2021年10月26日火曜日

ジム・マッキャン (Jim McCann)


Carrickfergus

Irish trad.

収録アルバム
Jim McCann
Grace And Other Irish Love Songs
Lunar, 1986


Jim McCann
26 October 1944
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Died 5 March 2015 (aged 70)

冬を迎えると、RTE Radioで、マッキャンの
Easy and Slow がしばしば流れる。
本アルバムの1曲目だ。


Dominic Behan (ドミニック・ビーハン)
Born 22 October 1928
Dublin, Ireland
Died 3 August 1989 (aged 60)

"Carrickfergus" is an Irish folk song, 
named after the town of Carrickfergus 
in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 
It was first recorded, under the name "The Kerry Boatman", 
by Dominic Behan 
on an LP called The Irish Rover, released in 1965.
Wiki

There were very few real folk singers you know, 
though I liked Dominic Behan 
a bit and there was some good stuff 
to be heard in Liverpool. 
Just occasionally you hear very old records on the radio 
or TV of real workers in Ireland 
or somewhere singing these songs and the power of them is fantastic.

John Lennon