Sound Bytes

Track 1:  The Haunting. Original Scottish-Canadian by Robert Neil Dickie. (SOCAN/Barra Music Co. Ltd)

Track 2:  Dublin Bay.  Original Canadian song by Stephen Fearing (1963-) (SOCAN/Mummy Dust Music). Break: Aaron’s Key. Original Irish jig by Paul Roche/Tara Music Ltd.

Track 3:  Fish of the Sea. Traditional Scottish fisherman’s song. And Drunken Sailor, traditional English sea shanty. Arr Riverthieves.

Track 4:  Straw Man. Original Ontario fiddle song by Shanthi Minor (1984-) (SOCAN/Riverthieves Productions). And Brenda Stubbert’s Reel. Original Cape Breton reel © Jerry Holland (1955-) (SOCAN/Fiddlesticks Music). And High Road To Linton. Traditional Scottish (parts A and B) and Traditional Cape Breton (parts C and D). Arr. Riverthieves.

Track 5:  Angel From Montgomery. Original American song.  Words and music by John Prine (1946-) (Sour Grapes/BMI). Arr Riverthieves.

Track 6:  Black Fly. Original Ontario song. Words and music by Wade Hemsworth (1916-2002) (SOCAN/Peer Int’l Corp).  Break: Drowsy Maggie. Traditional Irish reel. Arr Riverthieves.

Track 7:  Nancy Whiskey. Traditional Scottish drinking song. Arr Riverthieves.

Track 8:  Distant Hills. Traditional Scottish pipes tune. And Hamilton’s Nutsack. Original Irish pipe tune by Terry Tully (1956-)

Track 9:  Follow Me Up to Carlow. 19th Century Irish song. Words Patrick Joseph McCall (1861-1919) with Music based on 18th Century “Bonnie Annie” by Donald Dow (d. 1783).  Break: Morrison’s Jig. 20th Century American adaptation of traditional Irish jig “Stick Across the Hob”. Arr Riverthieves, based on James Keelaghan (1959-) arrangement.

Track 10:  Fields of Rock and Snow. Original Ontario song.  Words and music by James Gordon (1955-) (SOCAN/SGB Productions).

Track 11:  Sakkijarven Polka. Traditional Finnish polka.  Arr Riverthieves

Track 12:  Old Dun Cow. Late 19th Century English drinking song. Words and music by Harry Wincott (1867-1947). Arr. Riverthieves.

Track 13:  St. Anne’s Reel. Traditional Maritime Canadian adaptation of traditional French Canadian reel. And Growling Old Man and Old Woman. Adaptation by Don Messer (1910-1973) of traditional French Canadian reel “La Marmotteuse”. Arr Riverthieves.

Track 14:  All Along the Watchtower. Original American song. Words and music by Bob Dylan (1941-) (Dwarf Music).  Arr Riverthieves.

Credits

Recorded November 2005, Devon’s Underground
Ottawa, Ontario. Engineered by Dave O'Heare
Mixed at The Music Room & Mastered by Chris Bradley

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