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The Volunteers by The Volunteers
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fave it Folk Rock | Celtic
8 tracks | 40 minutes
Released May 2002
on Stray Bullet Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:29 The Wild Western Sea lyrics BUY MP3 05:29 The Wild Western Sea lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:29 The Wild Western Sea
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 Marching to the Drums lyrics BUY MP3 04:28 Marching to the Drums lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 Marching to the Drums
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 Chains of Steel lyrics BUY MP3 05:42 Chains of Steel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:42 Chains of Steel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Moreton Bay lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Moreton Bay lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Moreton Bay
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:22 The Last Chance Bar lyrics BUY MP3 06:22 The Last Chance Bar lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:22 The Last Chance Bar
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:37 The Bare-Ass Girl lyrics BUY MP3 05:37 The Bare-Ass Girl lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:37 The Bare-Ass Girl
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Going Home lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 Going Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Going Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Shadow of a Gunman lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Shadow of a Gunman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Shadow of a Gunman
A top selection from Volume 1 of their catalog of original American Celtic tunes or, as they put it, "the 18th Century Scots/Irish folk tunes that we wrote last week," from that kick-ass gang of Celtic rockers, The Volunteers.
Bio / Background
This excerpt from page 153 of "Drone On!: The High History of Celtic Music," Winnie Czulinski, (available on Amazon.com)
". . . a lot of Americans would argue their own kind, through that Scots-Irish influx, has dragged on Celtic musical traditions longer than the homeland. As well, Irish beats mixed with African rhythms to become rock music. The bodhran backbeat of jigs and reels also morphed into the train-beat of rockabilly, and hence to rock 'n' roll. That's the thinking of American longtime folk-rocker Henk Milne, known as the "big voice" of The Volunteers, a band equally inspired by the Volunteers who held Dublin against the British Army in 1916 and an LP by 1960s California acid-rockers Jefferson Airplane who held the age of psychedelia against the PTA. This folk-rock progression is why Milne and his crew have happily embarked on what purists would scream sacrilege, writing lyrics to Turlough O'Carolan's 17th- and 18th-century tunes, and rocking them out.
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