Water From the Well

~ Release by The Chieftains (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Lots of Drops of Brandy
producer:
Paddy Moloney
bodhrán:
Kevin Conneff
fiddle:
Martin Fay and Seán Keane (fiddler)
flute:
Matt Molloy
hammered dulcimer, harp and harpsichord:
Derek Bell
tin whistle and uilleann pipes:
Paddy Moloney
recorded at:
Windmill Lane Studios (2nd/current location, since 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
Drops of Brandy (slip jig)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:44
2Bean an Fhir Rua
recording of:
Bean an Fhir Rua (The Red Haired Man’s Wife, catch-all for instrumental settings)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Bean an Fhir Rua (The Red-Haired Man’s Wife)
4:28
3Jack of All Trades
additional guest vocals:
Frankie Lane (Irish guitar player not the American country singer)
recording of:
Jack of All Trades (Happy Days Again)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:25
4Within a Mile of Dublin / The Old Blackthorn
guest banjo:
Barney McKenna
medley including a cover recording of:
The Blackthorn Stick (reel, Ng #172)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a cover recording of:
Within a Mile of Dublin (Irish reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:47
5The Dusty Miller
medley including a recording of:
Dowd’s No. 9 (reel)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Ketch Called “Sullivan John” (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Dusty Miller (hop jig/single jig/slip jig, Ng #2603)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Hunter’s House (reel)
composer:
Ed Reavy (Irish-American fiddler and composer)
5:02
6The Lovely Sweet Banks of the Moy
cover recording of:
Lovely Sweet Banks of the Moy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:51
7An Poc ar Buile
guest vocals:
Séamus Begley, Laurence Courtney and Dáithí Ó Sé
recording of:
An Poc ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:11
8The Dingle Set
guest accordion:
Séamus Begley
guest banjo:
Laurence Courtney
guest concertina:
Eoin Ó Beaglaoich
guest fiddle and guest foot stomps [dance]:
Ashley MacIsaac
recording of:
The Dingle Set
medley of:
Far from Home (reel/hornpipe/barndance, Ng #603)
medley of:
The Gladstone (reel)
medley of:
Tom Billy’s (reel, Ng #1919)
2:47
9Planxty George Brabazon
orchestra:
Belfast Harp Orchestra
conductor:
Janet Harbison
recording of:
Planxty George Brabazon (catchall for unidentified setting)
composer:
Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin (Turlough O’Carolan, Irish harper)
part of:
The Complete Works of Turlough O’Carolan (number: 6-7)
2:36
10The Donegal Set
guest accordion:
Dermot Byrne (Irish accordionist)
guest bouzouki:
Ciarán Curran
guest fiddle:
Ciarán Tourish and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
guest guitar:
Dáithí Sproule
recording of:
The Donegal Set (The Chieftain’s four-tunes set)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Seán Keane (fiddler)
medley of:
King of the Pipers (jig, Ng #672)
medley of:
The Glen Road to Carrick (reel)
medley of:
Willie’s Single (single jig, Ng #2074)
medley of:
Willie’s Fling
5:46
11The May Morning Dew
recording of:
May Morning Dew
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5405)
3:27
12The Kilfenora Set
recording of:
The Kilfenora Set (The Chieftains’)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Seán Keane (fiddler)
medley of:
The Kerry Jig (single jig/double jig, Ng #4241)
medley of:
The Concertina Reel (Ng #1455)
medley of:
Mulqueen’s (reel, Ng #3041)
3:14
13An Buinneán Buí / The County Tyrone / Newry Hornpipe
medley including a instrumental recording of:
An Bonnán Buí (to the same melody as Skara Brae’s version, Ng #2240)
lyricist:
Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
An Bonnán Buí (original poem)
medley including a recording of:
McDermott’s (hornpipe, Ng#1248)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The County Tyrone (march)
dedicated to:
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
5:02
14Ballyfin Polkas
guest accordion:
Dave Munnelly
guest foot stomps [set dance]:
The Ballyfin Set Dancers
medley including a cover recording of:
Ballydesmond Polka No. 1 (polka, Ng #105)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
The Ballydesmond Polkas (The Sevens’ arrangement)
medley including a cover recording of:
Gurteen Cross (polka)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a cover recording of:
Murroe (polka)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:33
15Casadh an tSúgáin
guest other vocals [sean-nós singer]:
Ciarán Ó Gealbháin
recording of:
Casadh an tSúgáin (The Twisting of the Rope, Ng #3518)
composed in and lyrics written in:
Ireland
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:47
16Live From Matt Molloy’s Pub
guest bouzouki:
Noel O'Grady
guest fiddle:
John McHugh (fiddler), James Murphy (fiddler) and Cora Smyth (fiddler)
guest flute:
Peter Horan (Irish traditional flute/fiddle player), Peter Molloy and Rev. Gary Hastings
guest harp:
Laoise Kelly
recording of:
Live From Matt Molloy’s Pub
medley of:
The Red Haired Lass
medley of:
Fred Finn’s (reel, No. 1)
medley of:
Castle Kelly (reel)
3:17
17An Gaoth Aneas
recording of:
The South Wind (air/waltz)
composer:
Dónal Meirgeach Mac Conmara (18th-century Irish poet)
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
An Ghaoth Aneas
3:59