Most people know Skip for his western recordings, but his home is in New England and his fiddle can sing of our rocky shores and Irish immigrants with the same authority it offers to the prairies and deserts of the west. Originally released in 1983 skip is joined by guitarist Peter Craig, pianist Nick Hawes with Steve Leibman on lute and Dave Paton on concertina. Tracks include: Banks of Avon, Farewell to Whiskey, Full Rigged Ship, Hard Is My Fate, Harvest Home, Haste to the Wedding, Jenkins Hornpipe, Johnny, Will You Marry Me.
1 Reel Du Poteau Blanc/The Woodshopper/The Golden Wedding/The Green Meado
2 The Banks of Avon/Johnny, Will You Marry Me/St. Anne's Reel
3 Whaleman's Lament/Oliver Jack/The Merry Boys of Greenland/Villafjord
4 Lad O'Beirne's/The Peacock Feather
5 Miss Gordon of Park/Up to New Hampshire
6 The Rhode Island Reel/The Poppy Leaf
7 Hard Is My Fate/Mrs. Greig's/Jenkin's Hornpipe
8 Merrily Danced the Quaker/Teviot Bridge/Woodbury's
9 Planxty George Brabazon/Lord Inchiquin
10 The Favorite Polka Medley
11 The Clog/Harvest Home
12 The Skylark/Beavertail Light
13 Farewell to Whiskey/Spanish Ladies/The Lass of Gowry
14 Haste to the Wedding/Full Rigged Ship
15 The Green Mountain Reel/Snoring Mrs. Gobeil (La Ronfleuse Gobeil)
Most people know Skip for his western recordings, but his home is in New England and his fiddle can sing of our rocky shores and Irish immigrants with the same authority it offers to the prairies and deserts of the west. Originally released in 1983 skip is joined by guitarist Peter Craig, pianist Nick Hawes with Steve Leibman on lute and Dave Paton on concertina. Tracks include: Banks of Avon, Farewell to Whiskey, Full Rigged Ship, Hard Is My Fate, Harvest Home, Haste to the Wedding, Jenkins Hornpipe, Johnny, Will You Marry Me.