Four to the Bar (EP)
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Four to the Bar was the first commercial release by the band of that name. A four-cut EP, it was released on cassette in 1993.
Track listing
- St. Brendan's Voyage (MooreChristy MooreChristopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
) - Raglan RoadRaglan RoadRaglan Road can refer to:*"On Raglan Road," an Irish song based on a poem by Patrick Kavanagh*Raglan Road , a street in Dublin that gave the poem its name...
(Traditional/KavanaghPatrick KavanaghPatrick Kavanagh was an Irish poet and novelist. Regarded as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, his best known works include the novel Tarry Flynn and the poems Raglan Road and The Great Hunger...
) - Mr. Maguire (Traditional)
- Amadeus Killeen/Passing Time (O'Neill)
Personnel
- David Yeates: Vocals, whistle, bodhrán
- Martin Kelleher: Vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
- Patrick CliffordPatrick CliffordPatrick Clifford is a musician, songwriter, and producer of Irish and folk music, best known as a key member of Four to the Bar--a mainstay of the 1990s New York Irish music scene....
: Bass, backing vocals - Keith O'Neill: Fiddle, tenor banjo
Production
- All arrangements by Four to the BarFour to the BarFour to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early to mid 1990s.From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk....
- Recorded in New York City, Winter 1993
- Produced by Henry Gorman
- Photograph by James Higgins
Trivia
- "Mr. Maguire" also appears on 1994's Craic on the RoadCraic on the Road (album)Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.- Track listing :#I'll Tell Me Ma #Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew #My Love's in Germany...
. - A later version of "Passing Time" appears as "Passing My Time" on 1995's Another SonAnother Son (album)Another Son was the second full-length album, and final recording, by Four to the Bar, released in 1995.The album was a radical departure from their first, 1994's Craic on the Road.The band is listed as producing the album...
. - The "Killeen" in "Amadeus Killeen" is a tribute to a friend of composer Keith O'Neill.
- Martin Kelleher's first instrument was the mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
. These tracks are the only known recordings of him playing the instrument. - Producer Henry Gorman was a founding member of Big Stupid Guitars.
- The cover shot was taken by James Higgins, a staff photographer for the Irish Voice newspaper.