Ryan's Fancy: Fergus O'Byrne
How Good Is Me Life!
2007 - Singsong 02 08798 CD
with Jim Payne
Track List:
Two Jinkers
Anchors Away, Love
Waltz Around the Cape (Jim Payne)
The Trawlin' Trade (John Conolly)
The River Driver's Lament
The Liverpool Pilot
Welcome Home My Sailor
Carroll Bán (John Keegan Casey)
Sailors By Choice (Angus Stewart)
My Bonny Blue Eyed Jane
Crockeryware
How Good Is Me Life (Jim Payne)
Mom and Dad's Jigs (Jim Payne)
Credits
Jim Payne: vocals, guitar, accordions, mandola, and tenor banjo
Fergus O'Byrne: vocal, guitar, concertina, 5-string banjo and bodhran
All titles traditional unless otherwise noted
All arrangements by Jim Payne, Fergus O'Byrne and Mark Neary.
Thanks to Robert Buck, Donna Butt, Spencer Crewe, Gail Fearin, Colleen Field of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies at Memorial University, Fred's Records, Great Big Sea, Doreen McCarthy, O'Brien's Music Store, Harold Payne, Ned Pratt, Rising Tide Theatre, Darlene Terry, Shirley Terry, Angus Stewart, Gordon Webber, our families and friends, and all the people who have been so generous in passing along the traditional songs, music, and stories to us over the years.
Dedicated to the memories of
Dermot O'Reilly (1943-2007)
Alma Payne (1909-2005)
Arthur Payne (1936-2006)
and Bruce Warr (1928-2006)
Recorded at Great Big Studios, St. John's, Newfoundland, April-June, 2007
Engineered by Mark Neary
Mixed by Mark Neary, Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne
Additional technical support by Spencer Crewe
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel
Photos of Jim and Fergus by Ned Pratt. Photos of Fogo Island by Jim Payne
Produced by Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne for SingSong Inc