MICK O'BRIEN: MAY MORNING DEW
Mick O'Brien: uilleann pipes, tinwhistle
Terry Crehan: fiddle
Mick Giblin: guitar
Gary O'Briain: mandocello, keyboards
Seamus Brett: piano, keyboards
Mick O'Brien's control of tone and timing is close to perfection, but his playing has no less soul for it. Some variety is added as O'Brien switches to whistle on some tracks and is sometimes joined by Terry Crehan on fiddle, with occasional guitar, mandocello, or piano accompaniment. The emphasis is more on dance tunes here, with some wonderful rarities like Junior Crehan's hornpipe "Her Golden Hair Hanging Down Her Back" and his reels "Farewell to Miltown Malbay" and "West Clare Railway." Yet, O'Brien's rendition of the simple air "May Morning Dew" is a highlight of the album..
Rating: ****
Price: $18.99
Contents:
1. Jigs: Statia Donnelly's / I Will If I Can / Patsy Geary's
2. Hornpipes: Higgins' / Cuckoo's Nest
3. Flings: Kerry Reel / Kerry Fling / Joe Bane's
4. Jigs: Bumper Squire Jones / An Sean Duine / O'Sullivan's March
5. Hornpipes: Caislean an Oir / Her Golden Hair Hanging Down Her Back
6. Air & Reel: May Morning Dew / Sporting Nell
7. Flings: Micko Russell's / Moneymusk
8. Jigs: An Rogaire Dubh / Connaughtman's Rambles / Cailleach an Airgid
9. Reels: The Strawberry Blossom / Honeymoon
10. Hornpipe: Johnny Cope
11. Reels: Farewell to Miltown Malbay / West Clare Railway / Sporting Molly
12. Jigs: Humours of Lisheen / Tom Billy's Fancy / Humours of Kilkenny
13. Fling & Jig: An Buachaill Dreoite
14. Reels: Cameronian / Green Fields of Rossbeigh / Connaught Heifers
