Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Shifting Gravel by Four Men and a Dog

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Artist NameFour Men and a Dog
Album TitleShifting Gravel
MusiciansCathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo), Gino Lupari (percussion, vocals), Kevin Doherty (guitar, vocals), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Conor Keane (accordion), Gerry O'Connor (banjo, fiddle), with James Blennerhasset (bass), Brendan McFarritty (drums), Brendan Quinn (backing vocals), Rod McVey (piano).
Source and
other information		Cross Border Media CBMCD 005, 1993. Recorded in Randalstown, Co. Antrim. Not indexed here: track 1 (Another Irish Rover), track 3 (Work Together), track 5 (Joh), track 7 (I'm Walkin'), track 9 (Struggle On), and track 11 (Where Has My Lady Gone), all of which are contemporary songs.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
21 Tune Info
748		 Reel Good Morning to Your Nightcap / Good Morning to Your Night Cap / Good Morning, Nightcap / Good Morning, Nightcap? / Good Morning Nightcap / Morning Nightcap / Michael Coleman's / Shifting Gravel / Drunken Police Car / Over the Waves (untitled tune following Farrell O'Gara on MC) (also with parts reversed; the common practice of starting with the high part - as written here - often seems to be a choice made for the sake of a nice transition between a preceding tune and this tune; also in G)
41 Tune Info
731		 Reel Glen of Aherlow, The / The Glen of Aherlough / Gleann Eacharlaigh / Lafferty's / Lafferty's Reel / Laverty's Reel / The Woman I Never Forgot / Canny's / Rediggan's / The Crane's Leg (1st in set Bertha's Goat on 4MD 2) (composed by Seán Ryan)
2 Tune Info
543		 Reel Drag Her around the Road / Drag Her 'round the Road / Drag Her round the Road / Throw It Across the Road / Tarraing thar Timpeall an Bhóthair í / The Pullet / The Pullet and the Cock / The Pullet and Cock / The Shores of Lough Graney / Shores of Lough Graney / Andy McGann's No. 42 Bunratty (2nd in set Bertha's Goat on 4MD 2; 1st in set Tie the Bonnet on Lu 5; 3rd in set The Cat's Miaow on SGMM; 2nd in Commonalty Set on Trpsw) (also doubled; also in B Minor or F# Minor)
61 Tune Info
2208		 Polka Tripping to the Well / John McKenna's / Killoran's (1st in set Newmarket Polkas on 4MD 2) (also in A, also as single reel)
2 Tune Info
3928		 Polka Terry Teahan's Polka / Terry Teahen's / Newmarket #1 (3rd in set The Newmarket Polkas on PS 3; 2nd in set Newmarket Polkas on 4MD 2)
3 Tune Info
1081		 Polka Lakes of Sligo, The / Lakes of Sligo / The Lass of Gowrie / Tom Billy's (3rd in set Newmarket Polkas on 4MD 2; mislabeled as Tripping on the Mountain on MtRd) (also in G)
81 Tune Info
1350		 Reel Mountain Road, The (3rd in set The Worlds End on Drv 4; follows The Devils of Dublin on track 7 of MtRd) (also with up to 6 parts, also with parts doubled, also in F) (composed by Michael Gorman)
2 Tune Info
870		 Reel Humours of Westport, The / Humours of Westport / The Humors of Westport / The Milestone at the Garden (2nd in set The Mountain Road on 4MD 2) (also with parts reversed and also singled, also in G or D) (compare Scottish reel The Clydesdale Lasses included here and Pretty Peggy #1612)
3 Tune Info
341		 Reel Clogger's Quilt, The / The Clogger Quilt / The Swallow / An Fháinleog / St. Andrew's / St Andrews / Larry Redigan's / Kathleen's Fiddle / Barry's Fancy (3rd in set The Mountain Road on 4MD 2) (also in G)
101 Tune Info
3430		 Reel Fair-Haired Boy, The / The Fair Haired Boy, The / The Fairhaired Boy / An Buachaillín Fionn / Micho Russell's / The Flower of the Flock (1st in set Micho Russells Set on 4MD 2; 3rd in set Oil for the Chain on MSHtn 1) (also doubled)
2 Tune Info
135		 Reel Beauty Spot, The / An Ball Seirce / An Ball Scéimhe / The Back of the Change (2nd in set Micho Russells Set on 4MD 2) (also doubled) (compare Gorman's #962 and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Solus Lillis's Reel #2912)
3 Tune Info
751		 Reel Gorman's / Gorman's Reel / Ríl Uí Ghormáin / Dessie O'Connor's / Johnny Henry's / Contentment Is Wealth (3rd in set Micho Russells Set on 4MD 2)
121 Tune Info
1027		 Slide Kilfenora Jig / The Old Favourite / The Old Favorite / Miko Doyle's / Sleamhnán Uí Dhúill (4th in set Oh! The Breeches Full of Stitches on Ch 7; 1st in set The Kilfenora Sexy Jig on 4MD 2; 2nd in set Sliabh Luachra Slides on ACB 1; 2nd in set The Kilfenora Set on JCt 5) (also as double jig)
2 Tune Info
4308		 Slide Scattery Island / Scattery Island Slide / Inis Cathaigh / Going to the Well for Water / Going for Water (2nd in set The Kilfenora Sexy Jig on 4MD 2) (also in C)
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