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fave it Modern Folk | Celtic
13 tracks | 53 minutes
Released Jan 2003
on The Irish Side
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 The Newry Highwayman lyrics BUY MP3 04:28 The Newry Highwayman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 The Newry Highwayman
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:30 Another Son lyrics BUY MP3 04:30 Another Son lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:30 Another Son
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:02 The Western Shore lyrics BUY MP3 05:02 The Western Shore lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:02 The Western Shore
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Shelli Sullivan's/Passing My Time/Marie Harvey's Delight lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Shelli Sullivan's/Passing My Time/Marie Harvey's Delight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Shelli Sullivan's/Passing My Time/Marie Harvey's Delight
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:23 Something's Come In lyrics BUY MP3 04:23 Something's Come In lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:23 Something's Come In
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:55 Catch the Wind lyrics BUY MP3 02:55 Catch the Wind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:55 Catch the Wind
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:21 The Shores of America lyrics BUY MP3 05:21 The Shores of America lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:21 The Shores of America
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:46 The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water lyrics BUY MP3 02:46 The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:46 The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:10 Skibbereen lyrics BUY MP3 05:10 Skibbereen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:10 Skibbereen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Getting Medieval lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 Getting Medieval lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Getting Medieval
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 No Matter Where You Go lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 No Matter Where You Go lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 No Matter Where You Go
Strong songwriting, emotional sweep from tragic to comic, and the resonant vocals of David Yeates, quite possibly the best folk singer since Liam Clancy.
Bio / Background
On June 23, 1995, Four to the Bar officially released Another Son, its second full-length album, with a record-release party at New York City folk landmark Tommy Makem's Irish Pavilion. It would turn out to be a standing-room only event, and the beginning of a national tour during which they would share billing with acts like Freddie White, Cherish the Ladies, Trisha Yearwood, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
The album received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Dirty Linen magazine called the band's original songs "powerful" and "profound." Rock 'n' Reel said the recording was "haunting." The Daytona Beach News-Journal called it "an eclectic mix of ballads, reels, and uptempo story songs."
But in spite of this success and the band's fast-rising star, Four to the Bar stopped performing together in late 1995, and distribution for this celebrated CD came to a halt.
↓ more ↓Not surprisingly, the band's influence did not:
--Saratoga Springs' hugely popular Celtic group The McKrells covered Four to the Bar's "Something's Come In" on both 1997's Better Days and 1999's The McKrells Live
--Irish trad supergroup Solas included a unique version of "The Newry Highwayman" on its self-titled debut in 1996
--Even as late as 1999, for their contribution to Bleecker Street, an homage to early-1960's folk, Black 47 chose "I Ain't Marching Anymore," the Phil Ochs song that Four to the Bar resurrected on Craic on the Road.
Now, the Irish Side has arranged for a limited re-release of this classic recording. If you're familiar with this album, you already know about the strength of the songwriting, the emotional sweep from tragic to comic, and the resonant vocals of David Yeates, quite possibly the best folk singer since Liam Clancy.
Whether the band will ever be back on stage again is a question only the lads themselves can answer. In the meantime, though, we have the recordings. The Irish Side is proud to be able to make this dynamic, soulful collection available once again.
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