Grit Laskin – Unmasked – LP

Although Grit Laskin is world-famous for the guitars he builds, he has also spent the last 25 years writing and performing music. With the band The Friends of Fiddler’s Green, with Ian Robb, and as a solo act, Grit’s music has graced folk clubs, concert halls, and major folk festivals across North America. He plays tenor mandolin, Northumbrian smallpipes, concertina, guitar, and fiddle, and he has accompanied musicians as diverse as Raffi and Stan Rogers. Respected as a songwriter as well as a musician, Grit’s songs have been recorded by the likes of Pete Seeger, the Tannahil Weavers, Margaret Christl, and Rick Fielding. 

Track Listing:
A. 1. The Life Of A New Mother -   2. Derwentwater's Farewell / Salmon Tales Up The Water -   3. Cosmic And Freaky -   4. Life On The Rolling Sea -   5. The Long Note / Old Hag You Have Killed Me -   6. It's Not The Life For Me -    
B. 1. Paddy Fahey's / The Road To Lisdoonvarna / Comb Your Hair And Curl It -   2. The Oldest Man In The World -   3. The Photographer -   4. A Shantyman’s Life -   5. The Lady On The Island / The High Road To Linton / The Mooncoin Jig -   6. The End Of A Pointed Gun -

Personnel:
Grit Laskin (long-necked and tenor-madolins, Northumbrian smalpipes, guitar, concertina, tin whistle, button accordion, dulcimer, vocals) , Paul Mills (guitar, bass) , Ian Robb (concertina) , Garnet Rogers (fiddle, flute) , The Masked Hormone Dabbler (bodhran) , …