Liner Notes

 

1.  Set for Jean

Dan Hughie MacEachern, march (Jean MacNeil)
Hughie Rory MacKinnon, strathspey (traditional, Cape Breton)
Donald Angus Beaton’s, strathspey (Sandy MacInnis, 20th century, Cape Breton)
A traditional reel
The Concert Reel (traditional, Irish)
The Dawn, reel (traditional)
A traditional reel

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Sheumas MacNeil: Piano


2.  The Storm Party

Chi Mi ‘N Geamhradh, air (traditional)
The Dashing White Eejit, reel (Allan
Henderson, contemporary, Scottish)
Storm Party, reel (Jean MacNeil,
contemporary, Cape Breton)
The Lads of Laois, reel (traditional, Irish)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur,Tracey Dares-MacNeil, and Kyle MacNeil

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Tracey Dares: Piano
Eddy Woodsworth: Bass
Kyle MacNeil: Viola


3.  F is for Fun!

Mrs. Garden of Troup, strathspey (Robert Petrie, 18th century, Scottish)
John Roy Stewart, strathspey (traditional, Scottish)
La Toque Bleu, reel (traditional, Quebecois)
The Culfodda, reel (Larry Redican, 20th century, Irish)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Tracey Dares: Piano


4.  Set for Hector

John Donald Cameron, jig (John Campbell, contemporary,Cape Breton)
Corporal A.B., jig (Hector MacKenzie, contemporary, Cape Breton)
Willie Joe’s Jig (Jerry Holland, contemporary, Cape Breton)
Tommy Basker’s, jig (Brenda Stubbert, contemporary, Cape Breton)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Tracey Dares-MacNeil: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Brenda Stubbert (fourth tune): Fiddle


5.  January Thaw

A traditional strathspey
Tweeddale Club, strathspey (Nathaniel Gow, 18th century, Scottish)
January Thaw, reel (Otis Tomas, contemporary, Cape Breton)
Return to Camden Town, reel (traditional, Irish)
Hughie Shorty’s, reel (Johnny Wilmot, 20th century, Cape Breton)
Christmas Eve, reel (Tommy Coen, 20th century, Irish)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Tracey Dares-MacNeil: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar
Eddy Woodsworth: Bass
Brian McInnis: Snare drum


6.  John Morris Waltzes

The Piper Is Weird, waltz (James Scott Skinner, 19th century, Scottish)
A traditional waltz

Arranged from a performance by John Morris Rankin
at the County Line Pub, Sydney, Cape Breton

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Tracey Dares-MacNeil: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar


7.  Compliments to Otis Tomas

A traditional clog
John of Badenyon, strathspey (traditional, 18th century, Scottish)
Gordon’s Hook, reel (Otis Tomas, contemporary, Cape Breton)
The Mongrel, reel (Otis Tomas, contemporary, Cape Breton)
Eddy’s Fiddle, reel (Otis Tomas, contemporary, Cape Breton)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Ryan MacNeil: Piano
Eddy Woodsworth: Bass


8.  Jigs with Dave

A traditional jig
The Lilting Banshee, jig (traditional, Irish)
The Geese in the Bog, jig (traditional, Irish)
The Pipe on the Hob, jig (traditional, Irish)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar


9.  Start Again, and again...

Start Again, march (Paul Cranford & Gordon MacLean, contemporary, Cape Breton)
A traditional strathspey Lord Seaforth, strathspey (traditional, 18th century, Scottish)
The Reel of Rio, reel (Sean Ryan, 20th century, Irish)
The Bird in the Tree, reel (traditional, Irish)
Green Grow the Rushes, reel (traditional, 18th century, Scottish)
A traditional reel

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur & Jerry Holland

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Tracey Dares-MacNeil: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar


10.  Good-bye Miss Goodavich

Goodbye Miss Goodavich, reel (Donogh Hennessy, contemporary Irish)
The Musical Priest, reel (traditional, Irish)
The Earl’s Chair, reel (traditional, Irish)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur, Eddy Woodsworth, and Ryan MacNeil

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Ryan MacNeil: Piano
Eddy Woodsworth: Bass


11.  Long-Winded

Fr. John Angus Rankin’s, strathspey (D.A. Beaton)
A Dancing Strathspey (Joe MacLean)
Martin Wynne’s No. 2 (traditional, Irish)
The Ash Plant, reel (traditional, Irish)
Farewell to Connaught, reel (traditional, Irish)
Paddy Fahey’s No. 1, reel (Paddy Fahey)
Pigeon on the Gate, reel (traditional)

Arranged by: Lisa MacArthur

Lisa MacArthur: Fiddle
Tracey Dares-MacNeil: Piano
Dave MacIsaac: Guitar

 

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