Cowboy Celtic
David Wilkie & The McDades
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The Trail to Mexico / In the Tap Room / The Banshee | The McDades | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Shenandoah | The McDades | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Little Joe, the Wrangler | The McDades | 2:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Lily of the West | The McDades | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Garry Owen / Custer Died A-Runnin' / Off 'til Monday | The McDades | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lady In Green | The McDades | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Colorado Trail | The McDades | 2:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'd Like to Be In Texas When They Round-up In the Spring / The Maid Behind the Bar | The McDades | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tempting the Salmon to Come to the Fly | The McDades | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Down By the Brazos | The McDades | 4:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Goodby Old Paint / Leavin' Cheyenne / The Strawberry Roan / Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies | The McDades | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Gal I Left Behind Me | The McDades | 2:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Annie Laurie | The McDades | 4:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Songs |
Album Review
Canadian mandolin player David Wilkie, accompanied by the string band of Terry and Jeremiah McDade brothers and violinist Shannon Johnson, explores the connection between traditional Celtic music and cowboy music on this largely instrumental disc. With a few original tunes blended in, the tracks are mostly Scottish and Irish melodies that made their way to America where they acquired Western associations and titles like "Shenandoah" and "The Colorado Trail." In Wilkie and the McDades' arrangements, they are returned to their Celtic origins, although they remain recognizable as Western songs. The album has a melancholy tone occasionally enlivened by fast picking and by Wilkie's humorous imagining of history in "Custer Died a-Runnin'," one of his two vocals along with another of his originals, "Tempting the Salmon to Come to the Fly." Wilkie makes his point about the connection between Celtic music and cowboys in a way that will please fans of both genres.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely the Best Celtic & Western combo ever!
This album creates a new genre! It really combines western with Celtic music and in a beautiful way that makes it seem completetly natural! A beautiful album and highly recommended. I wish they had more naterial. - Cheers
Surprisingly fine!
I was given this CD by my mother. I'm not a great country fan, and the offering of "Celtic Cowboy" gave me pause, but most the songs are American folk songs, rather than "Boot Scoot Boogie" C&W. The mix works very, very well, reminding me of a Ken Burns documentary soundtrack. "Shenandoah" is especially lovely. If you like Celtic music, or American folk, give it a chance!
Amazing
I love this album
Biography
Genre: Country
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By David Wilkie
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The Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly) | Cowboy Ceilidh | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Cowboy's Lament (The Bard of Armagh) / Kean O'Hara [1st Air] | Cowboy Ceilidh | 6:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Buffalo Gals / The Old Chisholm Trail / The Blacksmith's Reel | Cowboy Ceilidh | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cowboy Ceilidh / High Noon | Cowboy Ceilidh | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bucking Bronco (My Love Is a Rider) | Cowboy Ceilidh | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bridget Cruise (1st Air) / Doney Gal / Give Me Your Hand [Tabhair Dom Do Lamh] | Cowboy Ceilidh | 5:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wind In the Wire | Cowboy Ceilidh | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Buccaneer-Buckaroo / McCarthy's Waltz | Cowboy Ceilidh | 5:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nil Se Ina La / Border Affair | Cowboy Ceilidh | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Drover Road To Amurlee | Elko | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Country, Music, Singer/Songwriter, World, Traditional Celtic, Urban Cowboy, Celtic
- Released: Jul 16, 1996
- ℗ 1996 Red House Records
