Still Rovin' After All These Years
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Still Rovin', is the 2007 album release by Irish/Canadian folk music group The Irish Rovers
. The liner notes read, "Not counting the numerous compilation records, this will be our 30th album..." It is a studio album recorded in both Canada and Ireland, and mixed in Nanaimo, British Columbia
. This is the first recording without original band member, Joe Millar, since 1968.
Additional musicians in Ireland
Additional musicians in Canada
The Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...
. The liner notes read, "Not counting the numerous compilation records, this will be our 30th album..." It is a studio album recorded in both Canada and Ireland, and mixed in Nanaimo, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. This is the first recording without original band member, Joe Millar, since 1968.
Track listing
- "The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure" (George MillarGeorge Millar (singer)George Millar, is a singer/songwriter and guitarist with the Irish-Canadian music group The Irish Rovers.George was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, ca. 1947, the brother of Will Millar and Sandra Beech. As children, they performed as "The Millar Kids" in Ireland, before the family emigrated to...
) - 3:33 - "Up Among The Heather" (trad. - Arr. & Adpt. George MillarGeorge Millar (singer)George Millar, is a singer/songwriter and guitarist with the Irish-Canadian music group The Irish Rovers.George was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, ca. 1947, the brother of Will Millar and Sandra Beech. As children, they performed as "The Millar Kids" in Ireland, before the family emigrated to...
& Wilcil McDowellWilcil McDowellWilcil McDowell is a member of the Irish-Canadian music group The Irish Rovers. He plays an accordion or keyboard, and is the only member of the group who does not sing....
) - 2:38 - "The Dear Little Shamrock Shore" (George Millar) - 4:30
- "Instrumental Jigs-Father Kelly's Jig/Langstrom's Pony/The Lark in the Morning" (trad. - Arr & Adpt. Wilcil McDowell) - 3:31
- "Brady Of Strabane" (trad - Arr. & Adpt. George Millar & Wilcil McDowell) - 2:15
- "Let The Toast Go Round" (George Millar) - 2:47
- "I Will Go A-Rovin'" (words, George Millar - tune, trad.) - 3:02
- "Mary Of Dungloe" (trad - Arr. & Adpt. George Millar & Wilcil McDowell)- 3:32
- "The Farmer's Young Wife" (words, George Millar - tune, trad.) - 2:31
- "The Gypsy" (David McWilliams) - 4:12
- "Rory Murphy" (trad - Arr. & Adpt. Gorge Millar) - 3:03
- "Sweet Lovely Joan" (George Millar) - 3:32
- "Instrumental Reels-The Plough and the Stars/Sheehan's Reel/The Boys of Malin" (trad - Arr. & Adpt. Wilcil McDowell) - 3:30
- "Forty Years A-Rovin'" (George Millar) - 2:44
- "Boolevogue" (trad - Arr. & Adpt. George Millar & Wilcil McDowell) - 3:06
Personnel
The Irish Rovers- George MillarGeorge Millar (singer)George Millar, is a singer/songwriter and guitarist with the Irish-Canadian music group The Irish Rovers.George was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, ca. 1947, the brother of Will Millar and Sandra Beech. As children, they performed as "The Millar Kids" in Ireland, before the family emigrated to...
– vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, spoons - Wilcil McDowellWilcil McDowellWilcil McDowell is a member of the Irish-Canadian music group The Irish Rovers. He plays an accordion or keyboard, and is the only member of the group who does not sing....
– accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, keyboards - John ReynoldsJohn ReynoldsJohn Reynolds may refer to:* John Reynolds , English writer* John Reynolds , soldier in the English Civil War* John Reynolds , farmer and agricultural innovator from Kent, England...
– vocals, guitar, bass - Sean O'DriscollSean O'DriscollSean Michael O'Driscoll is an English-Irish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having been relieved of his duties as manager of Doncaster Rovers in September 2011. He joined Doncaster in September 2006 following Dave Penney's departure. He was previously manager at...
– vocals, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, bouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, button-key accordion - Ian MillarIan MillarIan Millar, CM is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He is tied with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl for most Olympic appearances .-Biography:Millar was born in Halifax,...
– vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bass
Additional musicians in Ireland
- Patrick Davey – uilleann pipesUilleann pipesThe uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, whistle - Sheila Gary – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- Davey Sloan – backup vocals
- Ray Gallon – bodhranBodhránThe bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
, bones
Additional musicians in Canada
- Todd Sacerty – bass
- Geoffrey KellyGeoffrey KellyGeoffrey Kelly is a Canadian rock musician.He plays guitars, flutes and bodhran for the folk rock band Spirit of the West, for whom he is also the lead vocalist on some songs. He and John Mann are the band's primary songwriters.Kelly is also a full time member of The Paperboys, and released a solo...
– bodhranBodhránThe bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...
, whistle - Tyler Carson – fiddle