Sweeney's Men - The Legend Of Sweeney's Men (Anthology) (1967-68/2004)

02 Dec, 16:11
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Artist: Sweeney's Men
Title: The Legend Of Sweeney's Men (Anthology)
Year Of Release: 1967-68/2004
Label: Castle Music
Genre: British Folk, Folk Rock
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:05:24 + 01:13:29
Total Size: 860 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Sweeney's Men - The Legend Of Sweeney's Men (Anthology) (1967-68/2004)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Old Maid in a Garrett (Traditional) 2:33
2. The Derby Ram (Traditional) 2:20
3. The Waxie's Dargle (Traditional) 3:27
4. Old Woman in Cotton (Irvine) 2:51
5. Rattlin' Roarin' Willy (Traditional) 2:29
6. Sullivan's John (Dunne) 3:17
7. Sally Brown (Irvine/M/W) 2:22
8. My Dearest Dear (Woods) 3:56
9. The Exile's Jig (Irvine/M/W) 1:41
10. The Handsome Cabin Boy (Irvine/M/W) 4:46
11. Dicey Riley (Behan) 1:43
12. Tom Dooley (Lomax/Warner) 2:33
13. Willy O'Winsbury (Irvine) 4:57
14. Dance to Your Daddy (Irvine/M/W) 2:08
15. The House Carpenter (Irvine/M/W) 3:58
16. Johnstone (Irvine/M/W) 3:41
17. Reynard the Fox (Irvine/M/W) 3:28
18. The Black Velvet Band (Traditional) 2:35
19. The Nightingale 2:30
20. The Streets of Baltimore 2:27
21. McAlpine's Fusiliers (Behan) 3:19
22. Bottle of Wine (Paxton) 2:23

CD 2:
1. Autumn Gold (Irvine) 3:50
2. Dreams for Me (Woods) 4:29
3. The Pipe on the Hob (Traditional) 2:12
4. Brain Jam (Woods) 2:21
5. Pretty Polly (Traditional) 4:41
6. Standing on the Shore (Traditional) 3:51
7. A Mistake No Doubt (McCullagh/M/W) 2:32
8. Go By Brooks (Cohen/Woods) 2:03
9. When You Don't Care for Me (Woods) 2:40
10. Afterthoughts (Woods) 2:46
11. Hiram Hubbard (Traditional) 3:11
12. Hall of Mirrors (McCullagh/M/W) 3:06
13. Willie O'Winsbury (Irvine) 5:29
14. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Traditional) 6:00
15. Lowlands of Holland (Traditional) 6:01
16. Dreams for Me (Woods) 4:14
17. Sullivan's John (Dunne) 4:11
18. Baneasa's Green Glade (Irvine/Traditional) 6:06
19. My Heart's Tonight in Ireland (Irvine) 3:46

Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band. They were a part of the late 1960s Irish roots revival, along with groups like The Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers. Their line-up in 1966 was Joe Dolan, Johnny Moynihan and Andy Irvine, but Dolan was replaced by Terry Woods only a year later. At the time, they played the tin whistle, concertina, harmonica, guitar, mandolin, banjo and bouzouki.
Sweeney's Men's most famous innovation is probably Moynihan's introduction of the bouzouki, a Greek instrument, in 1967. The bouzouki played at the time was six-stringed, though the irish bouzouki with eight strings is now more common in Irish music.
Their songs included "Tom Dooley", an American folk song, "Rattlin' Roarin' Willie" and "Willy O'Winsbury" from the Scottish tradition, as well as their own compositions like Moynihan's "Standing on the Shore". Their two recorded albums are Sweeney's Men and The Tracks of Sweeney.
Andy Irvine left the band in 1968, spent some time in Eastern Europe and was replaced by Henry McCullough. This line-up only stayed together for a year, however, and then broke up. There was almost a reunion in 1970 or 71, with Ashley Hutchings replacing McCullough, but this never happened.

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