Joe Derrane – Give Us Another

 When Joe Derrane appeared at the Washington Irish Folk Festival in the mid-'90s, the 64-year-old button accordionist hadn't recorded in 40 years. He caused such a sensation, however, that Green Linnet invited the Boston native into the recording studio with duet partner Felix Dolan on piano. Derrane reemerged with Give Us Another, an all-instrumental affair that explains the excitement his 78s created in Irish-music circles during the late '40s and early '50s. On the new recording's 34 traditional tunes, Derrane again displays his gift for ornamenting a melody with triplets and grace notes while maintaining a crisp articulation on the squeeze box. - Geoffrey Himes

Track Listing:
1. Shearing the Sheep / The Musical Priest - 3:54   2. Knocknagow / Contentment Is Wealth - 3:24   3. Thomond Bridge / The Belfast Hornpipe - 3:40   4. Broken Pledge / The Contradiction - 3:31   5. Miss Bruce / The Absentminded Man / Welcome to Cork - 3:12   6. Liverpool Hornpipe / The Quarrelsome Piper/The Real Thing - 4:34   7. Silver Spire / Hitchner's Phoenix - 3:15   8. Pastiche for Anne - 3:29   9. Little Jude / The Wolf Trap Promise - 3:47   10. Kildare Fancy / Golden Eagle / The Sweeps - 4:57   11. Boys of Ballinafad / The White Petticoat - 2:57   12. Give Us Another / The Corner House / The Clare Reel - 3:49   13. Spellan’s Fiddle / Dick Sand's - 4:01   14. Hare in the Corn / Haley's - 2:58   15. Green Fields of America / Aran Waves (The Man With the Money) / The Schol - 4:20

Personnel:
Joe Derrane (button accordion) , Felix Dolan (piano)