Patrick O’Flaherty – Danny O’Flaherty https://dannyoflaherty.com more than just a musician Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:16:45 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://dannyoflaherty.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-harp-1-32x32.jpg Patrick O’Flaherty – Danny O’Flaherty https://dannyoflaherty.com 32 32 215488819 Live at O’Flaherty’s Vol 4 – The Celtic Folk https://dannyoflaherty.com/product/live-at-oflahertys-vol-4-the-celtic-folk/ https://dannyoflaherty.com/product/live-at-oflahertys-vol-4-the-celtic-folk/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:16:45 +0000 https://dannyoflaherty.com/?post_type=product&p=2989 Here’s a collection of songs, stories, and good humor in one of the rarest recordings in the ballad room at O’Flaherty’s in New Orleans.

Special thanks to Brendan Scott, Erin Seidiman, and Misha Kashkashkishivili for making this special night memorable and for you the audience–this wouldn’t be the same.

For almost sixteen years you’ve made every night in the ballad room very special–thank you for the memories.

Danny

Track List

  1. Darby Day in Ireland
  2. Traveling Man
  3. Old Dun Cow
  4. Loch Ness Monster
  5. Erin
  6. Dunne Song
  7. Angus
  8. Dear Boss
  9. O’Hooligan’s Ball
  10. Irish, They Drink Water
  11. Steve O’Donnell’s Wake
  12. October Roses
  13. Jigs
  14. Pub with no Beer
  15. Bleann an Bo
  16. The Keeper
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IT IS NOT SURPRISING that the Irish Echo’s entertainment critic reported that “this remarkable folk band’s calendar of special appearances (in America) is unprecedented for Irish musicians.”

The Celtic Folk’s special concert performances, coupled with their numerous American television appearances, led The Kerryman/Corkman to note approvingly last month that they are “one of the most consistently popular Irish groups on the US scene.”

The Irish Advocate had gone even further, noting last spring that “these men of the Gaelic West have been heard live by as many people as any Irish group that has ever crossed the Atlantic.”

Listen. It is all here: the melody and magic of their instruments, the tears and laughter of their lyrics, the care and respect for the music of the men themselves. If you can hear the Celtic Folk over the bellow of your own voice singing, you are listening to folk music at its very best.

Turlough Faolain

Track List

  1. When Margaret was Eleven
  2. Skim the High Waters
  3. Lady from Bendigo
  4. Love is a Game
  5. Scorn Not His Simplicity
  6. The St. Brendan Song
  7. Daddy’s Castle
  8. The Waiting Game
  9. The Night Ferry
  10. The Fureyman
]]> https://dannyoflaherty.com/product/product/feed/ 0 2941 The Spirit of Freedom https://dannyoflaherty.com/product/the-spirit-of-freedom/ https://dannyoflaherty.com/product/the-spirit-of-freedom/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:10:12 +0000 https://dannyoflaherty.com/?post_type=product&p=2942 From time immemorial, the balladeer has been the purveyor of words and song to relate the drama of human experience.  Today, Danny O’Flaherty is the consummate balladeer, and that has never been better evidenced than in this series of songs that reveal the hardships and struggle of “…ordinary people just like you and me…” in the fight to establish American independence and the creation of the United States of America.  We have all seen in our history textbooks in school the words that stood out in bold dark print such as Lexington and Concord, Paul Revere, Bunker Hill, George Washington, Saratoga, Valley Forge, King’s Mountain and Yorktown but the names and places can mean nothing to us unless they are given real meaning, real life, and real evidence of why they should be remembered.  True to the balladeer, Danny brings to us that meaning, as well as the spirit, the pathos, and the inspiration of that generation of Americans at the moment of our nation’s founding.  Here will we hear the names of Peter Francisco, James Forten, and Molly Pitcher who were among the scores of “…ordinary people just like you and me…” who fought for freedom and liberty, but whose names have never appeared in bold print.

The lyrical line of the music, the imagery of the words, and congruent manner in which the two come together have always been a hallmark of Danny O’Flaherty’s work.  Most of these songs are written by Danny and his co-writers, and he uses his talents to express his love of this country, and to share that love and those talents with the rest of us.    Some of the songs are contemporary with the period of the American Revolution.  In some of the songs, children’s voices appear in the chorus but, make no mistake about it; this is a collection of music worthy of the attention of all ages.
Those who serve in the military today, and their families, will know what this music is about.  But for the rest of us, it is right and proper to be reminded that there have been and still are those in this country who have been willing to subject themselves to personal sacrifice, hardship, and uncertainty for those principles that are greater than life itself.
Listen to the songs.  let them become a part of your repertoire. Sing them while working and playing and you will have made these songs what they were meant to be – stories about how this counry came to be – by and for “…ordinary people-just like you and me…”
John Douglas Hall
Track List
  1. Spirit of Freedom
  2. Boston Tea Party
  3. Peter Francisco
  4. James Forten
  5. Lexington and Concord (Interlude: The White Cockade)
  6. We Whipped the British at Lexington
  7. Bunker Hill
  8. Crossing the Deleware
  9. Valley Forge
  10. Molly Pitcher
  11. King’s Mountain
  12. Yorktown
  13. Yankee Doodle
  14. Saratoga
  15. The Constitution Song
  16. Miracle of Philadelphia
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