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Four to the Bar (EP)

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Released
  
March 1993

Label
  
Independent

Artist
  
Four to the Bar

Genres
  
Folk music, Celtic music

Recorded
  
January 1993

Producer
  
Henry Gorman

Release date
  
March 1993

Four to the Bar (EP) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenbbeFTB

Four to the Bar (EP) (1993)
  
Craic on the Road (1994)

Four to the Bar was the first commercial release by the band of that name. A four-cut EP, it was released on cassette in 1993.

Contents

Track listing

  1. St. Brendan's Voyage (Moore)
  2. Raglan Road (Traditional/Kavanagh)
  3. Mr. Maguire (Traditional)
  4. Amadeus Killeen/Passing Time (O'Neill)

Personnel

  • David Yeates: Vocals, whistle, bodhrán
  • Martin Kelleher: Vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
  • Patrick Clifford: Bass, backing vocals
  • Keith O'Neill: Fiddle, tenor banjo

    • Production

  • All arrangements by Four to the Bar
  • Recorded in New York City, Winter 1993
  • Produced by Henry Gorman
  • Photograph by James Higgins

    • Trivia

  • "Mr. Maguire" also appears on 1994's Craic on the Road.
  • A later version of "Passing Time" appears as "Passing My Time" on 1995's Another Son.
  • The "Killeen" in "Amadeus Killeen" is a tribute to a friend of composer Keith O'Neill.
  • Martin Kelleher's first instrument was the mandolin. These tracks are the only known recordings of him playing the instrument.
  • Producer Henry Gorman was a founding member of Big Stupid Guitars.
  • The cover shot was taken by James Higgins, a staff photographer for the Irish Voice newspaper.

    • Songs

    1St Brendan's Voyage
    2Raglan Road
    3Mr Maguire

    References

    Four to the Bar (EP) Wikipedia
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