The Scartaglen Years

by kirklynch

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Mountain Stage Jigs

Uploaded December 31, 2011 1:01pm.

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This is a live cut from an NPR radio broadcast back in 1988 while my Irish Trad group Scartaglen was on one of its first east coast tours. Found recently on a cassette tape. Musically this was one of my favorite periods in the history of the band as we had the manpower to pull off more complex arrangements of the tunes

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Ricia Rae said February 24, 2023 8:21pm

Wow...Been checking out more of your work. This is gorgeous!!!!! Love this.

Guest said October 3, 2013 2:51pm

Just got in the office doing some filing so any excuse to have a listen! Oh, by the way, Mum met an Irish guy in Wales and they started talking, anyway he knew that song I asked you about and sang it to her.I thought his proposal of marriage was a bit rash but .... hey! Cheers Bee

andrewdavis said May 4, 2012 6:10pm

Very nice. Great flow

Djörk said February 11, 2012 3:47pm

missed these somehow. great stuff!

sheky said February 7, 2012 2:47am

Fantastic. Could listen to this all day.

Jason Earls said January 29, 2012 12:55pm

beautiful playing and overall sound, incredible arrangement!

Dirty Spirits said January 27, 2012 6:58pm

such rich sounds. a pleasure to hear this.

The Old Grey Wolf Ltd Co said January 26, 2012 5:27pm

Wow, great, I've heard stuff like this before but it's usually by Irish folk, and it's really cool, love it.

Guest said January 24, 2012 2:52am

Man this hits home. I love this. So awesome! Thanks for posting this!

Lalo Oceja said January 21, 2012 11:16pm

so cool!!

Galileo's Cough Drop said January 21, 2012 12:13pm

What a great way to start catching up on my listening backlog! Really enjoyed listening to this.

Farfetched Tangmo Band said January 21, 2012 1:10am

Hey, I even clapped at the end. Just couldn't help myself. Wonderful suite. The minor keyed opening had me smiling with a tear in my eye. Hugely enjoyed this. Glad you scrounged it up. Sounds good and feels good.

vaisvil said January 17, 2012 2:04pm

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Greg Connor said January 17, 2012 1:27pm

I stopped back for a second listen. It's even better this time. You have a lot going on in the song, and it's all going in the same direction. You really know how to build a song!

Geir said January 12, 2012 1:26pm

WOW ... this is really wonderful !! Excellent performance and production!

vaisvil said January 9, 2012 2:53pm

Wow NPR - how cool!! And the music is great!!

Movement To Contact said January 8, 2012 2:39am

ToOk three shots o whiskey with my wife to celebrate a great day. Jammed this track the whole time. Thanks. :)

kauaikta said January 7, 2012 9:04pm

Loved it! Whew!

Guest said January 6, 2012 9:41pm

Amazed both by the quality of the song and the quality of the cassette :-)

another cultural landslide said January 5, 2012 12:11am

Irish jigs...always my favorites! w;-)

Wildgeas Music said January 3, 2012 1:44pm

What is a cassette tape? :)

Wildgeas Music said January 3, 2012 1:43pm

Damn that gets my blood moving. real good.

dougsparling said January 2, 2012 5:05pm

This so rocks! Must be from a few years before I met you.

Lisa D said January 2, 2012 4:28pm

This is excellent ... wow. What a great arrangement and fantastic, powerful playing. I love the entrance of different instruments along the way and the use of low, sustained drone notes. Most of all, though, I like the "soul" and liveliness of the piece. I would have loved to hear your group live!

Guest said January 2, 2012 4:12pm

I may try and have a jamalong to this on my recently acquired Ackordeen...have a feeling I will get my fingers burned....or probably trapped ....Great stuff Jarvo

Greg Connor said January 2, 2012 3:40am

Nice music, and I really like the way you started out .