The Hour Before Dawn

~ Release by Solas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Bheadh Buachaillín Deas ag Síle
12 string guitar and guitar and background vocals:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
additional percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
button accordion and piano accordion:
Mick McAuley
classical guitar [nylon string guitar], low whistle and mandolin:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
electric bass guitar:
Chico Huff
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
percussion:
Ben Wittman
background vocals and lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
vocals:
Mick McAuley
arranger:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive) and Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
Bheadh Buachaillín Deas ag Síle
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:18
2Granny Quinn's / The Lilac Reel / Sporting Pat
12 string guitar and guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
additional percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
banjo, flute and low whistle:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
electric bass guitar:
Chico Huff
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
percussion:
Ben Wittman
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
medley including a recording of:
Granny Quinn's
writer:
Bill Black (composer and trad. arranger)
medley including a recording of:
Sporting Pat
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Lilac Reel
composer:
Mairead McMahon
4:17
3Last of the Great Whales
programming:
Michael Aharon and John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
acoustic guitar, bouzouki and electric guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
classical guitar [nylon string guitar] and low whistle:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
electric bass guitar:
Chico Huff
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
background vocals:
Winifred Horan and Mick McAuley
background vocals and lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
Last of the Great Whales
writer:
Andy Barnes
5:43
4A Little Child
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
piano:
Michael Aharon
piano accordion:
Mick McAuley
arranger:
Michael Aharon, Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist) and Winifred Horan
recording of:
A Little Child
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:02
5A Miner's Life
classical guitar [nylon string guitar], low whistle and mandolin:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
electric bass guitar:
Chico Huff
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
guitar and lead vocals:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
Hammond organ:
Michael Aharon
low whistle:
Mick McAuley
membranophone and percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
background vocals:
Mick McAuley and Deirdre Scanlan
arranger:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive) and Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
A Miner’s Life
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3510)
4:55
6What's Up With Win / Sonny Brogan's / Cahal's Jig
12 string guitar and guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
flute and low whistle:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
medley including a cover recording of:
Bill Harte’s Jig
composed in:
Ireland
miscellaneous support:
Bill Harte (accordion player)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Cahal's Jig
composer:
Mick McAuley
medley including a recording of:
What's Up With Win
composer:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer), Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist) and Mick McAuley
4:35
7When My Love and I Parted
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
arranger:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist), Winifred Horan and Deirdre Scanlan
recording of:
When My Love and I Parted
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:01
8Homeless
additional guitar family:
Michael Aharon
bass guitar:
Chico Huff
classical guitar [nylon string guitar], electric guitar and flute:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
arranger:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive), Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist) and Winifred Horan
recording of:
Homeless
composer:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
3:49
9Boy/Girl Tune
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
classical guitar [nylon string guitar] and mandolin:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
electric bass guitar:
Chico Huff
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
guitar family:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
percussion:
Ben Wittman
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
Boy/Girl Tune
composer:
Mick McAuley
3:37
10Bruach na Carraige Báine
12 string guitar and guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
electric guitar:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
keyboard:
Michael Aharon
percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
piano accordion:
Mick McAuley
background vocals and lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
Bruach na Carraige Báine
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
5:38
11Bonnie Mae
acoustic bass guitar:
Chico Huff
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
low whistle and mandolin:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
piano:
Michael Aharon
background vocals:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer) and Mick McAuley
background vocals and lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
recording of:
Bonnie Mae
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:59
12The New Custom House / The Flavor of the Month / The Tinker's Daughter / Dogs Among the Bushes / Pinch of Snuff
12 string guitar and guitar:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
additional percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
flute:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
keyboard:
Michael Aharon
percussion:
Ben Wittman
arranger:
Solas (Irish traditional folk)
medley including a recording of:
The Dogs Among the Bushes (reel)
composed in:
Scotland, United Kingdom
revised in:
Ireland
composer:
Mackintosh, Junior (Abraham or Robert, son of Robert ‘Red Rob’ Mackintosh)
revised by:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Buckingham House (strathspey)
medley including a recording of:
The Flavor of the Month
composer:
Brendan Callahan
medley including a recording of:
The New Custom House
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Pinch of Snuff (reel)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
The Tinker's Daughter
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
5:49
13I Will Remember You
programming:
Michael Aharon
bodhrán and classical guitar [nylon string guitar]:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
button accordion:
Mick McAuley
electric bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboard and synthesizer:
Michael Aharon
fiddle:
Winifred Horan
guitar family:
John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
membranophone and percussion:
John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
background vocals:
Michael Aharon, John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer), Winifred Horan and Mick McAuley
background vocals and lead vocals:
Deirdre Scanlan
recording of:
I Will Remember You
writer:
Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist), Sarah McLachlan and Dave Merenda
publisher:
Dave Merenda Music, Fox Film Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Séamus Egan Music, TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Tyde Music
is based on:
Weep Not for the Memories
4:43

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Didem Atahan
photography:Christopher Michael
liner notes:John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
Deirdre Scanlan
mixer, recording engineer and mastering:John Anthony (British producer and record executive)
assistant engineer:Rachel Gutches
producer:Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
additional recording engineer:Peter Rydberg
accordion, concertina and tin whistle:Mick McAuley
banjo, bodhrán, classical guitar [nylon string guitar], electric guitar, flute, mandolin, percussion and tin whistle:Séamus Egan (Solas founder and multi-instrumentalist)
bouzouki and guitar family:John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
fiddle and background vocals:Winifred Horan
vocals:John Doyle (Irish guitarist & singer)
Mick McAuley
Deirdre Scanlan
ASIN:US: B00004Y9VH [info]

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other databases:https://thesession.org/recordings/71 [info]
Wikidata:Q7740478 [info]