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Too Fond of Walking by Phil O'Flaherty
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fave it Traditional Folk | Celtic
10 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Jul 2003
on Phil O'Flaherty
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:04 Dowey Houms of Yarrow/Cooley's Reel lyrics BUY MP3 06:04 Dowey Houms of Yarrow/Cooley's Reel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:04 Dowey Houms of Yarrow/Cooley's Reel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:17 When First I Went to Caledonia lyrics BUY MP3 04:17 When First I Went to Caledonia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:17 When First I Went to Caledonia
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Courtin' In the Kitchen lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Courtin' In the Kitchen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Courtin' In the Kitchen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:14 Doubt lyrics BUY MP3 04:14 Doubt lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:14 Doubt
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Handsome Molly lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Handsome Molly lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Handsome Molly
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 It's All Right lyrics BUY MP3 04:40 It's All Right lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:40 It's All Right
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Dandelion Smile lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Dandelion Smile lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Dandelion Smile
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 Cinderella lyrics BUY MP3 05:08 Cinderella lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:08 Cinderella
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 Wild Rover/The Road to Hell lyrics FREE 04:46 Wild Rover/The Road to Hell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 Wild Rover/The Road to Hell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 Icarus lyrics BUY MP3 04:40 Icarus lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:40 Icarus
Phil O'Flaherty's first solo recording, is a rich and seamless collection of traditional and original songs. It is at once imbued with Celtic sadness and warmth. Ethereal, yet earthy.
Bio / Background
Phil O'Flaherty experienced emigration from Ireland as an eight year old. 'My job was to carry a bag of shoes and an old mandolin. We literally carried our music with us and managed to stay in touch with the music scene in Ireland'. Even as a teen in the late seventies and early eighties, O'Flaherty rejected the music enjoyed by his peers in favour of the folk and traditional sounds emanating from his native land. 'Music was important to me, but I wasn't finding much inspiration in the established popular music of the late seventies'.
Those were exciting days for Irish music. Bands like Planxty and the Bothy Band,and singers such as Paul Brady were creating arrangements of traditional songs,reels and jigs that were driven by guitar, bouzouki, mandola and mandolin. 'When I heard that [music] my imagination was ignited and I knew it was something I had to try myself'.
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