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player Davy Spillane's first solo album after the break-up of

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. Together with producer P.J. Curtis he assembled a stellar cast of musicians from both sides of the Atlantic including,

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and many more to produce a fine blend of traditional and contemporary music. Curtis observed the album's fusion of Irish traditional, contemporary, bluegrass and country rock, merging "happily to find new dimensions in music which resulted form those meetings." The album was originally released on

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in 1987.

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awards the album with 4.5 stars. AllMusic: ''Atlantic Bridge''accessed 2 July 2010 There is a short acoustic hidden track at index point 11.

Track listing

# "Davy's Reels" (

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) – 3:36 # "Atlantic Bridge" (Spillane) – 5:22 # "Daire's Dream" (Spillane) – 3:34 # "Tribute to Johnny Doran" (Trad.) – 3:06 # "O'Neills's Statement" (O'Neill) – 3:50 # "By the River of Gems" (Spillane) – 7:41 # "Sliverish" (

) – 2:58 # "The Pigeon on the Gate" (O'Neill, Spillane) – 2:43 # "

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) – 2:45 # "Lansdowne Blues" (Boland, Donnelly, Lee, O'Neill, Spillane) – 5:49 # Untitled (unknown) – 0:12

Personnel

– Uilleann pipes, Low Whistles, Hammer Dulcimer *

– Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Piano *

– Banjo, Acoustic Guitar *

– Dobro *Greg Boland – Guitars *Eoghan O'Neill – Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals *

–

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*Noel Eccles – Percussion *John Donnelly – Drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atlantic Bridge (Album) 1987 debut albums Davy Spillane albums