Craic on the Road: Live at Sam Maguire's was the first full-length album by Four to the Bar, released in 1994.

Craic on the Road:
Live at Sam Maguire's
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 1994 (1994-08)
RecordedJune 1994
Genre
LabelIndependent
ProducerFour to the Bar
Four to the Bar chronology
Four to the Bar (EP)
(1993)
Craic on the Road:
Live at Sam Maguire's

(1994)
Another Son
(1995)

Track listing

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  1. I'll Tell Me Ma (Traditional)
  2. Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew (Traditional)
  3. My Love's in Germany (Traditional)
  4. I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs)
  5. The Hills of Connemara (Traditional)
  6. A Taste of the Reel World (Traditional)
  7. The Black Velvet Band/The Wild Rover/The Galway Shawl (Traditional)
  8. The Ferryman (Pete St. John)
  9. Mick Maguire (Traditional)
  10. Muirsheen Durkin (Traditional)
  11. Jenny's and Out! (Traditional)

Personnel

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Production

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  • Produced by Four to the Bar with Kevin Coleman
  • Recorded live on June 16, 1994 at Sam Maguire's Pub, Bronx NY, by Boulevard Studios, New Milford NJ
  • Crew chiefs: Mike Marri, Anthony Cioffi
  • Assistant recording engineer: Gene Porfedo
  • Stage engineer: Mark "Doc" Doratto
  • Mixed at World Studio, New York NY
  • Mastered at Steller Productions and Studio 900, New York NY
  • Mixing and mastering engineer: Tim Hatfield

References

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Trivia

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  • One of the album's outtakes was a spontaneous version of "Who the F*** Is Alice"
  • This version of "I'll Tell Me Ma" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection.
  • David Yeates does an impersonization of Beavis and Butthead during "Black Velvet Band."
  • "Mr. Maguire" appeared previously on the band's 1993 EP.
  • The sidewalk graffiti in the cover art was done by the band; the photographer had to stand on the tour van to get the proper angle.