Various Artists - Whiskey In The Jar:

Various Artists – Whiskey In The Jar:

Released: February, 2006:

With: The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Frank Patterson, The Young Dubliners, The Dropkick Murphys, Joe Hurley & Rogue’s March, The Pogues, and The Dropkick Murphys

Disc # 1:
1. Whiskey In The Jar – The Dubliners 3:01
2. Irish Rover – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:12
3. South Australia – The Clancy Brothers;Tommy Makem – 2:00
4. The Galway Races – The Dubliners – 3:19
5. I’m A Free Born Man – The Dubliners – 3:53
6. I’m A Rover – The Dubliners – 4:51
7. Drink It Up Men – The Dubliners – 2:03
8. Weila Waile – The Dubliners – 3:27
9. The Jug Of Punch (Live) – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 4:19
10. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Frank Patterson – 2:48
11. Danny Boy – Frank Patterson – 4:36
12. Kelly, The Boy From Killan – Dubliners – 2:30
13. Mountain Dew – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:10
14. The Pub With No Beer – The Dubliners – 2:26
15. The Rocky Road To Dublin – The Young Dubliners – 4:04
16. Fields Of Athenry – The Dropkick Murphys – 4:26

Disc #2:
1. Holy Ground (Live) – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:11
2. Maloney Wants A Drink – The Dubliners – 2:15
3. The Leaving Of Liverpool – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:47
4. The Rising Of The Moon – Dubliners – 2:38
5. Fare Thee Well Enniskillen – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:40
6. Muirsheen Durkin’ – Dubliners – 2:33
7. All For Me Grog – The Clancy Brothers – 2:03
8. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 3:45
9. A Nation Once Again – The Dubliners – 2:43
10. The Rose of Tralee – Frank Patterson – 3:37
11. Seven Drunken Nights – The Dubliners – 3:45
12. Black Velvet Band – The Dubliners – 4:28
13. Amsterdam Mistress – Joe Hurley & Rogue’s March – 6:29
14. Sally MacLennane (Live) – The Pogues – 2:51
15. The Dirty Glass – The Dropkick Murphys – 3:39
16. Whiskey, You’re The Devil (Live) – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – 2:12
17. Dirty Old Town (Live) – The Pogues – 4:03

Scott’s Notes:
All good songs and first rate artists here, but quite a disparate range from very traditional to celtic rock. We used this CD as the basis for a great St. Patrick’s day songs playlist for Cool Celtic (Music Sojourn) with similarly eclectic additions. The Pogues, the Young Dubliners, and The Drop Kick Murphys make up most of the more mod sounds on here – too bad that the Pogues version of “Whiskey In The Jar” didn’t make it on this CD (it would have provided the same kind of contrast with the Dubliners’ version as the rest of the cd does with the mix of artists & songs). At least it progresses through the tunes on each disc from more traditional to more punk – if you’re drinking along with the tunes as they play, that ought to work out just about right by the end. This collection may be too eclectic for some. Those looking for the Traditional songs get more for their money here and can ignore the few rockers at the end of each disc. Those into the Pogues and Drop Kick Murphys more rockus sounds may not find enough of that to keep it playing except for around St. Patrick’s day each year. However, for that purpose, it does satisfy!

Note that a number of songs are “Live” recordings: Disc 1: Tracks 9, 10 & 11; on Disc 2: tracks 10, 14, 16 & 17 (the two Pogues songs on the disc are Live).

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