02:51	buy track
9.	Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm - Viva Zapata (1993) 04:28	buy track
10.	Andy Irvine, Gerry O'Beirne, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly - Edward Connors (1986) 05:15	buy track
11.	Lady Leroy (1972) 04:32	buy track
12.	Bonny Light Horseman (1978) 04:27	buy track
13.	Lost Train Blues (1971) 02:29	buy track
14.	Captain Colston (1995) 05:19	buy track
15.	Kilgrain Hare (1985) 05:36	buy track
16.	Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm - Chetvorno Horo (1993) 04:11	buy track
17.	Reuben’s Train (1968) 02:43	buy track
18.	Andy Irvine with Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping & Donal Lunny - Longford Weaver / Christmas Eve (1978) 05:12	buy track
19.	Andy Irvine with Johnny Moynihan - Come All Ye Fisher Lassies (1969) 02:34	buy track
20.	Captain Thunderbolt (1995) 04:32	buy track
21.	Seamen Three (1981) 03:22	buy track
22.	Truckin’ Little Baby (1961) 02:19	buy track
23.	Andy Irvine with Rens Van Der Zalm & "The Parachilna Parrots" - The Titanic (2012) 05:02	buy track
24.	Sweet Lisbweemore (1995) 05:30	buy track

about

Andy Irvine was born in 1942 and he started recording for his own enjoyment back in 1960 when his mother bought him a heavy reel-to-reel tape recorder. ere are some very rare tracks from his
early days even before he became a professional musician and there are recordings of his busking days in Germany by himself or with Johnny Moynihan. In the early 70s he made some demos for
Planxty in Dublin , one of them from this album, was never recorded. ere are a lot of recordings from gigs that Andy has played over the last 50 years, mainly solo but some with his musical friends,
Dónal Lunny, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Frankie Gavin, Rens van der Zalm and Gerry O’Berne, to name but a few. Above all, this double album shows Andy’s remarkable ability to play highly complex
accompaniments at the same time as performing vocals of quality.

"This is the first volume of recordings I made since 1961. They are not in any way intended as my latest albums and indeed, are issued as a limited edition, meant mainly for the ardent fan! The recordings are not always of studio quality in spite of the masterful sound manipulation of my dear friend the late Tim Martin who did a marvellous job of making even the most dubious old recording listenable. Many thanks to Leon O’Neill who also improved some difficult tracks.

I started recording for my own enjoyment back in 1960 when my mother bought me a heavy reel-to-reel tape recorder. Later I recorded songs so that I wouldn’t forget them and could go back and re-learn them. There are also many recordings made at gigs I have played around the world in the last 40 years. I would like to make special mention and give special thanks to Ray Barron of Cork who recorded so many of my shows in The Lobby Bar in Cork in the 90’s.

The bulk of these recordings are solo but there are some with great musicians I have played with over the years. Many thanks to Dónal Lunny, Rens van der Zalm, Johnny Moynihan, Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly and Gerry O’Beirne, all of whom appear on this first volume.
Thanks also to Jeremy Kearney for letting me use the Foxrock Folk Club recordings. More from that club in that period, with singers like Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly, are available on “Live at Foxrock Folk Club – The Parish Hall Tapes 1970-72” (Cornelscourt Records CR 001).
If this album is well received, there will be a clatter more!!"

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released October 15, 2019

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Andy Irvine

Irish singer-songwriter and traditional musician. He plays bouzouki, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica and sometimes guitar.

Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD, Usher's Island and more. ... more

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