Special thanks to:
My family, especially my Mom and Dad, whose continued nurturing of my interest in music and dance from an early age has given me this musical gift; To the Reavy family, for their support and generosity in allowing me to celebrate their father’s music with this recording; To my Suzuki violin teachers at BTEC, Ms. Dana Goode, my classical violin teacher of many years, and especially Brendan Mulvihill, whose caring mentoring developed my roots in Irish fiddling; To Mr. Joe Byrne of J. Patrick’s Irish Pub in Baltimore, for inviting me and all aspiring Irish musicians into his pub to develop our skills and our appreciation of traditional Irish music; To Billy McComiskey, for his patience and encouragement with my step dancing and my music; To Chris & Bob Seay and Mark Grasso, for giving me my first band experience sitting in with “Relatively Irish”, and to Bob Smith for inviting me to be a member of the ceili band “Custom House” ; To John Whelan for his guidance and all the touring and recording experience while a member of his band; To the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, O'Neill-Malcom Branch, the Greater Washington Ceili Club, the Emerald Isle Club in Baltimore, and the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis and Elkins College, Elkins W.Va., for their generosity and encouragement; To Andy Thurston, Mark Evans, Peter Fitzgerald, and Eliot Grasso, for their wonderful musical contribution and especially Myron Bretholz for his guidance and support with this project.
Composition:
All tunes composed by Ed Reavy and arranged by Jim Eagan, except, “The Irish Washerwoman” traditional, arranged by Ed Reavy and Jim Eagan. All tunes used with the kind permission of Ed Reavy, Jr., President, Ed Reavy Non-Profit Foundation, and the Reavy family. (P) 2003.
Players:
Jim plays a German fiddle of unknown origin and uses Tonica Strings made by Pirastro (www.pirastro.com). The fiddle is maintained by Violinmaker Kevin Cardiff, Baltimore, Md. (www.kcardiff-violin.com). Players
Andy Thurston plays a 1997 Collings CJM Guitar, a 1924 Martin T18 Model Tiple, and a 2001 Weber Absaroka Mandola.
Andy Thurston plays a 1997 Collings CJM Guitar, a 1924 Martin T18 Model Tiple, and a 2001 Weber Absaroka Mandola.
Mark Evans plays a bouzouki made by Richard Beard, Rutherfordton, N.C.
Eliot Grasso plays a 3/4 concert set of pipes made by Kirk Lynch of Weston, Missouri.
Peter Fitzgerald plays a tenor banjo made by Windsor.
Myron Bretholz plays bodhrans made by Albert Alfonso and Fred Halpin, and uses tippers made by Aran Olwell.
Productions Credits:
Produced by Jim Eagan
Engineered by Rennie Grant
Mastered by Bill Wolf
Recorded January-May 2003 at Mission Media, Baltimore, Maryland, USA www.missionmedia.net
Photography by Regina M. Lansinger
Design and Layout by Mission Media
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