"The Gold Ring" 10/10/09, Program #1394

On "The Gold Ring" for 10/10/09, host Lee Worman brings you The Boys of the Lough, accordion player Billy McComiskey, Marcus & P.J. Hernon, Catherine McEvoy on flute, The Chieftains, Gerald Trimble playing cittern, Triona Ni Dhomhnaill's 1980s band Touchstone, and classic 78rpm recordings of great uilleann pipers: Michael Carney (1929), Felix Doran (1949) and Tom Ennis (1917 !). Visit "The Gold Ring" Website at www.goldring.org.

PLAYLIST “The Gold Ring” 10/10/09, Program #1394.

Opening Theme: The Templehouse. Matt Molloy, MATT MOLLOY. Mulligan 1976. LUN 004.

Segment 1:

The Boys of the Lough, THE PIPER’S BROKEN FINGER, Philo Records 1976. PH 1042. Side 1 track 1: Lady Anne Montgomery/The Highlandman That Kissed His Grannie/O’Connor Donn’s; Side 2 track 2: Millbank Cottage/Sandy Duff/The Ale Is Dear. Total time: 6:19.

Billy McComiskey, MAKIN’ THE ROUNDS, Green Linnet Records 1981. SIF 1034. Side 2 Track 4: Windsor Terrace/Sault’s Own Hornpipe. Total time: 2:53.

Michael Carney, Columbia 1929. Columbia 33336-F. The Jolly Tinker. Total Time: 3:10.

Segment 2:

Various Artists, CAISE CEOIL, Clo Iar-Chonnachta 2000. CICD 144. Tracks 4, 6: Marcus & P.J. Hernon: The Golden Plover/The Bobbing Sandpiper; Catherine McEvoy: The Haunted House/The Banshee’s Wail. Total Time: 5:10.

Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick, LIFE AND LIMB, Green Linnet Records 1991. GLCD 3052. Tracks 1, 4. Savoy; The Pepperpot/Sailing Into Walpole’s Marsh/Bunker Hill. Total time: 8:19.

Felix Doran, Copley 1949. Copley 9-194. Doran’s Fancy/The Rambling Pitchfork. Total time: 2:46.

The Chieftains, THE CHIEFTAINS COLLECTION, Claddagh Records 1999. CLADDAGH/ATLANTIC 83224-2. Track 3. An Paistin Fionn/Mrs. Crotty’s Reel/The Mountain Top. Total time: 4:18.

Segment 3:

Gerald Trimble, FIRST FLIGHT, Green Linnet Records 1983. SIF 1043. Side 1 Track 3. War Hent Kerrigouarch/Gavotte de Scrignac. Total Time: 2:29.

Touchstone, THE NEW LAND, Green Linnet Records 1982. SIF 1040. Side 1 Track 5: The Flying Reel/My Maryann/TRhe Game of Love; Side 2 Track 10: Bolen’s Fancy/The Dunmore Lasses/The Maid Behind the Bar/The Glass of Beer. Total time: 7:48.

Segment 4:

Tom Ennis, Victor 1917. Victor 18366. Murphy’s Hornpipe/Londonderry Clog/MacNamara Hornpipe. Total Time: 2:17.

Billy McComiskey, MAKIN’ THE ROUNDS, Green Linnet Records 1981. SIF 1034. Side 2 Track 7: Leave My Way/Chicago Reel. Total time: 2:20.

The Chieftains, THE CHIEFTAINS COLLECTION, Claddagh Records 1999. CLADDAGH/ATLANTIC 83224-2. Track 10. Sonny’s Mazurka/Tommy Hunt’s Jig. Total time: 3:10.

Gerald Trimble, FIRST FLIGHT, Green Linnet Records 1983. SIF 1043. Side 2 Track 1. The Sailor’s Return/The Return to Camdentown/The Maid Behind the Bar. Total Time: 4:27.

Closing Theme: The Gold Ring. Matt Molloy, MATT MOLLOY. Mulligan 1976. LUN 004.