604988276824

Sagebrush Sam Sings The Folk Songs And Tales He Learned In Newfoundland

Omar Blondahl

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASMCD2768

Release Date:  02 February 2024

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988276824

Genres:  Folk  World Music  

  • Description

    Born in Saskatchewan, mainland Canada of Icelandic parents his voice was suited to operettas and he studied classical music, becoming a multi-instrumentalist - yet he became the leading name in the folk music of the island of Newfoundland, off the Eastern coast of Canada. Here is the beautiful and unique folk music born of "The Other Ireland" - as Newfoundland is known - a form of folk music influenced by Ireland and Iceland and sung in an English-Irish dialect.

    Jasmine present 32 songs - ranging from true stories, to ghost stories, love stories and tragedies - many are age-old folk songs born in Newfoundland and Ireland but some have their origins on Broadway and the English Music Halls.

    Omar Blondahl - who adopted the moniker "Sagebrush Sam" derived from a cowboy song after he completed a stint with a western swing band - sings in a strong, melodic voice that was trained for operetta.

    Most songs sung in authentic folk style with just his guitar accompaniment.

    Includes such favourites as "Squid Jiggin' Ground", "Harbour Le Cou", "Lukey's Boat", "The Ship That Never Returned" and the beautiful Broadway song of an Irish girl whose fiance is lost at sea, "Eileen".

    Learn about the way of life of the fishing communities of Newfoundlanders and their stories of decades gone by.

    Extensive liner notes by Country Music writer and broadcaster Paul Hazell.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Feller From Fortune
      • 2. Trade Winds
      • 3. Squid Jiggin' Ground
      • 4. We'll Rant And We'll Roar
      • 5. Southern Cross
      • 6. Lukey's Boat
      • 7. Harbour Le Cou
      • 8. I'se The B'y
      • 9. Old Polina
      • 10. Homewood Bound
      • 11. Petty Harbour Bait Skiff
      • 12. Sally Brown
      • 13. A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach
      • 14. The Ship That Never Returned
      • 15. Green Flowers-O
      • 16. Concerning Charlie Horse
      • 17. The H'emm'r Jane
      • 18. Cod Liver Oil
      • 19. Eileen
      • 20. Shall My Soul Pass Through Ireland
      • 21. Concerning One Summer In Bonay
      • 22. Sable Island
      • 23. Catch Of The Season
      • 24. Twin Lakes
      • 25. John Yetman
      • 26. Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor
      • 27. Tickle Cove Pond
      • 28. Moonshine Can
      • 29. Star Of Logy Bay
      • 30. When Paddy Mcginty Plays The Harp
      • 31. My Little Blue Hen
      • 32. The Roving Newfoundlander