Cowboy Celtic

by David Wilkie

Overview

Canadian mandolin player David Wilkie, accompanied by the string band of Terry and Jeremiah McDade brothers and violinist Shannon Johnson, explores the connection between traditional Celtic music and cowboy music on this largely instrumental disc. With a few original tunes blended in, the tracks are mostly Scottish and Irish melodies that made their way to America where they acquired Western associations and titles like "Shenandoah" and "The Colorado Trail." In Wilkie and the McDades' arrangements, they are returned to their Celtic origins, although they remain recognizable as Western songs. The album has a melancholy tone occasionally enlivened by fast picking and by Wilkie's humorous imagining of history in "Custer Died a-Runnin'," one of his two vocals along with another of his originals, "Tempting the Salmon to Come to the Fly." Wilkie makes his point about the connection between Celtic music and cowboys in a way that will please fans of both genres. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/23/1996
Label:	Red House Records
UPC:	0033651009528
Rank:	122525

Tracks

1. Trail to Mexico/In the Tap Room/The Banshee
2. Shenandoah
3. Little Joe, the Wrangler
4. The Lily of the West
5. Gary Owen/Custer Died a Runnin'/Off 'Til Monday
6. Lady in Green
7. The Colorado Trail
8. I'd Like to Be in Texas When They Round up in the Spring/The Maid Beh
9. Tempting the Salmon to Come to the Fly
10. Down by the Brazos
11. Goodby, Old Paint/Leavin Cheyenne/The Strawberry Roan/Whoopee Ti Yi
12. The Gal I Left Behind Me
13. Annie Laurie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Wilkie   Primary Artist,Mandocello,Mandolin,Mandola,Guitar,Vocals
Solon McDade   Bass
Shannon Johnson   Violin
Terry McDade   Celtic Harp

Technical Credits

Nathan Howard "Jack" Thorp   Composer
Pete Sutherland   Photography
Copeland Williams   Composer
Sid Marty   Composer
David Wilkie   Composer,Arranger
Curley Fletcher   Composer
Colin Lay   Engineer
Traditional   Composer