Kiss the Tears Away
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Kiss the Tears Away is an album by Silly Wizard
released in 1983 on the Shanachie Records label. This album introduces the song "The Queen of Argyle" and "Golden, Golden" written by Andy M. Stewart.
Silly Wizard
Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas...
released in 1983 on the Shanachie Records label. This album introduces the song "The Queen of Argyle" and "Golden, Golden" written by Andy M. Stewart.
Track listing
- "The Queen of Argyl (3:28)"
- "Golden, Golden (3:55)"
- "Finlay M. MacRae (3:34)"
- "The Banks of the Lee (4:29)"
- "Sweet Dublin Bay (3:31)"
- "Mo Nighean Donn, Grádh Mo Chridhe (My brown haired maiden, love of my heart) (4:18)"
- "Banks of the Bann (3:28)"
- "The Greenfields of Glentown / The Galtee Reel / Bobby Casey's Number Two / Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie's Reel (4:39)"
- "The Loch Tay Boat Song (5:03)"
Line-up
- Andy M. StewartAndy M. StewartAndy M. Stewart is a Scottish singer and songwriter, formerly the frontman for Silly Wizard.Stewart toured with Silly Wizard until the band broke up in 1988. Since then, he has recorded four solo albums, as well as three with Manus Lunny...
: Lead vocals, tenor banjo - Phil CunninghamPhil Cunningham (folk musician)Phil Cunningham, MBE, born 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.-Biography:Phil played accordion and violin from a very young age. He attended school in Portobello, and was raised Mormon, attending church regularly and playing organ...
: Accordion, synthesizers, acoustic piano, whistles, backing vocals - Johnny CunninghamJohnny CunninghamJohnny Cunningham was a Scottish folk musician. He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise. Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a fiddler, composer and producer. His younger brother, Phil Cunningham, is a multi-instrumentalist...
: Fiddle - Gordon Jones: Guitar