This collection had been simmering for some years: It was originally planned as a follow-up to our 2001 production, Lafayette\u2019s Ghost, as look homeward after our exploration of European regimental music. But we were drawn astray for several years by a project of Christmas material, entailing a CD and live concerts. We needed a homecoming. Here then is our celebration of the living art that is fife and drum, spanning the 18th to 21st centuries\u2014from North America, the Isles, and the Continent\u2014proving that the music of these simple instruments is alive and well In America. Released in November 2005.<\/em><\/p>\n The Eel Pot Tavern <\/strong> –<\/p>\n<\/a> Selections<\/h3>\n
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\n 1.\u00a0 La Dardanus\/Cotillion #4
\n2.\u00a0 15th Massachusetts Quickstep
\n3.\u00a0 The Eel Pot Tavern\/The Village Idiot\/Rakes of Kildare\/Lord Gordon’s Hornpipe
\n4.\u00a0 Isle de Madeleine\/Point au Pic
\n5.\u00a0 The Nash Street Reel\/Freddy the Flasher\/Strange Jig
\n6.\u00a0 Pinocchio
\n7.\u00a0 Bedou’s Reel\/Bus Stop Reel\/Old Joe
\n8.\u00a0 Big Top!
\n9.\u00a0 Yankee Doodle
\n10.\u00a0 Pretty Maid\/Polly Oliver
\n11.\u00a0 Wettsteinmarsch
\n12.\u00a0 Pouring out the Pickle Jar\/Boston Quick Step\/Michael Wiggins\/Mississippi Quick Step<\/td>\n13.\u00a0 In April’s Wake\/The High Reel
\n14.\u00a0 Jug a Dut (drum salute)
\n15.\u00a0 When She Cam Ben She Bobed
\n16.\u00a0 The Barber’s Pole\/The Old Church Hornpipe\/Witch Hazel\/The Navvie on the Line\/The Locomotive
\n17.\u00a0 Hector the Hero
\n18.\u00a0 Mairi’s Wedding\/Arniston Castle\/Fair Maid of Barra\/The Clumsy Lover
\n19.\u00a0 The Navy Hymn
\n20.\u00a0 America the Beautiful
\n21.\u00a0 The Road to the Isles\/Ceilidh Umbrella\/Drummond Castle\/Miss Susan Cooper
\n22.\u00a0 Lakes of Pontchartrain
\n23.\u00a0 The Sweetness of Mary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/a> Track Samples<\/h3>\n