Scruj MacDuhk
Scruj MacDuhk | |
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| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 1995–2001 |
| Past members | |
Scruj MacDuhk was a Juno-nominated folk music group formed in 1995,[1] touring cross-Canada and releasing two albums before their break up in 2001. The band included singer-songwriter Ruth Moody, current member of the Wailin' Jennys, and also Clawhammer banjo player/vocalist Leonard Podolak, who went on to form The Duhks.
Discography
Live At The West End Cultural Centre
- Roddy McCorley / Lost gander (traditional)
- Walkin Boss / Cold Frosty Morning (traditional)
- Oh No Not I (traditional)
- Rocks of Bawn (traditional)
- Alice in Frenfell (Joel Fafard)
- Fierce Warmth (Joel Fafard)
- Alan MacPherson of Dumbarton / Pretty Little Indian (traditional)
- Banks of Red Roses (traditional)
- Waiting for Nancy (Curtis Bouterse) / Aqua Marine One Step (Geoff Butler) / Paddy's Jig (traditional)
Recorded live at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 26, 1997. Released by Scruj Tunes in 1997 (SM002) in Cooperation with CBC Manitoba.
Personnel and credits
- Ruth Moody - vocals
- Leonard Podolak - 5-string banjo, vocals
- Jeremy Penner - fiddle, backing vocals
- Dan Baseley - accordion, tin whistle, steel pan, backing vocals
- Joel Fafard - guitar, vocals
- Gilles Fournier - bass, backing vocals
- Guests
- Geoff Butler - button accordions
- Alistair Dennet - bodhran
The Road To Canso
- Cidermill: Cidermill / The Colliers' Reel / Sadie at the Back Door* (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; * composed by Jere Canote)
- The Rambling Irishman (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
- La Banqueroute* / La Reel St. Jean (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; * composed by Oscar Thiffault)
- Silence They Say (Jeremy Walsh)
- Nonsuch/Dinky's Reel/The Meech Lake Breakdown* (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk; *composed by Emile Benoit)
- The Maid Who Sold Her Barley / The Rakes of Kildare (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
- The Northern Set: Anderson's Rel / Alan MacPherson of Dumbarton / The Man From Dundoran (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
- Roddy McCorley / Lost Gander (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
- Things In Life (Don Stover)
- Adventure Sings (Jeremy Walsh) / Louis Riel (Andy Desjarlais)
- Cragie Hills (Trad., arr. Sruj MacDuhk)
- The Road To Canso: A Thousand Roads (Geoff Butler) / The Road to Canso (Ruth Moody) / Hare O' The Dug (Alan MacLeod)
Released in 1999 by Scruj Tunes (SM003)
Personnel and credits
- Christian Dugas - percussion, guitar on Alan MacPherson, bass on Things in Life, feet on La Banqueroute, backing vocals
- Ruth Moody - lead vocals, piano, bodhran, backing vocals
- Jeremy Penner - fiddle, backing vocals
- Leonard Podolak - 5-string banjo, lead vocals on Things in Life and La Banqueroute, bodhran on The Maid Who Sold Her Barley
- Oliver Swain - bass, mandolin on Things in Life, backing vocals
- Jeremy Walsh - guitar, whistle, lead vocals on Silence They Say and Adventure Sings, backing vocals
References
- ^ "Scruj MacDuhk - The Little Band That Could"; The Carillon, Feb, 2001. Volume 43, No. 18 http://www.carillon.uregina.ca/01.02.08/scruj.html
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