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Vintage THE IRISH BREAKDOWN "SUCH DEEDS AGAIN"  LP Album 1978 WREN WSLP002  EXC
FROM HOME OF ORIGINAL OWNER LP ALBUM (STEREO)  PURCHASED IN 1978. LOVINGLY PLAYED LONG AGO, STORED AND CARED FOR FOR 46 YEARS.
ALBUM COVER:    EXCELLENT   Retains vivid colors throughout,  INNER SLEEVE:    EXCELLENT   no breaks on edges    VINYL ALBUM :     EXCELLENT PLUS, labels are mint 

IRISH CELTIC/TRADITONAL FOUR MEMBER BAND,  PLAYED AT "IRELAND'S FOUR PROVINCES" IN WASHINGTON DC in late 1970's and 1980's.
January 2, 1984  The Washington Post WHEN Brendan Sheridan arrived in New York from his native Ireland  in 1971, he had never played professionally.
"I just walked up to a band playing this bar on 53rd Street  and asked if they needed a banjo player. They said,  'How did you know we need a banjo player?'  I started that night. Count Basie was playing a couple of doors down."  Sheridan pauses to take a swig of beer, and grins.  "I said, 'This must be one great bloody country if I can play next door to Count Basie!' "
Sheridan, 39, now plays with the Irish Breakdown, a band he started 7 1/2 years ago  with Brad Hayford, whom he met in New York.  Hayford, 35, a former mechanical engineer for Eastman Kodak,  left his job to pursue a career in music.  He plays an unusual but effective combination of electric bass and harmonica.
Hayford and Sheridan double on guitar and accordion,  respectively, and sing--Hayford arranging the often complex  vocal harmonies that characterize the band's sound.
The group's arrangements of traditional folk, Irish and popular songs  are intricate and fun, punctuated with sly instrumentals,  humorous banter--and plenty of clapping.  The nature of the music invites audience participation,  and they encourage it.The music swings from Buddy Holly to  "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," which becomes "Fox on the Run" in the twinkling of a note. Teeple is a born storyteller,  and Sheridan has a bard's sensitivity for delivering ballads.  Hayford's harmonica sounds as sweet and lively as any fiddle.  The effect is warm and invigorating.
"When I met Brendan," says Hayford, "I knew right off  that our voices and approach to the music  were complementary. We called the band, 'Irish Breakdown,'  because it indicated how we were approaching each other:  I was going from bluegrass to Irish, and Brendan from Irish to bluegrass."
Irish Breakdown – Such Deeds Again
Label:Wren Records  – WSLP002 Format:Vinyl, LP Country:US Released:1978 Genre:Folk, World, & Country Style: A1Sound The Piebroch A2Fortune A3Mickey The Rope A4Hornpipes A5Roll Alabama, Roll A6The Limerick Sailor A7Reels B1The Life Of The Rover B2An Cualin B3The Rocks Of Bawn B4Johnson's Creek B5The Castle Of Dromore B6Lord Of The Dance B7Jigs
Musicians Brendan Sheridan: Mandolin, Banjo, Accordian Brad Hayford: Lead Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Piano Brian Coughlin:  Guitar Neil Foley: Fiddle, Tin Whistle
Credits Produced by the Irish Breakdown Recorded and Mixed at Underground Sound, Largo, Maryland Cover Design by Brendan Sheridan Photographs by Anderson and Truitt Vocal Arrangements by Brad Hayford All tracks: Traditional, unless otherwise noted.
Matrix / Runout (side A runout etched): 4829 A2   wren Matrix / Runout (side B runout etched): 4829B     wren

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