Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick

Both Ears and the Tail

(Gadfly 510)

High Germany
mp3 sound clip here:


Porcupine Rag
mp3 sound clip here:


Dill Pickles Rag
mp3 sound clip here:

This fascinating recording from the Folkus Folk Club in Nottingham features these two fixtures of the English folk scene in a lively and rambunctious performance and includes several songs not on any of their other releases. Recently-written liner notes from Carthy puts the performance in context and describes the details of the show (and explains the title of the CD!).

"...I'm reminded by this of what an exciting time it was and what a good time we had when we were on stage. This is an honest and unadulterated representation of what we did and how we sounded back then." (Martin Carthy, in the CD's liner notes)



This release coincides with Martin Carthy's four-week tour of solo and Waterson/Carthy performances.

Waterson/Carthy spring 2001 tour

2/9/01 SANTA MONICA, CA McCABE'S

2/10/01 SAN DIEGO, CA HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL

2/12/01 HEALDSBURG, CA TBA

2/13/01 SANTA CRUZ, CA KUUMBWA JAZZ CTR

2/14/01 BERKELEY, CA FREIGHT & SALVAGE

2/16/01 CORVALLIS, OR MAJESTIC THEATER

2/18/01 PORTLAND, OR LOLA'S ROOM

2/20/01 SEATTLE, WA TRACTOR TAVERN

2/22/01 WASILLA, AK MEAD'S COFFEEHOUSE

2/23/01 TALKEETNA, AK LATITUDE 62

2/24/01 ANCHORAGE, AK WILDA MARSTON THEAT.

Martin Carthy solo

2/25/01 VANCOUVER, BC CAPILANO

2/27/01 COLUMBUS, OH FLAHERTY'S THIRSTY EAR

2/28/01 CINCINNATI, OH GRAMMER'S

3/1/01 ST. LOUIS, MO FOCAL POINT

3/2/01 ST. LOUIS, MO FOCAL POINT

3/3/01 CUMBERLAND, RI BLACKSTONE RIVER THEAT.

3/4/01 CAMBRIDGE, MA PASSIM

3/5/01 S. EASTON, MA BLACK THORNE TAVERN



Booklet contains complete lyrics and liner notes.



Tracklist: (*song or arrangement appearing for the first time from Swarbrick/Carthy)

1. The Leitrim Fancy*/Drowsy Maggie*/Staten Island/ The Corbie and the Craw* -- High Germany

2. Fair Maid On The Shore

3. Porcupine Rag

4. The Bonny Black Hare

5. Sovay (The Female Highwayman)

6. The Barmaid*/Peter St.*/The Mason's Apron*

7. The Broomfield Hill

8. The Wind That Shakes The Barley

9. The Hen's March/The Four Poster Bed

10. Man of Newlyn Town

11. Dill Pickles Rag

12. The Two Magicians

13. The Kid On The Mountain/The Donegal/ The Swallowstail/The Marquis Of Tullybardine*



Also available from Gadfly Records:

Dave Swarbrick, "Live at Jacksons Lane" (Gadfly 503)



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