Sunday, March 9, 2008

Paul McClelland-Hillbilly Ditties-(spring, 1999)















1. Cold Cold Heart (H. Williams) (**listen**)
2. Doghouse Blues (B. Monroe) (**listen**)
3. Doin' My Time (L. Flatt-E. Scruggs) (**listen**)
4. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die ( Louvin) (**listen**)
5. Footprints in the Snow (L. Flatt-E. Scruggs) (**listen**)
6. I'm Movin' On (H. Snow) (**listen**)
7. Lonesome Whistle (H. Williams) (**listen**)
8. Long Black Veil (L. Frizzell) (**listen**)
9. Mind Your Own Business (H. Williams) (**listen**)
10. Move It On Over (H. Williams) (**listen**)
11. Some Kind of Love (K. Wolfe) (**listen**)
12. Tumblin' Tumbleweed (B. Nolan) (**listen**)
13. Uncle Pen (B. Monroe) (**listen**)
14. You Are My Flower (A.P Carter) (**listen**)
15. You're Gonna Change, or I'm Gonna Leave (H. Williams) (**listen**)
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Saturday, March 8, 2008

Paul McClelland-Valley of Silence (Celtic sessions from 1995,)


These sessions represent my 1st interests in Celtic music, and in 1995, I began the research and recording of dozens of Scottish and Irish traditional melodies. This was before the internet was widely used, so if I wanted clarification on lyrics or melodies, the public library was a primary resource. Looking through the recorded archives deciding what tunes to clean up and re-master, I found over 2 hours of recorded Celtic melodies, much more than would fit in a single collection, so these sessions are spread out over 2 volumes. They are mainly Scottish tunes, but many Irish tunes make an appearance, as well. In 1995, my 'home studio' consisted of a small Yamaha synthesizer, a Gibson acoustic guitar, a microphone, a Peavey mixer and a 4 track cassette multi-track recorder. My M.O. in those days was to learn the song, record it and its parts as quickly as possible, and move on to the next song, unfortunately, a few mistakes were left in to haunt me many years down the road, but on the plus side, there is an informal feel to these collections, and I hope you enjoy listening as I re-discover this  music from 1995. This is "Valley of Silence"

1. Bonny Portmore (scottish)
2. Carrickfergus (irish)
3. Geordie MacLeish (scottish)
4. I'll Tell Me Ma (irish)
5. Courtyard Lullaby (irish)
6. My Lagan Love (irish)
7. Larry O Gaff (irish)
8. Mairi's Wedding (scottish)
9. If I Was a Blackbird (scottish)
10. My Match It Was Made (irish)
11. Raglan Road (irish)
12. Valley of Silence (scottish)
13. She Moved Through the Fair (irish)
14. The Silkie of Sule Skerry (scottish)
15. Wild Mountain Thyme (scottish)


Paul McClelland-Moonlight and Love Songs (spring, 1995)











1. Nevertheless (I'm in love with you) (**listen**)
2. What'll I Do (**listen**)
3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (**listen**)
4. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (**listen**)
5. For Me and My Gal (**listen**)
6. Arrivaderci, Roma (**listen**)
7. As Time Goes By (**listen**)
8. It Had to Be You (**listen**)
9. Stardust (**listen**)
10. I Only Have Eyes for You (**listen**)
11. That's Amore (**listen**)
12. Fly Me to the Moon (**listen**)
13. Slowly (vocals-Marie McClelland) (**listen**)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

It's great to see you on the Web! I'll look forward to hearing the music. sg

Monday, March 3, 2008






Paul McClelland-Things That Happened Then-The Jackson Demos, 1986-1987
01. Sunrise On the Delta (P. McClelland)

02. You Never Know What You Got Til It's Gone (P. McClelland)

03. Winter in the Spring (P. McClelland)

04. Will You Take Me Back Again (P. McClelland)

05. The Special One (P. McClelland)

06. She Left When Things Were Good (P. McClelland)

07. Forever Will Never Be the Same (P. McClelland)

08. I'm Getting Used to the Cold (P. McClelland)

09. She Don't Wanna Talk About It (P. McClelland)

10. Alone (P. McClelland)

11. Poseidon (P. McClelland)

12. Many, Many Miles Apart (P. McClelland)

13. I'm Gettin' By (P. McClelland)

14. Ain't No Harem (P. McClelland)

15. Why Did It Have to End That Way (P. McClelland)