Craic on the Road explained

Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's
Type:	live
Artist:	Four to the Bar
Cover:	FTB002.jpg
Recorded:	June 1994
Label:	Independent
Producer:	Four to the Bar
Prev Title:	Four to the Bar (EP)
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Another Son
Next Year:	1995

Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.

Track listing

1. I'll Tell Me Ma (Traditional)
2. Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew (Traditional)
3. My Love's in Germany (Traditional)
4. I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs)
5. The Hills of Connemara (Traditional)
6. A Taste of the Reel World (Traditional)
7. The Black Velvet Band/The Wild Rover/The Galway Shawl (Traditional)
8. The Ferryman (Pete St. John)
9. Mick Maguire (Traditional)
10. Muirsheen Durkin (Traditional)
11. Jenny's and Out! (Traditional)

Personnel

• David Yeates

Vocals, bodhrán, flute, tin whistle

• Martin Kelleher

Vocals, guitar

• Patrick Clifford

Bass

• Keith O'Neill

Fiddle

• Seamus Casey: Djembe, congas, percussion
• Tony McQuillan: Accordion

Production

• Produced by Four to the Bar with Kevin Coleman
• Recorded live on June 16, 1994 at Sam Maguire's Pub, Bronx NY, by Boulevard Studios, New Milford NJ
• Crew chiefs: Mike Marri, Anthony Cioffi
• Assistant recording engineer: Gene Porfedo
• Stage engineer: Mark "Doc" Doratto
• Mixed at World Studio, New York NY
• Mastered at Steller Productions and Studio 900, New York NY
• Mixing and mastering engineer: Tim Hatfield

References

• Winick, Steve, Review of Craic on the Road, Dirty Linen Magazine, June/July 1995; Issue #58
• Craic on the Road (Live at Sam Maguire's): A New Release by Four to the Bar, Irish Voice, November 2, 1994

External links

• Four to the Bar official web site

Trivia

• One of the album's outtakes was a spontaneous version of "Who the F*** Is Alice"
• This version of "I'll Tell Me Ma" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection.
• David Yeates does an impersonization of Beavis and Butthead during "Black Velvet Band."
• "Mr. Maguire" appeared previously on the band's 1993 EP.
• The sidewalk graffiti in the cover art was done by the band; the photographer had to stand on the tour van to get the proper angle.