Dick_Gaughan-Coppers_and_Brass-Reissue-1992-gF

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ARTIST:       Dick Gaughan
TITLE:        Coppers & Brass
LABEL:        Green Linnet Records
GENRE:        Folk
SOURCE:       CD
BITRATE:      176 kbps avg
PLAYTIME:     39:39
RELEASE DATE: 1992-00-00
RIP DATE:     2010-01-24

Track List
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1.  Coppers and Brass/The Gander in  2:45
    the Pratie Hole
2.  O'Keefe's/The Foxhunter's        2:49
3.  The Flowing Tide/The Fairies'    3:54
    Hornpipe
4.  The Oak Tree/The Music in the    3:05
    Glen
5.  Planxty Johnson                  2:38
6.  Gurty's Frolics                  3:14
7.  The Spey in Spate/The Hurricane  2:23
8.  Alan MacPherson of Mosspark/The  3:51
    Jig of Slurs
9.  The Thrush in the Storm/The      3:00
    Flogging Reel
10. Ask My Father/Lads of            3:47
    Laoise/The Connaught Heifers
11. The Bird in the Bush/The Boy in  3:36
    the Gap/MacMahon's Reel
12. Strike the Gay Harp/Shores of    2:41
    Lough Gowna
13. Jack Broke the Prison            1:56
    Door/Donald Blue/Wha'll Dance
    wi' Wattie


Release Notes:

"I've frequently been asked why I took the almost minimalist approach I did on
this album. It has to be placed in historical perspective.

Most musicians playing traditional Irish and Scots music at that time didn't
take the guitar very seriously; if you produced a guitar in a session you'd be
expected to provide accompaniment to the 'real' players.

A few of us had been trying to change this but there really weren't very many
guitar players had the tenacity to keep banging their heads against what
appeared to be a locked door. Paul Brady, Tom Gilfellon and myself had been
chipping away for years without making much of a real breakthrough and in 1977,
I decided it was time to stop knocking politely at the door and try kicking the
damn thing down instead.

There was a long history of releases of solo musicians playing traditional tunes
in the format of featured solo instrument with simple piano accompaniment so my
adopting this format for Coppers and Brass was a slightly tongue-in-cheek
attempt to place the guitar as a solo instrument within this tradition.

Techniques have developed a lot since those days and the crudity and
experimental nature of some of the playing makes me cringe on the rare occasions
I ever hear any of it these days but I'm still glad I did it. I think it played
a small part in breaking down some of the prejudice against guitar and in
helping to create space for others to explore the versatility of the
instrument."

www.dickgaughan.co.uk

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