''Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's'' was the first full-length album by

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, released in 1994.

Track listing

I'll Tell Me Ma "I'll Tell Me Ma" (also called "The Wind") is a traditional children's song. It was collected in various parts of the United Kingdom in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century. In Ireland ...

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Waxie's Dargle "The Waxies' Dargle" is a traditional Irish folk song about two Dublin "aul' wans" (older ladies/mothers) discussing how to find money to go on an excursion. It is named after an annual outing to Ringsend, near Dublin city, by Dublin cobblers (w ...

The Rare Old Mountain Dew "The Rare Old Mountain Dew" is an Irish folk song dating from 1882. History "The Mountain Dew" was a song about poitín (Irish moonshine) with lyrics by New York musical theater great Edward Harrigan and music credited to Harrigan's orchestra lea ...

(Traditional) # My Love's in Germany (Traditional) #

I Ain't Marching Anymore ''I Ain't Marching Any More'' is Phil Ochs' second LP, released on Elektra Records in 1965. History Ochs performs alone on twelve original songs, an interpretation of Alfred Noyes' " The Highwayman" set to music (much as Poe's "The Bells" had be ...

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The Hills of Connemara "The Hills of Connemara" is an Music of Ireland, Irish Folk music, folk song written by Sean_McCarthy_(songwriter), Sean McCarthy about Ireland, Irish moonshine, or Poitín, set in Connemara. In the song, the drink is referred to as "mountain tea" ...

(Traditional) #A Taste of the Reel World (Traditional) #

The Black Velvet Band "The Black Velvet Band" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to transportation to Australia, a c ...

The Wild Rover "The Wild Rover" (Roud 1173) is a very popular and well-travelled folk song. Many territories have laid claim to have the original version. History In 2015 the English Folk Song and Dance periodical "Folk Music Journal" vol 10 No 5 had an artic ...

The Galway Shawl {{Wikisource"The Galway Shawl" is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in Dungiven in 1936.Sam Henry's Songs of the People, p 26 ...

(Traditional) # The Ferryman (

Pete St. John Peter Mooney (31 January 1932 – 12 March 2022), known professionally as Pete St John, was an Irish folk singer-songwriter. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was best known for composing "The Fields of Athenry". Life and career St John was born in In ...

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Mick Maguire "Mick McGuire" is a traditional Irish folk song about courtship. It tells the story of a young man who courts a woman named Kate or Katie. He is initially well received by her mother because he owns a farm, and he is given a seat of honor in the ...

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Muirsheen Durkin The Irish folk song "Mursheen Durkin" tells the story of an emigrant from Ireland who goes to mine for gold in California during the California Gold Rush, 1849. The song is about emigration, although atypically optimistic for the genre. The name ...

(Traditional) #Jenny's and Out! (Traditional)

Personnel

* David Yeates: Vocals, bodhrán, flute, tin whistle *

Martin Kelleher Four to the Bar was a "well loved and well respected" American band from New York City during the early to mid-1990s. Band history The Early Days: 1991–1992 Four to the Bar was formed in the working-class/immigrant Irish community of Woodsi ...

: Vocals, guitar * Patrick Clifford: Bass * Keith O'Neill: Fiddle *Seamus Casey: Djembe, congas, percussion *Tony McQuillan: Accordion

Production

*Produced by

with Kevin Coleman *Recorded live on June 16, 1994 at Sam Maguire's Pub, Bronx NY, by Boulevard Studios, New Milford NJ *Crew chiefs: Mike Marri, Anthony Cioffi *Assistant recording engineer: Gene Porfedo *Stage engineer: Mark "Doc" Doratto *Mixed at World Studio, New York NY *Mastered at Steller Productions and Studio 900, New York NY *Mixing and mastering engineer: Tim Hatfield

References

Winick, Steve, Review of ''Craic on the Road,'' ''Dirty Linen Magazine,'' June/July 1995; Issue #58

External links

* ttp://www.4tothebar.com/ Four to the Bar official web site

Trivia

*One of the album's outtakes was a spontaneous version of "Who the F*** Is Alice" *This version of "I'll Tell Me Ma" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection. *David Yeates does an impersonization of

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during "Black Velvet Band." *"Mr. Maguire" appeared previously on the band's 1993 EP. *The sidewalk graffiti in the cover art was done by the band; the photographer had to stand on the tour van to get the proper angle. 1994 albums Four to the Bar albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub