A musical tribute to Jimmy Crowley

Jimmy Crowley has been a central figure in the Irish folk scene since the enthusiastic reception of his debut album “The Boys of Fairhill” in 1977. With his band Stokers Lodge, their mission was to present the street ballads of Cork city complimented by the ornate folk songs of the rural hinterland of Cork and Kerry in an exciting orchestration of uilleann pipes, concertina, autoharp, harmonium, mandolin, bouzouki and guitar in their native accent. The second album, “Camphouse Ballads” hurtled the band into the vortex of the folk scene; they were now performing at folk festivals and making TV appearances in Ireland, Britain and America . Both albums were produced by Micheál Ó Dómhnaill of the Bothy Band.

A musical tribute to Jimmy Crowley- line up in alphabetical order………

Aoife Granville, Barry Tierney; Brian Morrissy & Eoin Coughlan -The Oars, Colm Murphy, Con Ó Drisceoil, Conal Creedon, Darragh Jamie McGann, Des Geraghty, Eoin Jordan & Anthony Ruby; Eoin Ó Riabhaigh & Johnny Murphy-Stokers Lodge, Fiona Kennedy; Garry Cronin, John Mitchell, Linda Quinlan, Catherine Frost, & William Hammond-Spailpín, Gerry Murphy, John Spillane, Máire Ní Chéileachair, Marla Fibish & Macdarra Ó Faoláin; Mick Daly, Mick O’Brien, Brendan Butler & Hal O’Neill -Lee Valley String Band; Michael Murtagh, Jason Turk, Brian Leach, Seán Murphy & Danny Dineen, Tim O’Riordan; Tom Long, Mick Buckley, Bill Daly & Hammy-The Cheese Club.