Patrick Street
Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke on fiddle, Andy Irvine on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly on button accordion, and Arty McGlynn on guitar.
Other members were added at various times: Ged Foley who held the tenure on guitar for many years, Bill Whelan on keyboards, Declan Masterson on uilleann pipes and keyboards, James Kelly on fiddle, Brendan Hearty on harmonium, John Carty on fiddle, flute and banjo, and Enda Walsh on keyboards.
Dónal Lunny, Whelan, and Walsh joined as producers on some albums.
History
In 1985, Andy Irvine joined up with fiddler Kevin Burke and guitarist Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and toured as a trio in the USA; when Ó Domhnaill wasn't available for some of the dates, guitarist/vocalist Gerry O'Beirne stepped in."This tour was such fun and so successful that we decided to expand the outfit into a four-piece by adding Jackie Daly", Irvine wrote.
Originally billed on a 1986 American tour as "The Legends of Irish Music", they soon chose to call themselves Patrick Street. The line-up for the band underwent several changes, but always included Burke, Irvine and Daly.
The guitar role, however, passed:
- from O'Beirne to Arty McGlynn – before the recording of their first album, Patrick Street, which began in August 1986;
- from McGlynn to Ged Foley – after the band recorded their fourth album, All in Good Time, released in 1993;
- back to McGlynn – when they resumed touring after the completion of their ninth album, On [the Fly (album)|On the Fly], released in 2007.
Patrick Street was originally conceived as a part-time band, nevertheless they have recorded nine studio albums and one live album.
Music for a Found Harmonium
The song was included on the Green Linnet 20th Anniversary, 2-CD collection of various artists, issued in 1996.The song can be heard in the second episode of Ric Burn's PBS series New York: A Documentary Film, 1999.
In 2004, Patrick Street's rendition of "Music for a Found Harmonium", was used near the end of the movie Napoleon Dynamite. It was also used in the 1991 film Hear My Song.
In 2008, the furniture company MFI also used Patrick Street's cover of "Music for a Found Harmonium" as the soundtrack of a TV advertisement.
In 2009, Topic Records included "Music for a Found Harmonium" from Irish Times as track fifteen on the first CD of their 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten.
Discography
Studio albums
Patrick Street No. 2 Patrick Street Irish Times All in Good Time Cornerboys Made in Cork Street Life- ''On the Fly''