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Marc Gunn : Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent
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Grab a pint of Guinness and sing-a-long. Jaunting fun Irish drinking songs with an Irish brogue by the host of the Pub Songs Podcast.
Genre: Folk: Drinking Songs
Release Date: 2008
Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent
Marc Gunn
Record Label: Mage Records
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1. A Drop of Nelson's Blood (Roll the Old Chariot Along) 3:00 + MP3 $0.99
2. The Holy Ground 3:22 + MP3 $0.99
3. The Night that Paddy Murphy Died 5:56 + MP3 $0.99
4. Isn't It Grand, Boys 4:12 + MP3 $0.99
5. Botany Bay 3:16 + MP3 $0.99
6. Old Fenian Gun 3:05 + MP3 $0.99
7. The Mermaid Song 4:31 + MP3 $0.99
8. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye 4:22 + MP3 $0.99
9. Irish Rover 3:31 + MP3 $0.99
10. The Humours of Whiskey 3:47 + MP3 $0.99
11. Whiskey in the Jar 3:17 + MP3 $0.99
12. Fiddler's Green 3:48 + MP3 $0.99
13. Haul Away Joe (Sea Shanty) 3:08 + MP3 $0.99
14. All for Me Grog 2:49 + MP3 $0.99
15. Bonnie Ship the Diamond 2:46 + MP3 $0.99
16. The Foggy Dew 3:33 + MP3 $0.99
17. Rattlin' Bog 2:15 + MP3 $0.99
18. Whiskey, Johnny! 3:18 + MP3 $0.99
19. Mingulay Boat Song 4:09 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Marc Gunn is Celtic American songwriter and podcaster from Austin, Texas. He combines a passionate affinity for alternative folk ballads, Irish drinking songs, fantasy, Sci Fi, and cats on the autoharp.

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Several years ago, I started the Irish Songs & Lyrics (www.irish-song-lyrics.com) website to help musicians learn new songs by ear, the way I do. The site features Irish song lyrics, chords, and streaming audio files so you can listen to the songs you want to learn.

Unfortunately, the website stopped growing because we stopped recording. I decided to expand the website in 2006 by recording a bunch of Irish pub songs under a different name--4 Irish Whiskey. To make it more "authentic", I recorded the songs with an Irish accent.

Then a year later, a fan sent me a book of sea shanties. I thought some of those songs would make nice additions to the website, so this time I took on a pirate persona and added new songs to the website.

Now it is time to release the music officially under my own name. I remixed the songs and compiled the two CDs into one. It's called "Going for Brogue: Irish Pub Songs and Sea Shanties with an Accent". The CD features 19 Irish pub songs and sea shanties performed by yours truly with a variety of bizarre Irish accents. There's over 68 minutes of music on one environmentally conscience CD. "Going for Brogue" is raucous fun that shines like the heart of Irish folk music.

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Graphics by James McDaniel II, www,celtophilia.com
Photography by Nancy e. Pearsall

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REVIEWS

author:
                            
Hi Marc, I am an ex merchant seaman(british) and of course was brought up on the stuff that you do, having spent mant years around the irish ports, Im 64 and this year I decided to write a few songs about my own experiences at sea, I wondered if you would consider having a look to see if you like any of them,I am very new to this business and this is probably the wrong way to do it but if youlike I can send a rough cd with words and guitar chords for you to check out thanks anyway....albert thompson
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Great for car singing
author: Derek Parks
                            
If you're easily embarrassed you probably shouldn't buy this album because when the people in the cars next to me see me screaming at the top of my lungs along with this CD, they give me strange looks.
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Great Rendtions of old favorites!
author: Andy L.
                            
Marc has put together another great collection of songs. Although I own at least one other version of nearly all of these songs, in part thanks to my membership in Songhenge, Marc's versions are quickly becoming my favorites. His blend of humor and variant lyrics make these songs fun to listen to again and again. Even if you've never heard any of Marc's other albums or his work from the Brobdingnagian Bards I strongly recommend this album. If you own everything he's ever recorded then you're trying to decide, buy this album. If you hate Celtic and Irish music I have no idea why you're reading this, but support a working, independent musician and BUY THIS ALBUM!
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Great Familiar and New Song Mix
author: Lincoln Crisler, http://lincolncrisler.com
                            
I've been a fan of Marc's music, solo and with the Bards, for the last couple years. I've heard a good amount of Celtic and Folk music since then (the Bards got me into it) and I love hearing Marc's interpretation of songs I've heard elsewhere first. There are a good number of familiar songs on here (Mermaid Song, Whiskey in the Jar) as well as several songs I've never encountered before. He performs all of them well, and this disc will see regular rotation in my car on road trips and drives to work.
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