''Chicken Boxer'' is the ninth album by Celtic band

Gaelic Storm Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band founded in Santa Monica, California in 1996. Their musical output includes pieces from traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres. The band had its first ...

. It was released on July 31, 2012.

Track listing

All arrangements by Gaelic Storm. # "One More Day Above The Roses" – 3:53 # "Irish Breakfast Day" – 4:31 # "Rag And Bone Intro" – 1:06 # "Rag And Bone" – 3:01 # "Dead Bird Hill" – 3:59 # "My Lucky Day" – 3:45 # "The Bear And The Butcher Boy" – 5:08 # "Whichever Way The Wind Blows" – 4:36 # "

Cúnla "Cúnla" is an Irish folk song, originally composed in the Irish language. History Cúnla is a sean-nós children's song believed to have been composed sometime in the 14th century. The song is still well known and widely sung in Ireland and rec ...

" – 4:36 # "Out The Road" – 3:56 # "I Can't Find My Way Home" – 3:08 # "Marching Free" – 3:39 # "Stone By Stone" – 3:32 # "Where E're You Go" – 3:53 # "The Storks Of Guadalajara" – 4:07 # "Alligator Arms" – 3:28

Personnel

Gaelic Storm * Patrick Murphy – accordion,

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bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or oth ...

, lead vocals *

Steve Twigger Steve Twigger is an English musician, best known as the guitarist of the Celtic music, Celtic band Gaelic Storm. Early life Twigger was born in Coventry, England. Career In 1986 he met a singer-songwriter from Boston and formed an alternativ ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

, mandolin, bodhrán, lead vocals * Ryan Lacey – djembe, doumbek,

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, vocals, various

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

* Peter Purvis – Highland bagpipes,

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, Deger pipes,

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, vocals * Jessie Burns – fiddle, vocals Additional Personnel * Michael Ramos - Accordion * Eric Thorin - Bass

References

Gaelic Storm albums 2012 albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub