Jim Payne & Kelly Russell

by Jim Payne & Kelly Russell

Jim Payne & Kelly Russell cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1983
  • Label: Pigeon Inlet
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 46:54
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Jim Payne & Kelly Russell' pairs St. John's singer Jim Payne with fiddler Kelly Russell for a programme including Payne's own 'The Rig Worker's Alphabet' alongside traditional Newfoundland material. Payne plays six and twelve string guitars and mandolin while Russell plays fiddle, bouzouki, concertina and tin whistle, with Eric West and Janis Spence completing the sessions, which the duo produced themselves.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, traditional, folk, storytelling, communal

Tracklist

  1. The Dance On Peter Street / Doherty's Reel (3:20)
  2. The Rig Workers Alphabet (4:25)
  3. The Emigrant From Newfoundland (4:22)
  4. Sailing Along The French Shore (3:37)
  5. Le Reel De La Pistroli / Gerald Thomas' Burnt Potato Reel (3:18)
  6. The Badger Drive (4:22)
  7. Fisherman's Favorite / The Ghost Of Pennywell Road (4:23)
  8. The "Cape Royal" (4:27)
  9. Twin Lakes (3:12)
  10. Wave Over Wave (7:30)
  11. Sydney Pittman's Tune / Skipper Lost His Guernsey (3:58)

Credits

  • Eric West - arranged by, guitar
  • Janis Spence - voice, written-by
  • Donna Rammo - photography by [eric west]
  • Mannie Bucheit - photography by [janis spence]
  • Jim Truscott - photography by [jim payne & kelly russell]
  • Wallace Hammond - technician [technical production]
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Lem Snow - written-by
  • Emile Benoit - written-by
  • John V. Devine - written-by

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