St. Patrick in America

At last some good luck with the Irish! For St. Patrick's Day, we'll explore Celtic influences in American music and vice versa.  With music from Bing Crosby, Rufus Harley, Natalie MacMaster, Van Morrison and Louis Armstrong. Fiona Ritchie of Thistle & Shamrock makes a cameo appearance as do Tiny Grimes and the Rockin' Highlanders.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: The Cat Rambles to the Child's Saucepan Cherish the Ladies
One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies, Green Linnet

If It Weren't for the Irish Frank Parker
Kiss Me I'm Irish, Columbia

I'm Leaving Tipperary Pat White
The Wheels of the World Vol. 1, Yazoo

Irish Black Bottom Louis Armstrong
The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Vol. 2, Columbia

Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
Hi How Are You Today?, A & M

Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
Good Will Hunting Soundtrack, Capitol

Instrumental: Chanty Son Volt
Wide Swing Tremolo, Warner Brothers

Pretty Little Girl With A Blue Dress On Emma Shelton
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts

Handsome Molly Mick Jagger
Wandering Spirit, Atlantic

When Irish Girls Grow Up Tom Russell w/Iris Dement and Dolores Keane
The Man From God Knows Where, Hightone

At Home With the Exiles Ed Miller
Border Background, Folk-Legacy

Instrumental: Danny Boy Ofra Harnoy
The Danny Boy Album, RCA Victor

Growling Old Man Frank Catchaway
Old Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba, Vol. 2, Falcon

Jig Français Beausoleil
Parlez-Nous A Boire & More, Arhoolie

Danny Boy Al Hirt
The Danny Boy Album, RCA Victor

My Wild Irish Rose The Jones Brothers
Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon, Whiskey, Women and...

There Were Roses Tommy Sands
recorded live for Folk Masters

A Stor Mo Chroi Bonnie Raitt w/The Chieftains
Tears of Stone, RCA Victor

HOUR TWO

The Ballinakill Hornpipe/The Bridge Hornpipe Sean McGlynn & Mick Moloney
Celtic Winds, Easydisc/Rounder

St. Patrick's Parade Bing Crosby
Top O' The Morning: His Irish Collection, MCA/Decca

Loch Lomand Tiny Grimes and Rockin' Highlanders
The Complete 1950-1954, Vol. 3, Blue Moon

Whiskey Before Breakfast John Owen Lardinois
Lewis & Clark: Sounds of Discovery, Chairmaker's Rush

The Night Pat Murphy Died The Flanagan Brothers
The Wheels of the World Vol. 2, Shanachie

I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham Earl Johnson & his Clodhoppers
Old-Time Fiddle Classics, County

Whiskey in the Jar Hazeldine
Orphans, E-Squared

Instrumental: When You And I Were Young, Maggie Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan
Yonder, Sugar Hill

Rye Whiskey Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings, Rounder

Pastures of Plenty Solas
Live: Limited Edition Radio Sampler, Shanachie

Jesus Christ U2
Folkways: A Vision Shared, Folkways

Mon vieux est jaloux Madame Bolduc
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts

Diddlage Audrey Saint-Coeur
Celtic Mouth Music, Ellipsis Arts

Dang Me Roger Miller
The Hits, Mercury

The Boys of Bluehill Seamus Ennis
The Gentlemen Pipers, Globestyle

Bagpipe Blues Rufus Harley
Atlantic Jazz: Best of the '60s, Vol. 2, Atlantic

Four Leaf Clover ReBirth Brass Band
Do Whatcha Wanna, Mardi Gras

Instrumental: Midnight on the Water Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Song of the Hills, Shanachie

Ricketts Hornpipe Benton Flippen
Old Time New Times, Rounder

The Drunken Piper Set Natalie MacMaster
No Boundaries, WEA

Star of County Down Van Morrison and Chieftains
Irish Heartbeat, Polydor

Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
The Best of Van Morrison, Polydor

End Bed: Dan Hugh and Dan Rory Dave MacIsaac
Nimble Fingers, Pickin' Productions

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