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LP ALBUM (STEREO)  PURCHASED IN 1978.

LOVINGLY PLAYED LONG AGO, STORED AND CARED FOR FOR 46 YEARS.

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IRISH CELTIC/TRADITONAL FOUR MEMBER BAND,

 PLAYED AT "IRELAND'S FOUR PROVINCES" IN WASHINGTON DC in late 1970's and 1980's.

January 2, 1984  The Washington Post

WHEN Brendan Sheridan arrived in New York from his native Ireland

 in 1971, he had never played professionally.

"I just walked up to a band playing this bar on 53rd Street

 and asked if they needed a banjo player. They said,

 'How did you know we need a banjo player?'

 I started that night. Count Basie was playing a couple of doors down." 

Sheridan pauses to take a swig of beer, and grins.

 "I said, 'This must be one great bloody country if I can play next door to Count Basie!' "

Sheridan, 39, now plays with the Irish Breakdown, a band he started 7 1/2 years ago

 with Brad Hayford, whom he met in New York.

 Hayford, 35, a former mechanical engineer for Eastman Kodak, 

left his job to pursue a career in music.

 He plays an unusual but effective combination of electric bass and harmonica.

Hayford and Sheridan double on guitar and accordion,

 respectively, and sing--Hayford arranging the often complex

 vocal harmonies that characterize the band's sound.

The group's arrangements of traditional folk, Irish and popular songs

 are intricate and fun, punctuated with sly instrumentals,

 humorous banter--and plenty of clapping.

 The nature of the music invites audience participation,

 and they encourage it.The music swings from Buddy Holly to

 "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," which becomes "Fox on the Run"

in the twinkling of a note. Teeple is a born storyteller,

 and Sheridan has a bard's sensitivity for delivering ballads.

 Hayford's harmonica sounds as sweet and lively as any fiddle.

 The effect is warm and invigorating.

"When I met Brendan," says Hayford, "I knew right off

 that our voices and approach to the music

 were complementary. We called the band, 'Irish Breakdown,'

 because it indicated how we were approaching each other:

 I was going from bluegrass to Irish, and Brendan from Irish to bluegrass."

Irish Breakdown – Such Deeds Again

Label: Wren Records  – WSLP002

Format: Vinyl, LP

Country: US

Released: 1978

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style:

A1 Sound The Piebroch

A2 Fortune

A3 Mickey The Rope

A4 Hornpipes

A5 Roll Alabama, Roll

A6 The Limerick Sailor

A7 Reels

B1 The Life Of The Rover

B2 An Cualin

B3 The Rocks Of Bawn

B4 Johnson's Creek

B5 The Castle Of Dromore

B6 Lord Of The Dance

B7 Jigs

Musicians

Brendan Sheridan: Mandolin, Banjo, Accordian

Brad Hayford: Lead Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Piano

Brian Coughlin:  Guitar

Neil Foley: Fiddle, Tin Whistle

Credits

Produced by the Irish Breakdown

Recorded and Mixed at Underground Sound, Largo, Maryland

Cover Design by Brendan Sheridan

Photographs by Anderson and Truitt

Vocal Arrangements by Brad Hayford

All tracks: Traditional, unless otherwise noted.

Matrix / Runout (side A runout etched): 4829 A2   wren

Matrix / Runout (side B runout etched): 4829B     wren

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