Craic on the Road (album)
- Craic on the Road (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's
Type = Album
Artist = Four to the Bar
Background = green
Released = August 1994
Recorded = June 1994
Genre = Celtic Folk Folk rock
Length =
Label = Independent
Producer = Four to the Bar
Reviews =
Last album = "Four to the Bar (EP)" (1993)
This album = "Craic on the Road" (1994)
Next album = "Another Son" (1995) |
Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.
Track listing
#I'll Tell Me Ma (Traditional)
#Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew (Traditional)
#My Love's in Germany (Traditional)
#I Ain't Marching Anymore (Ochs)
#The Hills of Connemara (Traditional)
#A Taste of the Reel World (Traditional)
#The Black Velvet Band/The Wild Rover/The Galway Shawl (Traditional)
#The Ferryman (St. John)
#Mick Maguire (Traditional)
#Muirsheen Durkin (Traditional)
#Jenny's and Out! (Traditional)
Personnel
*David Yeates: Vocals, bodhrán, flute, tin whistle
*Martin Kelleher: Vocals, guitar
*Patrick Clifford: Bass
*Keith O'Neill: Fiddle
*Seamus Casey: Djembe, congas, percussion
*Tony McQuillan: Accordion
Production
*Produced by Four to the Bar with Kevin Coleman
*Recorded live on June 16, 1994 at Sam Maguire's Pub, Bronx NY, by Boulevard Studios, New Milford NJ
*Crew chiefs: Mike Marri, Anthony Cioffi
*Assistant recording engineer: Gene Porfedo
*Stage engineer: Mark "Doc" Doratto
*Mixed at World Studio, New York NY
*Mastered at Steller Productions and Studio 900, New York NY
*Mixing and mastering engineer: Tim Hatfield
References
* [http://www.4tothebar.com/tis/music/4tothebar/_press/dl.htm#9506 Winick, Steve, Review of "Craic on the Road," "Dirty Linen Magazine," June/July 1995; Issue #58]
* [http://www.4tothebar.com/tis/music/4tothebar/_press/iv.htm#941102 "Craic on the Road (Live at Sam Maguire's): A New Release by Four to the Bar," "Irish Voice," November 2, 1994]
External links
* [http://www.4tothebar.com/ Four to the Bar official web site]
Trivia
*One of the album's outtakes was a spontaneous version of "Who the F*** Is Alice"
*This version of "I'll Tell Me Ma" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection.
*David Yeates does an impersonization of Beavis and Butthead during "Black Velvet Band."
*"Mr. Maguire" appeared previously on the band's 1993 EP.
*The sidewalk graffiti in the cover art was done by the band; the photographer had to stand on the tour van to get the proper angle.
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