Patrick Street

by Patrick Street, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn

Overview

To call Patrick Street a "supergroup" is a bit of an understatement. The quartet reunites Planxty founders Donal Lunny --the record's producer -- Andy Irvine, and Arty McGlynn, as well as the Bothy Band fiddler Kevin Burke, and De Danaan guitar player Jackie Daly. Their eponymous debut is a ten-song juggernaut of original and traditional material that showcases all of the member's talents equally. Burke, a master of the Cape Breton style of fiddling as well as traditional Irish playing, displays his chops on the sprightly "French Canadian Set "Le Cardeuse," and effortlessly works his way through Celtic standards like "Loftus Jones." Irvine, a peerless ballad writer who composed the majority of Planxty's finest songs, is the group's primary vocalist and lends his rich voice to the Midwest lament "The Dream/Indiana," Tommy Sands' "Man With the Cap," and Gerry O'Beirne's "Holy Ground." This is impeccably played music that offers little in the way of daring, but to call Patrick Street the band's weakest album is still a compliment, as it remains leagues above the countless others in its' genre. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/05/1993
Label:	GREEN LINNET
UPC:	0048248107129

Tracks

1. Patrick Street/The Carraroe Jig
2. Walter Sammon's Grandmother/Concertina Reel/Brendan McMahon's
3. Holy Ground
4. Shores of Lough Gowna/Contentment Is Wealth/Have a Drink With Me
5. French Canadian Set "La Cardeuse"
6. Loftus Jones
7. Dream/Indiana
8. Martin Rochford's Reel/Roll out the Barrell/The Earl's Chair
9. Mrs. O'Sullivan's Jig/Caliope House
10. The Man With the Cap

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patrick Street   Primary Artist
Kevin Burke   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Jackie Daly   Primary Artist,Accordion
Arty McGlynn   Primary Artist,Guitar
Andy Irvine   Primary Artist,Vocals,Bouzouki,Mandolin,Harmonica,Mondoline
Donal Lunny   Bodhran,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Donal Lunny   Producer,Engineer
Kevin Burke   Performer
Jackie Daly   Performer
Colum Sands   Composer
Andy Irvine   Composer,Performer
Arty McGlynn   Performer
Turlough O'Carolan   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Patrick Street   Liner Notes,Arranger
Colm Henry   Photography
Amelia Stein   Illustrations
Gerry O'Beirne   Composer
Dave Richardson   Composer