''Live Wizardry'' is an album by

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 (guitar, bodhran, vocals, bouzouki, mandola), and Bob Thomas (guitar, mandolin, mand ...

recorded live in concert at

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Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

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in 1983. ''Live Wizardry'' was released by

Green Linnet Records Green Linnet Records was an American independent record label that specialized in Celtic music. Founded by Lisa Null and Patrick Sky as Innisfree Records in 1973, the label was initially based in Null's house in New Canaan, Connecticut. In 1975, t ...

in 1988 and contained all but two of the tracks released in 1985 on the live albums ''Golden Golden'' and ''Live in America.'' The omitted tracks are both instrumental medleys: "Mac's Fancy / The Cliffs Of Moher / "The Rose Of Red Hill / Clootie Dumplings / The Laird O' Drumblair / Sleepy Maggie" from ''Golden Golden'' and "The Green Fields Of Glentown / The Galtee / Bobby Casey's Number Two / A.B. Corsie (The Lad From Orkney)" from ''Live in America.''"The Session: Recordings - Live in America by Silly Wizard" http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2023. Accessed 2010-08-12

Track listing

#"Queen of Argyll" #"Mrs. Martha Knowles / The Pitnacree Ferryman / The New Bob" #"The Parish of

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/ The Curlew" #"The

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" #"Miss Shepherd / Sweeny's Buttermilk / McGlinchy's Reels" #"The Ramblin' Rover" #"Blackbird" #"Scarce O'Tatties / Lyndhurst" #"The Banks of the Lee" #"Donald McGillavry" #"Golden, Golden" #"The Humours of Tulla / Toss the Feathers / Saint Anne's Reel / Lexy McAskill / The Limerick Lasses / Jean's Reel" #"

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Personnel

* Phil Cunningham - Accordion, vocals, Mandola, flute *

Johnny Cunningham Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music. Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was r ...

- Fiddle * Andy M. Stewart - Banjo, lead vocals *Gordon Jones - Guitar, vocals, Bodhran *Martin Haddon - Bass, synthesiser

Release history

References

Silly Wizard albums 1988 live albums {{Scotland-stub