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- Hornpipes: The Come Hither Stare/Poll Ha'Penny
- Reels: Billy McComiskey's/Dan Breen's/The Beauty Spot
- Reels: Up Against The Buachalawns/The Old Pinch of Snuff
- Reels: Smith O'Couster/The Jolly Tinker/Farewell to Ireland
- Reels: The Nine Points of Roguery/Famous Ballmote
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North by NorthWest by Eliot Grasso & Dave Cory
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fave it Traditional Folk | Celtic
12 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on illen odyssey
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:03 Reels: Billy McComiskey's/Dan Breen's/The Beauty Spot lyrics BUY MP3 04:03 Reels: Billy McComiskey's/Dan Breen's/The Beauty Spot lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:03 Reels: Billy McComiskey's/Dan Breen's/The Beauty Spot
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 Jigs: The Fly in the Porter/Gan Ainm lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 Jigs: The Fly in the Porter/Gan Ainm lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 Jigs: The Fly in the Porter/Gan Ainm
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 Reels: The Nine Points of Roguery/Famous Ballmote lyrics BUY MP3 03:42 Reels: The Nine Points of Roguery/Famous Ballmote lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:42 Reels: The Nine Points of Roguery/Famous Ballmote
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 Reels: The Blackberry Blossom/Slate Hill lyrics BUY MP3 02:10 Reels: The Blackberry Blossom/Slate Hill lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:10 Reels: The Blackberry Blossom/Slate Hill
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 Jigs: The Purse Rusted Shut/The Green Lady/Morgan Andersen's For lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 Jigs: The Purse Rusted Shut/The Green Lady/Morgan Andersen's For lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 Jigs: The Purse Rusted Shut/The Green Lady/Morgan Andersen's For
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Reels: The Musical Priest/Farrell O'Gara lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Reels: The Musical Priest/Farrell O'Gara lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Reels: The Musical Priest/Farrell O'Gara
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Set Dance & Reel: Rodney's Glory/The Watchmaker lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Set Dance & Reel: Rodney's Glory/The Watchmaker lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Set Dance & Reel: Rodney's Glory/The Watchmaker
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:48 Reels: Up Against The Buachalawns/The Old Pinch of Snuff lyrics BUY MP3 02:48 Reels: Up Against The Buachalawns/The Old Pinch of Snuff lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:48 Reels: Up Against The Buachalawns/The Old Pinch of Snuff
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 Air & Set Dance: The Fallen Bridge/The Princess Royal lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 Air & Set Dance: The Fallen Bridge/The Princess Royal lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 Air & Set Dance: The Fallen Bridge/The Princess Royal
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:39 Hornpipes: The Come Hither Stare/Poll Ha'Penny lyrics BUY MP3 04:39 Hornpipes: The Come Hither Stare/Poll Ha'Penny lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:39 Hornpipes: The Come Hither Stare/Poll Ha'Penny
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Jigs: The Thrupenny Bit/The Bowels of the Earth/The Falls of the lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Jigs: The Thrupenny Bit/The Bowels of the Earth/The Falls of the lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Jigs: The Thrupenny Bit/The Bowels of the Earth/The Falls of the
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 Reels: Smith O'Couster/The Jolly Tinker/Farewell to Ireland lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 Reels: Smith O'Couster/The Jolly Tinker/Farewell to Ireland lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 Reels: Smith O'Couster/The Jolly Tinker/Farewell to Ireland
The music of this exciting new album is played with great vigor, energy, and drive by two of Irish music's most creative exponents.
Bio / Background
North by NorthWest is a collaborative musical effort between banjo player/guitarist, Dave Cory, and uilleann piper/flute player, Eliot Grasso.
"We had a great time playing together on a prior recording project in Portland during February 2006, so we thought it made sense to record an album together.
After our initial practice in the Seattle's Best Coffee shop on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street in Pioneer Square, we felt like there was a lot to work with. We came up with a healthy dose of traditional tunes along with a few originals by Peter Fitzgerald and John Daly.
Meath-born Baltimore banjo player, Peter Fitzgerald, composed two jigs on the album: The Thrupenny Bit and The Bowels of the Earth. I learned them from Peter during my many years playing with him around Baltimore. I picked up John Daly's Slate Hill from uilleann piper Kieran O'Hare when I was visiting him in Chicago during 2003.
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