Sweeney's Men (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Sweeney's Men
Type = Album
Artist = Sweeney's Men


Released = 1968
Recorded = Livingstone Studios, Barnet
Genre = Celtic
Length =
Label = Transatlantic
Produced = Bill Leader
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ikmiklabbo9~T1 link] |

"Sweeney's Men" is an album by Sweeney's Men. It was re-released on CD in 1996, packaged together with their second album, "The Tracks of Sweeney". The final banjo riff on "The House Carpenter" is identical to the riff on Steeleye Span's "The Lowlands of Holland", where Terry Woods is again the banjo-player. Irvine's version of "Willy O'Winsbury" is almost identical to the version by Anne Briggs. She was a roadie for the band for two years.

Track listing

#"Rattlin' Roarin' Willy" (Trad)
#"Sullivan's John" (Pecker Dunne)
#"Sally Brown" (Trad)
#"My Dearest Dear" (Terry Woods)
#"The Exile's Jig" (instr) (Trad)
#"The Handsome Cabin Boy" (Trad)
#"Dicey Riley" (Dominic Behan)
#"Tom Dooley" (Trad)
#"Willy O'Winsbury"" (Trad)
#"Dance To Your Daddy" (Trad)
#"The House Carpenter" (Trad)
#"Johnston" (unknown)
#"Reynard The Fox" (Trad)

Line-up

* Johnny Moynihan - vocals, bouzouki, tin whistle
* Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, harmonica, guitar
* Terry Woods - vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, concertina