Paddy's Lament
Traditional
Livies Award Winner for Best Vocal Cut 2017
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Steve Einhorn - Guitar Solo, 2002 Steinegger Custom Guitar
Kate Power - Collings OM-2 Guitar in dadgad tuning
Kate Power - Collings OM-2 Guitar in dadgad tuning
Producer - Billy Oskay, Big Red Studio, Corbett OR
Portland Romance, Track 4
The interplay between Kate & Steve's guitars builds the soundscape for this story from the Civil War with a song that could have been written today.
Paddy's Lament dates back to when Irish immigrants crossed the Atlantic to America - leaving everything to find their fortune. Many disembarked from one ship at point of entry in northeastern ports only to be handed a rifle and assigned to board another ship "to fight for Lincoln". The loss, suffering, confusion and demise of the immigrant's dream echoes darkly in this song.
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