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A collection of Irish and American tunes featuring the fiddle with guest artists on guitar, uillean pipes, tin whistle, mandolin, percussion, bass, and bagpipes. (2002 )

Cady Finlayson

 

 

 

 

1. Buttermilk Mary/Speed the Plough/The Tarbolton(Irish reels). Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Tim O‚Brien-mandolin, octave mandolin, Jim Roberts-percussion, arr. by Cady Finlayson (ASCAP) and Jim Roberts (BMI)

2. Down By the Sally Garden (trad. Irish song). Cady Finlayson-fiddle(s); Elkin Brown-guitar; Dan Immel-double bass: arr. by Cady Finlayson (ASCAP)

3. This Old Hammer. This is a work song ("This Old Hammer, Shines Like Silver..."). Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Hunter Lee-uilleann pipes, tin whistle; Jim Roberts-percussion, *arr. by Cady Finlayson/Hunter Lee/Jim Roberts

4. Bundle Up and Go/Ships in Full Sail. Cady Finlayson-fiddle(2nd tune); Elkin Brown-guitar;Hunter Lee-tin whistle, uilleann pipe, Jim Roberts-triangle, bones, sticks. arr. by C. Finlayson and Jim Roberts

5. Streets of Laredo/Texas River Song "Down by the Brazos" (American folk songs). Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar(s); Dan Immel-double bass; Jim Roberts-djembe, triangle, Embira: arr. by C. Finlayson and Jim Roberts

6. For Ireland. The piper on this song is Officer Kevin Ryan, who plays for the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County. Kevin Ryan-highland pipes; Cady Finlayson-fiddle

7. Planxty Irwin. This is an O'Carolan tune featuring Elkin. Elkin Brown-guitar, Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Hunter Lee-uilleann pipes; Jim Roberts-bells

8. Humours of Granny White. I wrote this tune but couldn't think of a name for it. We spent a lot of recording breaks driving down a street in Nashville called Granny White. Elkin named the tune. Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Jim Roberts-bones and all percussion: written by C.Finlayson (ASCAP).

9. Jackson‚s/Peter Street. Traditional Irish reels arr. by C. Finlayson and Jim Roberts Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Tim O‚Brien mandolin,mandola; Dan Immel-bass, Jim Roberts-bodhran

10. Toby‚s Jig/Jenny's Chickens. The first tune was written by Toby Goodwin and Jenny's Chickens is an Irish reel. Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Jim Roberts-rik, djembe, shakere: arr. by C. Finlayson and Jim Roberts

11. Hector the Hero. This tune was written by Scottish fiddler Scott Skinner. Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Hunter Lee-tin whistle; Jim Roberts-Embira : arr. by Finlayson/Roberts

12. Paddy Ryan‚s Dream/The Contradiction. Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar, Tim O‚Brien-mandolin; Jim Roberts-paddle drum, bones, box, bells

13. Siobhan Egen‚s Purple Button Waltz. Hunter Lee-uillean pipes (solo) copyright 2001 Hunter Lee

14. Off to California, Traditional hornpipe Cady Finlayson-fiddle; Elkin Brown-guitar; Hunter Lee-tin whistle

15. Bright Morning Star - American folk song Cady Finlayson-fiddle;

CREDITS: graphics: Frank Olinksy; photography Steve Campbell, recorded by Jim Roberts at Kalimba studio in Nashville, mastered by Jonathan Russel and Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics in Nashville