Featuring the trio later known as Bowhand: Paddy O'Brien (button accordion), James Kelly (fiddle), and Dáithí Sproule (guitar and vocals). Originally released as two LP recordings (Is It Yourself? and Spring in the Air) and eventually re-issued by Shanachie on a single CD and regarded by most Irish music lovers as one of the tradition’s classic, must-have recordings.

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WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...

“Virtuosic players who invest these tunes with an almost off-hand grace…” — All Music Guide

“One of the great trios in the history of Irish traditional music…There’s never been a better blend of fiddle and box…”  — Don Meade, Irish Voice

Track List

1. The Monahan Twig / John in the Mist
2. Humors of Kilkenny / Drops of Spring Water
3. The Foxhunter’s
4. Lovely Willie / The Rakes of Kildare / The Horse’s Leotard
5. The Rights Of Man / McGibbney’s Fancy
6. The Small Hills of Offaly / Farewell To Old Dacency
7. The Jolly Seven / McGettrick’s
8. Paddy Taylor’s / Anderson’s
9. Molly Bawn / The Sandpiper
10. Cul Tiubh Na Bpearli
11. Paddy Kelly’s / John Doherty’s
12. The Stage / The Western
13. John Doherty’s / The Antrim Rose
14. Man Of The House / Ryan’s Rant
15. Bracken’s / Mrs. Crotty’s / The Horse That Made a Haymes of His Winkers / The Kinnegad Slashers
16. Jim Coleman’s / Patsy Touhey’s / Rodney Miller’s
17. The Boys Of Mullaghbawn
18. John Kelly’s / The Green Cottage / Cuil Aodha
19. The Gravel Path / The Wild Irishman
20. The Moving Cloud / Paddy Kelly’s Reels
21. Down the Hill
22. McCarthy’s Favorite / Spring in the Air / Miss Emily
23. Hughie the Graeme
24. The Duke of Leinster’s Wife / The Boys of Ballisadare
25. John Doherty’s / Kitty Come Down to Limerick
26. Sarah’s Delight / Seán sa Cheo