Name: Street Life
Brand: Green Linnet
SKU: 243511
Price: 18.46 USD
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Street Life

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Album: Street Life
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Saddle the Pony/The Boys of the Town/The Frost Is All Over	More Info...	0:03
2)	Barna Hill	More Info...	0:04
3)	The Old Reel/Drowsy Maggie/Kay Girroir	More Info...	0:04
4)	If We Had Built a Wall/The March of Time	More Info...	0:04
5)	Down in Matewan/Lost Indian	More Info...	0:04
6)	Down By the Old Fairy Fort/The Whistler and His Dog	More Info...	0:04
7)	The Diamantina Drover	More Info...	0:05
8)	Art O'Keefe's/Forget Your Troubles/Joe Bane's/Kiskeam	More Info...	0:05
9)	Green Grows On the Laurel	More Info...	0:04
10)	King of the Pipers/Free and Easy/The House On the Hill/O'Keefe's	More Info...	0:05

Album: Street Life
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Saddle the Pony/The Boys of the Town/The Frost Is All Over	More Info...	0:03
2)	Barna Hill	More Info...	0:04
3)	The Old Reel/Drowsy Maggie/Kay Girroir	More Info...	0:04
4)	If We Had Built a Wall/The March of Time	More Info...	0:04
5)	Down in Matewan/Lost Indian	More Info...	0:04
6)	Down By the Old Fairy Fort/The Whistler and His Dog	More Info...	0:04
7)	The Diamantina Drover	More Info...	0:05
8)	Art O'Keefe's/Forget Your Troubles/Joe Bane's/Kiskeam	More Info...	0:05
9)	Green Grows On the Laurel	More Info...	0:04
10)	King of the Pipers/Free and Easy/The House On the Hill/O'Keefe's	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Patrick Street: Ged Foley (vocals, guitar); Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica); Kevin Burke (fiddle); Jackie Daly (accordion).
Additional personnel: Matt McElroy (banjo); Bruce Molsky (fiddle); Cal Scott (alto horn, cornet); Bernie Nau (piano); Steve Cooney (percussion); Gay Dalzell (background vocals).
Recorded at Peach Fork Studios, Pomeroy, Ohio.
As always, the musicianship between the four members of Patrick Street is impeccable, the songs are well-recorded, and the occasional contemporary songs fit in nicely with the central traditional material. Overall, Street Life is a nice extension to the Patrick Street catalog, but necessary only to collectors, as the album breaks little new ground for the band. Guest Cal Scott provides a nice surprise with his alto horn and coronet contributions on three of the ten tracks, especially on the lovely "Green Grows the Laurel"; however, the listener looking for a Patrick Street record which will guarantee repeated listening would be better off with their excellent 1989 effort, 3 Irish Times 3. ~ Gregory McIntosh