Johnny Og Connolly & Brian McGrath - Dreaming Up The Tunes [CD]

Cat. no: CICD133
Format: CD
Barcode: 5390153000985
Release Date: 29 Aug 2025
Genre: Folk

Johnny Og is Johnny's senior's son and plays the slightly larger two-row button accordion with a beautiful fuent, light touch

The great Joe Burke was one of his early infuences. Virtuoso banjo player Brian McGrath, one of the founders of Four Men and A Dog, currently plays in Sean Keane's Band and At The Racket. He and Johnny Og have played together for years; there's both tightness and an easy give and take in their duo playing. Distinguished accompanists here too, James Blennerhasset on cello and double bass, Eugene Kelly and Peter O'Hanlon on guitars and McGrath on piano. The title is apt. Several of the tunes are recent compositions by, among others, Charlie Lennon and Johnny Og himself, whose fne, intricate tunes include the lovely set of jigs Poirt Inis Bearachain (also featured on his father's CD) and named after the now uninhabited Island off the Connemara coast, where Johnny Connolly Snr was born.

Tracks: Gan Ainm / Doberman's Wallet / Paddy Ryan's Dream / Jimmy Batty's / Mick O'Connor's Reels / The Happy Hornpipe / The Souvenir / The Inis Bearachain Jigs / Ril Johnny Phadraig Pheter / Ril Joe Mhaire Mhicilin / Christmas in Spiddal / Twelve to the Bar / The Carraroe Jig / Homage to Rooney / Mountain Dew / Loughrea Reel / Dillon's / Marion Egan's / Bean Phaidin / Seanamhach Tube Station / Michael Coleman's / Flanagan Meets O'Hanlon Barndances