Track Listing

1. Bucks Of Arranmore/Eileen Curran's/The Green Mountain
2. Sporting Paddy/John Dwyer's/Galtee Rangers
3. Enniscorthy/Daddy's Home
4. Up Against The Bachelon/Lady Ann/Montgomery/Glen Allen
5. Have A Drink On Me/Widow Brady
6. Father
7. Christmas Eve/Fearghal O Gadhra/Come West Along The Road
8. McDermott's/Lad O'Bierne
9. Paddy Fahey's/Gan Aimn
10. East Of The Hebrides/The Trial Of Jim Kelly
11. Fletch Taylor/The Gifted Father T
12. The Girl That Broke My Heart/Paddy Ryan's Dream/Music In The Glen
13. Dot's Polka/Bernard Murphy's Polka

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #180848 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-23
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
Not only is John Whelan one of Ireland's finest button accordion players, but the original compositions on Celtic Fire show that he is becoming one of its most accomplished composers in the traditional style as well. If you didn't know he wrote selections like "Jigs #1 & #2" and "Reels #1 & #2" (he does need to work on his titles), you would swear they've been played in pub sessions and around kitchen tables for generations. Most of the selections here are played at very lively tempos, but even at the quickest pace Whelan and his talented crew of backing musicians never falter. The one slow tune, the haunting waltz "Father," stands out in sharp relief against the frantic pace of the rest of the dance pieces. Celtic Fire is a fine collection of tunes played with a maximum of passion and a minimum of pretension. --Michael Simmons