Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O'Rourke

Subject: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Mikey joe
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 07:01 AM

Hi

Does anyone know where I can get lyrics online or in print to any of these guy's songs??

Thank you

Mj

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 10:27 AM

Tim Lyons music page, with e mail.

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 10:48 AM

Gaelic Folk Songs with English translations, by Brian O'Rourke
Blas Meala : A Sip from the Honeypot by Brian O'Rourke is available (?) from here, but it's hard to find on the pages. Look in Song/Lyrics Books on the left sidebar.....I could not get an accurate URL to copy. It's an Amazon site, so you might just be able to search Amazon for the title. Appears it is only available used, which may mean you have to ask/wait for a book search.

Warning!! the above is a SnagYou site--double or triple click to get out of it.

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Mikey joe
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 11:32 AM

Thank you Sorcha

the Tim Lyons I'm looking for is the fella born in Newmarket or Kanturk in north Cork now living in Clare or Galway. I'm not sure where Briain O' rurke is from but his song The Baeuty Spot Drumsnot is quite sell known.

Anyone else able to help???

Mj

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: lamarca
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 11:53 AM

Mikey joe, Tim Lyons (from Cork) was one of the instructors at Pinewoods Folk Music week this year, and sang many of his humorous compositions and taught a class in traditional ornamentatiion styles for Irish singing. Are you looking for lyrics to the songs that Tim has written himself, or the traditional ballads he sings? I can look in my Pinewoods list for a way to contact him personally and PM it to you (but not 'til Friday, as I'm away from my computer for Turkey Day).

I looked on Google and found a record dealer, celtic grooves, that sells one of Tim's albums with Fintan Vallely, Big Guns and Hairy Drums, which has many of Tim's humorous songs on it.

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Mikey joe
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 12:00 PM

Hi lamarca

I'm looking for both. I have Tim's album Easter Snow. but would like some music to put the lyrics with him. I used play with Tims brother John in Dolans in Limerick many years ago - a good singer himself. Thanks again

Mj

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 12:20 PM

I know both of those of whom you speak, so to speak! Not sure that either has anything on the net at the moment. There was a recent CD compilationm of work by, I think, the pair of them and Fintan Vallelly. Haven't got a copy (yet) so don't know if it includes a book of words.

For those who wonder.... Tim, Brian (from Galway, incidentally, where Tim now lives)and Fintan are three of the best songwriters in the comic tradition in Ireland. Brian's piece-de-resistance is/was a fifteen minute long account of a mid-life crisis called "Chantal du Champignon"!

Regards

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: lamarca
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 12:25 PM

I particularly liked Tim's song about Jake, the drug sniffing dog, who was employed by the Customs inspectors...

He does a wonderful rendition of Henry Joy McCracken on a recent CD called The Croppies' Complaint, which also has songs by Frank Harte and others - which I bought from Dick Greenhouse of Camsco (plug, plug...)

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 12:31 PM

Did we put up the words of "Jake" a long time ago? Must check...

All three have some great songs to their credit which are well embedded in the tradition at this stage.

The "Croppies Complaint" CD, incidentally, was produced by the Goilin Singers Club in Dublin. In fact, they've just issued another, featuring four of their stalwart singers.

Regards

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: Mikey joe
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 12:35 PM

Fintan Vallely (any relation to Niall ás NOMOS) has a book out called balcony of a nation which is full of these satirical songs, I'm trying to track it down at the moment, but in the meantime would like to find something ion the net to keep me ticking over.

Subject: RE: Help: Tim Lyons & Briain O' Rourke
From: GUEST,bigJ
Date: 21 Nov 01 - 04:18 PM

If you write to Brian at 36, Lakeshore Drive, Renmore, Galway - I'm sure he'll help you. And probably put you in touch with Tim too. Brian's cassette "When I Grow Up" and Tim and Fintan's cassette "Knock, Knock, Knock" are worth a listen.