Galway to Graceland

Galway to Graceland was the fifth solo album released by Ron Kavana, the third credited to Alias Ron Kavana. The album was self-financed by Kavana and released independently in 1995 (Alias Recordings CD ARK002). However, the company that pressed the album went into receivership, and Kavana - who had paid up front - only ever received an initial pressing, mostly promo copies, and those three months late. In order to avoid bankruptcy, Kavana was forced to delete the album before it ever got a proper release.
Track listing
*#Shamrock City & The Edmonton Reel (T. Clarke and R. Kavana) - 4:46
*#True To The End (R. Kavana) - 3:53
*#Watch Out Willie (+ Trip To Durrow, and Gravel Walk) (R. Kavana - Trad. Arr. R. Kavana/M. Kavana/M. McAuley/R. Demick/L. Morgan) - 6:50
*#Martha (The Flower Of Sweet Strabane) (Trad. Arr. R. Kavana) - 5:35
*#Kathy Boyd's Waltz/Cajun Train (R. Kavana - Trad. Arr. R. Kavana/M. Kavana/M. McAuley/R. Demick/L. Morgan) - 7:24
*#Cap-Gun Kid and The New Lee Highway Blues (+ The Spindle Shanks) (R. Kavana /D. Bromberg) - 7:02
*#Galway To Graceland Medley (a. Nora Lee - Trad. Arr. R. Kavana; b. From Galway to Graceland - R. Thompson; c. Are You Lonesome Tonight - R. Trunk/L. Handman) - 5:58
*#New Rising Of The Moon (R. Kavana) - 3:07
*#St. Patrick's Day In New Orleans (R. Kavana/A. Martyn) - 3:20
*#Mexican Holiday/Luz (R. Kavana - Trad. Arr. R. Kavana/M. Kavana/M. McAuley/R. Demick/L. Morgan) - 9:09
*#19th Nervous Breakdown and The Blacksmith's Daughter (Jagger Richard - Trad. Arr. Ron Kavana) - 3:42
*#Born With The Blues (R. Kavana) - 4:01
*#Fine, Fine, Fine/Statten Island/Chief O'Neill's Favourite (F. Soileau/S. Simiens - Trad. Arr. R. Kavana) - 3:39
*#Looney Tune/Farewell (M. Franklin - R. Kavana) - 2:35
Personnel
Alias Band:
*Miriam Kavana - Fiddle and vocals
*Rod Demick - Bass and vocals
*Andy Martyn - Accordion
*Les Morgan - Drums
Guest Musicians:
*Mick McAulay - Accordions and whistle tracks 1,3,8,11.
*Tomas Lynch - Uilleann pipes tracks 1,2,4,7,8,13
*Leonard Barry - Uileann pipes track 11
*Terry Clarke - vocals track 1.
Ron Kavana:
*Lead Vocals and all other instruments
Produced by Ron Kavana
Recorded at Alias and Novasonics Studios, London 1995.

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