Live in Seattle

by Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill

Overview

The live context often tends to exaggerate a musician's natural inclinations -- punk bands play louder and faster, reggae bands crank up the bass an extra notch or two, Irish musicians thrown in wilder ornaments and wind the tempo up a bit. For fiddler Martin Hayes, whose natural tendency is to play in a stately, decorous style that shows off the tune to maximum advantage and minimizes "look at me!" pyrotechnics, the stage is a place to play even more gently and sweetly than he does in the studio. On the other hand, the relative looseness of the live context gives guitarist Dennis Cahill the chance to step out a bit more than he does with Hayes in the studio, and that works very nicely too. This program's centerpiece is an almost 30-minute set of reels and dances that includes the achingly beautiful "Kilnamona Barndance" (taken even more slowly here than on Hayes' debut album), the standard "Rakish Paddy," and a delightful adaptation of Pachelbel's Canon in D minor. Although you might expect fiddle and guitar to sound lonesome and stark without other instruments, Hayes plays with such a sweet tone and Cahill is such a skilled accompanist that the two of them manage to fill the room quite nicely. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/1999
Label:	Green Linnet
UPC:	0048248119528
Rank:	45587

Tracks

1. Martin Rochford's/Green Gowned Lass
2. Port Na bPucai/Kilnamona Barndance/Ship in Full Sail/Jer the Rigger/The Old Blackthorn/Exile of Erin/Humours of Tulla/Fitzgerald's Hornpipe/Rakish Paddy/Finbarr Dwyer's Reel No. 1/P Joe's Pecurious Pachelbel Special
3. Carraroe/Out on the Ocean
4. Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch/Miss Lyon's
5. Dowd's No. 9/Come West Along the Road

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dennis Cahill   Primary Artist,Guitar
Martin Hayes   Primary Artist,Fiddle

Technical Credits

Helen Bommarito   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Producer
Traditional   Composer
Martin Hayes   Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Adaptation,Liner Notes
Dennis Cahill   Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Performer,Adaptation
Giorgia Bertazzi   Photography
Greenberg Kingsley   Design
Charles Johnson   Mastering