 Black Bear Crossing... "The Trail"
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Personnel & Instrumentation
Phylleri Ball: keyboard, shaker,
Appalachian mountain dulcimer, bodhran
Melissa Becker: fiddle, vocals
Warren Fisher: bass, guitar
Lucy Henry: flute, tenor recorder,
whistle, hammered dulcimer, vocals
Wendy McCormick: hammered dulcimer,
accordion, folk harp
- On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided
in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can
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- The Titan
Listen
to a Sample 3771 KB
(Chris Norman,
used by permission)
- Metsakukkia (waltz from
Finland)
- The Arran Boat (Irish Air)
- Drops of Brandy (traditional
Scottish slip jig)
- Da Shaald's O'Foula/Irishman's Heart to the Ladies/Top of
Cork Road (traditional jigs)
- Monday Morning Reel (Phil
Cunningham, used by permission)
- Battle of the Somme (traditional
Scottish march)
- Humors of Tulla/Glass of Beer/Drowsy Maggie
(traditional reels)
- Whistling Gypsy (Irish
folk song)
- Mississippi Sawyer/Sandy River Belles/The Boatman
(traditional old-timey reels)
- Kolomeike
Listen
to a Sample 3614 KB
(traditional
Klezmer tune)
- Woe Betyde Thy Wearie Bodie (traditional
Scottish tune)
- Sweetness of Mary
Listen
to a Sample 3042 KB
(Joan
McDonald Boes)
- Levis Beaulieu/St. Joseph's Reel/Frenchie's Reel
(traditional reels)
- Summer's End (Ken Kolodner,
used by permission)
- Star of the Country Down (traditional
Irish Air)
- Never Been Better/Two White Nickels
(Hank Laramee/John Hutchison)
Credits: Hank Laramee email - hlaramee@quik.com.
Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI, 2001. Chris Norman, BMI. Engineered
and mastered by Tim Breon at Clarke Chapel, Lycoming College. Manufactured
and printed by Disc Maker, Pennsauken, NJ, USA.
© 2001/2005 Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI/Chris Norman BMI.
Black Bear
Crossing... "The Bridge"
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Personnel &
Instrumentation
Phylleri Ball: keyboard, alto recorder,
accordion
Denny Fisher: bodhran, bowed psaltry,
string bass, washboard
Lucy Henry: hammered dulcimer, flute,
penny whistle,
soprano
recorder, vocals
Bryan King: banjo, bouzouki, fiddle,
guitar, mandolin
Wendy McCormick: accordion, Celtic
harp, concertina, hammered dulcimer
- On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided
in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can
be slow.
- Black Bear Crossing/Lucy's Lilt/The Bear Jig
Listen
to a Sample 938 KB
(composed
by Lucy Henry in 2000)
- Hewlett (composed by the
blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan)
- The Detroit Schottische (A
Scottish Dance)
- Blackberry Blossom/Jenny Lind Polka/ Red Wing
(traditional
American favorites)
- Saddle the Ponies (Irish
Jig)
- Sibheag Si Mhor (composed
by Turlough O'Carolan)
- Friday the Thirteenth
(A
hambo composed by Rodney Sauer on April 13, 1990.
Used
by Permission)
- The Little Red Fox
Listen
to a Sample 470 KB
(Gaelic
children's song - vocal by Lucy Henry)
- Mairi's Wedding
(traditional
Scottish bridal song from the Isle of Lewis)
- The Ash Grove
Listen
to a Sample 2286 KB
(traditional
Welsh tune)
- Road to Lisdoonvarna/Tobin's Favorite/Swallowtail Jig
(traditional
Irish jigs)
- Ootpick Waltz (also called
"The Eskimo Waltz")
- Maggie in the Wood/Dennis Murphy's/Bill Sullivan's
(traditional
Irish polkas)
- Out on the Ocean/Garret Barry's (traditional
Irish jigs)
- The Chanter's Tune (haunting
melody in mixolydian mode, played
with
bowed psaltry drone)
- My Darling Asleep/Kesh/Morrison's Jig (popular
Irish jigs)
- Julia Delaney/ Dick Gossips/Tam Lin (traditional
Irish reels)
Credits: Engineered and Mastered
by: Tim Breon at R & J Studio, South Williamsport, PA. All tunes
are in the public domain and are the arrangements of Black Bear Crossing,
except track 1, composed by Lucy Henry in 2000, and track 7 composed
by Rodney Sauers in 1990. Used by Permission. Cover photo at Buttonwood
Covered Bridge. Instrument photo at Phylleri's centennial barn, Trout
Run, PA. CD manufactured & printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ.
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