BOB ABRAMS: THE SPIDER'S WEB
Bob Abrams: accordion, octave mandolin
Brad Hurley: flute
Roger Burridge: fiddle
Rck Gagne: banjo
David Surette: octave mandolin, guitar
Peter Barnes, Bob McQuillen: piano
Bob Abrams is a C#/D accordion, melodeon and octave mandolin player based in New Hampshire. This is his second album--the first being "A Fool's Advice" and still available from Celtic Grooves--and is as good as the first. Abrams and his guests, Roger Burridge (fiddle), Brad Hurley (flute), Rick Gagne (banjo), and the great accompanists Peter Barnes (piano), Bob McQuillen (piano), and David Surette (guitar), deliver easy-paced and most satisfying performances in Irish traditional (rather than New-England) style. This sequel is a success.
Rating: *** 1/2
Price: $15.99
Contents:
1. Reels: Hould the Reins / The Morning Mist / The Roscommon Reel
2. Jigs: The Spider's Web / The Dairyman's Daughter
3. Reels: The Donegal Reel / The Lads of Laois
4. Long Dance & Hornpipes: The Ace and Deuce of Piping / The Rover Thru the Bogs / The Kildare Fancy
5. Reels: The FLowing Bowl / The Piper's Despair / The Cow on the Bonnet
6. Waltzes: Seamus O'Brien / The Rose Waltz
7. Reels: The O'Connor Donn / Bill Harte's
8. Jigs: The Bank of Turf / The Returned Yank
9. Reels: The Duke of Leinster's Wife / The Porthole of the Kelp
10. Reels: O'Reilly's Greyhound / The Ballaghaderreen Fair
11. Hoedown: Jimmy in the Swamp
12. Jigs: Snug in the Blanket / Kiss the Maid Behind the Byre
13. Descriptive Piece & Reels: Thus the Atlantic Roars / John Doherty's Reels
14. Polkas: Th Buck from the Mountain / The Babes in the Wood
15. Jigs: The Blooming Meadows / The Humors of Ayle House
16. Reels: Ah Surely / The Knotted Chord / Miss Thornton
