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Serenade * [Mick McAuley]

Mick McAuley
1 disc

1. Jug of Punch Set: Jug of Punch/The Sleepy Reel/Danny's Favourite ...: Jug Of Punch / The Sleepy Reel / Danny's Favorite
2. Joyous Waltz, The
3. After the Gold Rush
4. The Ballygar Jigs: The Ballygar Hermitage/Moran's Jig/Jack & Maimie's: The Ballygar Hermitage / Mac Moran's Jig / Jack & Maimie's
5. Serenade
6. The Peerless Hornpipes: Peerless Hornpipe/Interlude/The Brat-Mobile/Pr ...: Peerless Hornpipe / Interlude / The Brat-Mobile / Princess Beatrice
7. Little Mona Lisa
8. The Chorus Reels: Miss Ramsey's/Hughie Travers'/The Chorus Reel: Miss Ramsey's / Hughie Travers' / The Chorus Reel
9. Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
10. Daisy in December, A
11. The Caf Milou Jigs: The Caf Milou/Kinnan & Betty Lou at West ...: The Cafe Milou / Kinnan & Betty Lou At West Mabou / Liam's Bear
12. To Make You Feel My Love
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 74416
Credits

Producer Mick McAuley; Winifred Horan
Engineer Paul Gurney
Personnel: Mick McAuley (vocals, 12-string guitar, accordion, keyboards, bodhran, percussion); Mick McAuley; Donal Clancy (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Chico Huff (acoustic bass, double bass); Paul Gurney (electric bass, bass guitar); Winifred Horan (vocals, fiddle, strings).
Audio Mixers: Mick McAuley; Winifred Horan; Paul Gurney.
Recording information: Paul Gurney Studios, Co. Longford, Ireland; Taro Studios, Philadelphia, PA.
Arrangers: Mick McAuley; Winifred Horan; Donal Clancy.
In their first recording as a duo, the Irish-American folk instrumentalists Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan perform traditional favorites like "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy" and "The Jug of Punch," originals like McAuley's "Serenade," and a crystalline interpretation of Neil Young's "After the Goldrush," on a wide variety of traditional instruments, including accordion, bodhran, fiddle, and whistle.
Critic Reviews

Dirty Linen (p.58) - "[D]eftly played, rollicking sets of traditional tunes, alternate with slower McAuley -- and Horan-penned compositions..."