Traditional Music of Ireland (1985)

About this title: Over two decades after this album was recorded and released, it's rather funny to look at the cover photo of Seamus Egan in his cargo pants with his feathered haircut and sweet, unassuming smile. In the intervening years he became a superstar producer of modern Irish folk groups and a highly sought-after studio musician, with a wardrobe tending toward black leather and no more on-camera smiles. In 1986 he was a new face on the scene, a remarkably talented teenage multi-instrumentalist who had already won all-Ireland titles on four different instruments. On this album he plays flute, tres, ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Maids of Galway [Medley of Reels] [Traditional]
2. The Munster Cloak [Traditional]
3. The Convenience Reel/Gan Ainm/Hills of Offaly/Guns of the Magnificient Seve [Traditional]
4. Bach Gavottes [Bach]
5. Lock the Door/Get Up Old Woman/Shake Yourself, What Ails You? [Traditional]
6. Waltz from Transtrand [Traditional]
7. Castle Ceili's/Pay the Girl Her Fourpence/Miko Russell's [Traditional]
8. McDermott's Fancy/Swans Among the Rushes/Chicago/The Swallow's Nest [Traditional]
9. Baltimore Salute/The Lansdowne Lass/Jackie Coleman's [Traditional]
10. The Ebb Tide/The Chorus Reel [Traditional]
11. Aggie's Waltz [Traditional]
12. Grandmom's [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.