The Boys of the Lough (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Boys of the Lough
Type = Album
Artist = The Boys of the Lough


Released = 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label = Trailer
Producer = Bill Leader
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = The Boys of the Lough
Next album = Second Album

"The Boys of the Lough" is a folk album by The Boys of the Lough, originally released in 1973 by Trailer, catalogue number LER 2086.

The album was produced by Bill Leader. The painting of the group reproduced on the original LP cover was by Sandy Cheyne.

This is the first Boys of the Lough album. The original LP sleeve notes record that initial sessions had already taken place by March 1972 including guitarist Mike Whellans, at that time regularly working in a duo with Aly Bain as well as part of the Boys. Whellans left to be replaced by Dick Gaughan and the album was re-recorded from scratch in a short time; original partial contributor Lindsay Porteous (Jew's harp, mouthbow) was not included in the new sessions.

Track listing

All titles Trad. arr. Bain/Gaughan/McConnell/Morton except "Wedding March..." Trad. arr. Anderson
#"The Boys of the Lough/Slanty Gart"
#"In Praise of John Magee"
#"Wedding March From Unst/The Bride's a Bonny Thing/Sleep Soond i' da Moarnin'"
#"Farewell to Whisky"
#"Old Joe's Jig/Last Night's Joy/The Granny in the Corner"
#"The Old Oak Tree"
#"Caoineadh Eoghain Rua/The Nine Points of Roguery"
#"Docherty's Reel/Flowing Tide"
#"Andrew Lammie"
#"Sheebeg and Sheemore/The Boy in the Gap/McMahon's Reel"
#"Jackson and Jane"
#"The Shaalds of Foulla/Garsters Dream/The Brig"

Personnel

*Cathal McConnell - flute, vocal
*Robin Morton - bodhran, vocal
*Aly Bain - fiddle
*Dick Gaughan - guitar, vocal