Monday 30 March 2015

Jasper Coal - 1000 Feet Closer To Hell

A fine Monday morning wake up call supplied by Alabama's finest Celtic sons and their excellently titled 2010 album 1000 Feet Closer To Hell.  1000 Feet Closer To Hell is a phrase used by Irish emigrants to describe their work experience as coal miners in Americas mines, As for the music it's great Celtic Traditional best described as a fine mix of Chieftains & Pogues given their own endearing spin.

Band: 
Jeremy Burns: bass, bouzouki, tenor banjo, vocals
Ian Hoppe: guitar, vocals
Miguel Martinez: drums
Ryan Morrison: bagpipes, whistle, vocals
Kevin Nicholson: fiddle, vocals
Matt Parrish: lead vocals, whistle

1 Paddy on the Railway
2 Donald MacGillavry
3 Twa Corbies
4 Finnegan's Wake
5 Raglan Road
6 Rollin' Down to Old Maui
7 The Merry Plowboy
8 Follow Me Up to Carlow
9 Paddy's Lamentation
10 O Caide Sin
11 The Moonshiner
12 The Rocky Road to Dublin
13 Boys from the County Hell [Explicit]
14 The Trooper and the Maid
15 1000 Feet Closer to Hell
16 Fionnghuala

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