Planxty, Cold Blow and the Rainy Night - 45m 53s

Tracks & Durations

1. Johnny Cope	5:16
2. Polkas: Dennis Murphy's Polka/The #L42 Cheque/John Ryan's Polka	3:07
3. Cold Blow and the Rainy Night	2:40
4. "P" stands for Paddy, I suppose	4:36
5. Reels: The old torn petticoat/The Dublin reel/The wind that shakes the Barley	3:47
6. Baneasa's green blade/Mominsko Horo	5:58
7. The Little Drummer	3:17
8. The lakes of Pontchartrain	5:48
9. Jigs: The hare in the corn/The frost is all over/The gander in the Pratie hole	4:22
10. The green fields of Canada	6:55

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Review

Cold Blow and the Rainy Night was the third and final Planxty recording before the band's members split off to form the Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, and De Dannan. It was as if the implications of their revolutionary blending of the instrumental and vocal strains of Irish music were too profound to be contained in one band. You can hear the future of Celtic music being charted on this record. Elements that are now commonplace, like mixing traditional uilleann pipes and fiddles with modern guitars, bouzoukis, and mandolins; performing tunes from other cultures; and making medleys from dance tunes and songs; were all popularized by Planxty in its formative years. The group reformed a few years later, but they were never able to recapture the magic of their early years. --Michael Simmons

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Cold Blow and the Rainy Night

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 45m 53s

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