Green Roses
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Green Roses is the third studio album by the Serbia
n Irish folk/Celtic rock
band Orthodox Celts
released in 1999.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n Irish folk/Celtic rock
Celtic rock
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock and a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context...
band Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their unusual sound the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has influenced several younger bands, most notably Tir na n'Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.The band started their...
released in 1999.
Tracklist
- "St. Patrick Was A Gentleman" (Traditional) - 02:19
- "Sindidun" (A. Petrović, A. Đokić) - 03:42
- "Green Roses" (A. Petrović, A. Đokić) - 03:15
- "Marie's Wedding" (Traditional) - 04:28
- "Rare Old Mountain DewThe Rare Old Mountain Dew-History:It was written by Edward Harrigan with music by Dave Braham, from the Irish drama The Blackbird. It was printed in "Irish street Ballads", 1916. It was later recorded under the title The Rare Old Mountain Dew. It is about the intoxicating properties of Irish moonshine, or Poitín...
" (Traditional) - 3:20 - "Gravel Walk" (Traditional) - 03:29
- "Stand Up To Your Devil" (A. Đokić, C. Ioannidou) - 03:44
- "Leads Me On" (A. Petrović, A. Đokić) - 04:02
- "Rocky Road To DublinRocky Road To Dublin"Rocky Road to Dublin" is a fast-paced 19th century song about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England from his home in Tuam. The tune has a typical Irish rhythm, classified as a slip jig in 9/8 timing, and is often performed instrumentally.- Origin :The words were written by D.K...
/ Down The River" (Traditional) - 04:24 - "Merry Sisters" (Traditional) - 02:10
- "Bean Na Shi" (A. Đokić, C. Ioannidou) - 03:00
- "Me, Myself And Sky" (A. Petrović, A. Đokić, D. Lalić) - 03:25
- "Whisky You're The Devil" (Traditional) - 01:59
- "Far Away" (A. Petrović, A. Đokić) - 02:58
- "Wind That Shakes The BarleyThe Wind That Shakes the Barley"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce , a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the...
/ Sailor On The Rock" (Traditional) - 02:29 - "The Beggarman" (Traditional) - 03:33
Personnel
- Aleksandar Petrović - vocals
- Ana Đokić - violin, backing vocals
- Dušan Živanović - accordion, drums, percussion, bodhrán, backing vocals
- Dejan Lalić - mandolin, guitar, bagpipes, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vladan Jovković - guitar, backing vocals
- Dejan Jevtović - bass, backing vocals
- Dejan Popin - tin whistle, whistle, backing vocals
Guest musicians
- Goran Stojković - backing vocals
- Aleksandar Eraković - backing vocals
- Dragoljub Marković - keyboards