''Will'' is the third album by Irish musician

Leo O'Kelly Leo O'Kelly (born 27 November 1949, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is the co-founder of the Irish folk duo Tír na nÓg. After the band decided to split in 1974, he produced ...

. It was released on 18 March 2011 by Life & Living Records and consists of a collaboration with Liverpool writer John McKeown, who wrote poems that constitute album's lyrics, then adapted in music by O'Kelly.''Will'' purchase page on Life & Living Records website: "The 11 songs on Will are written around the poems of John McKeown, a Liverpool poet who now lives in Dublin."
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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, violin, synthesizer,

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* Hetty Lane – vocals on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, harmonica on "The End of Love" * Garvan Gallagher – bass guitar and Clevinger double bass *

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– Moroccan pottery drums on "Alcohol" * Holly Hamilton (credited as Barry Whiteside) – ukulele on "Will" Production * John McKeown – lyrics * Leo O'Kelly – production,

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and mixing * Louise McCormick – recording at Sirius Art Centre and mixing at Manor Studio,

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on "Alcohol" * John Crone – recording at Sirius Art Centre on "Alcohol" * Andy le Wien – mastering at RMS * David O'Toole – cover

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, insert photo * Peter Mirolo – front sleeve photography

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Leo O'Kelly albums Albums produced by Leo O'Kelly