Patrick Street


Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke on fiddle, Andy Irvine on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly on button accordion, and Arty McGlynn on guitar.
Other members were added at various times: Ged Foley who held the tenure on guitar for many years, Bill Whelan on keyboards, Declan Masterson on uilleann pipes and keyboards, James Kelly on fiddle, Brendan Hearty on harmonium and John Carty on fiddle, flute and banjo.
Dónal Lunny, Whelan and Enda Walsh joined as producers on some albums.

History

In 1985, Andy Irvine joined up with fiddler Kevin Burke and guitarist Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and toured as a trio in the USA; when Ó Domhnaill wasn't available for some of the dates, guitarist/vocalist Gerry O'Beirne stepped in.
"This tour was such fun and so successful that we decided to expand the outfit into a four-piece by adding Jackie Daly", Irvine wrote.
Originally billed on a 1986 American tour as "The Legends of Irish Music", they soon chose to call themselves Patrick Street. The line-up for the band underwent several changes, but always included Burke, Irvine and Daly.
The guitar role, however, passed:
After Daly retired from Patrick Street, John Carty joined on fiddle, flute and tenor banjo in time to record On the Fly.
Patrick Street was originally conceived as a part-time band, nevertheless they have recorded nine studio albums and one live album.

Music for a Found Harmonium

The song was included on the Green Linnet 20th Anniversary, 2-CD collection of various artists, issued in 1996.
In 2004, Patrick Street's rendition of "Music for a Found Harmonium", was used near the end of the movie Napoleon Dynamite. It was also used in the 1991 film Hear My Song.
In 2008, the furniture company MFI also used Patrick Street's cover of "Music for a Found Harmonium" as the soundtrack of a TV advertisement.
In 2009, Topic Records included "Music for a Found Harmonium" from Irish Times as track fifteen on the first CD of their 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten.

Discography

Studio albums