Track Listing

1. Miss Sarah MacManus/The Appropriate Dipstick/Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome To Shetland
2. Tramps & Hawkers
3. Snow On The Hills/Xesus & Felisa
4. The Concert Reel/The Green Mountain
5. The Arran Convict
6. My Home Town/Kalabakan
7. Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh
8. The Trimdon Grange Explosion
9. Simon Thoumire's Jig/Shake A Leg/Ril Gan Anim
10. Miss Kate Rusby
11. The Green And The Blue
12. Donnie MacGregor/The Clumsy Lover
13. Woe Be Gone/Bubba's Reel/Frank's Reel
14. Six Days On The Road
15. In And Out The Harbor/The Top Tier/Sleepy Maggie/Molly Rankin

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #177467 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-11
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
On this live album, the Battlefield Band is joined by five different guests. Recorded during three concerts at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, the album features a generous helping of 28 different songs and instrumental dance tunes, but the highlights occur when the guests visit the band on stage. Eric Rigler, a Californian featured on the "Braveheart" soundtrack, plays the smaller, sweeter uillean pipes in harmony and counterpoint with Iain MacDonald's bagpipes on two songs and three tunes. Alison Kinnaird, a frequent collaborator in the past, joins the Battlefield Band again to add her Scottish harp and arrangement to the traditional air, "Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh." Flutist Seamus Tansey adds an Irish flavor on two tunes cowritten with MacDonald. And the Battlefield Band joins Glasgow's Radio Sweethearts for a version of Dave Dudley's truck-driving classic, "Six Days on the Road." --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece
I attended a concert with this group a few years ago. We were packed in like sardines and just about raised the roof. They're wonderful performers, and this album is one of the best.

Mellow, Gentle, and Excellent
I found out about the Battlefield Band by doing a random search on Amazon. And this was their first album I bought -- for no particular reason. It was an excellent choice. It's not as energetic as some of their other work, as they use mostly the fiddle, whistles, and even a harp on slow, soothing songs. The pace does pick up, however, with the last four pieces.

My personal favorites are #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12 - 15. Track 14 was quite an unexpected treat. It starts off in the traditional country style, but after about 3 minutes it goes Scottish country. I love the bluegrass bagpipes!

This album is a great introduction to the band with music that will never get old. It's not quite representative of their current style, but it is no doubt worth buying.

magnificent
This cd was my first full introduction to Battlefield Band, and man-alive, I was hooked within a couple of minutes. Deeply rooted in Scottish tradition (and Irish, as well), the lads even manage to do an American country standard better than the original. This record shows the band's energy and strengths in marvelous fashion and ends it all with the rousing Top Tier set. Amazing.