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Thread #3824 Message #101344
Posted By: Philippa
01-Aug-99 - 02:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The 12th of July (riot in Montreal)
Subject: RE: LYR ADD: The 12th of July / Sean Tyrrell
ah, Mick, I'm tickled pink
YI thought you'd enjoy Seán Tyrrell, it's not as though you bought a CD just for one song. PJ Curtis produced the album; I'm surprised he hasn't written on this thread.
Seán has quite a knack for making songs of old poems like this. He found some of his songs-to-be in Kathleen Hoagland, ed. "1000 Years of Irish Poetry", including a few by John Boyle O'Reilly.
I like the way Seán accompanies himself (on guitar, mandola, mandocello, with syncopation). So I rather like to hear him on his own without other musicians. I told Seán this when I saw him playing in a pub in County Clare with a little band, but I gathered he was getting a buzz out of playing with a group. He invited someone up from the floor; it was Davy Spillane. Davy didn't have pipes with him, but he played a low whistle.
lest their contributions go unrecognised: Ezio and Emily, may you walk in the sunshine .