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Farewell And Remember Me
''Farewell and Remember Me'' is an album by The Boys of the Lough, released in 1987. There are 4 songs and 6 instrumental tracks on the album which is unusual in giving so much prominence to the uilleann bagpipes. It is sometimes considered to be the best album by The Boys of the Lough. The tunes are mainly sourced from Irish and Scottish traditions, some of them never previously recorded. Track listing # "Sean But/ Tommy People's/ The Lark in the Morning" (jigs) (All traditional) # "The Leitrim Queen" (song) (Ian Burns) # "Lucky Can Du Link Ony/ Pottinger's/ Billy Nicholson" (reels) (Trad/ Tom Anderson/ Trad) # "Farewell and Remember Me" (song) (J Chalmers) # "Angus Polka no 1/ Angus Polka No 2/ Donegal Barn Dance" (All trad) # "An Spailpin Fanach (sung in Gaelic)/ The One-Horned Buck" (reel) (Trad/ Trad) # "Valentia Harbour (air)/ The Jug of Punch (reel)/ MacArthur Road" (reel) (All trad) # "Lovely Ann" (unaccompanied song) (Trad) # "The Holly Bush/ The New Ships Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys Of The Lough
The Boys of the Lough is a Scottish-Irish Celtic music band active since the 1970s. Early years Their first album, called ''Boys of the Lough'' (1972) consisted of Aly Bain ( fiddle), Cathal McConnell ( flute), Dick Gaughan (vocals and guitar) and Robin Morton ( bodhran and vocals). Since the 1960s, the Forrest Hill Bar in Edinburgh had been a centre for folk singers and instrumentalists. In the pub, always nicknamed "Sandy Bell's" and now formally called that, fiddler Aly Bain played along with singer/guitarists Mike Whellans and Dick Gaughan in sessions. Aly Bain was from the Shetland Islands, and steeped in the Shetland style of playing. Meanwhile in Ireland, Cathal McConnell was an All-Ireland champion in both flute and whistle. He was from a family of flute players in County Fermanagh in Ireland. Cathal's musical collaborators were Tommy Gunn and Robin Morton. The two halves met at Falkirk folk festival in Scotland, and formed Boys of the Lough. In 1973, Gaughan left to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |