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Banks of Lough Gowna (trad. Irish jig)
The Reunion (jig by Russ Barenberg)
Friend of the Devil (Garcia/Dawson/Hunter)

My Marianne (trad. Irish reel)
The Wheel (Garcia/Hunter/Kreutzmann)

THE WHEEL

Christmas Eve (trad. Irish reel)
China Cat Sunflower (Garcia/Hunter)
Bank of Ireland (trad. Irish reel)
The Bear (trad. Irish reel)
Bertha (Garcia/Hunter)
Cliffs of Mostar (unreel by Carnahan/Kotapish based on trad. Irish reel)

CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER

BERTHA

Lord Inchiquin (Turlough O'Carolan/trad. Irish harp air)
Sugaree (Garcia/Hunter)

SUGAREE

Coleman's Cross (trad. Irish reel)
Bird Song (Garcia/Hunter)

BIRD SONG

Brigid Cruise (Turlough O'Carolan/trad. Irish harp air)
Black Muddy River (Garcia/Hunter)

BLACK MUDDY RIVER

Touch of Grey (Garcia/Hunter)
Jack the Lad (trad. Irish reel)
Boys of Malin (trad. Irish reel)
Trip to Windsor (Cape Breton reel by Dan R. McDonald)

TOUCH OF GREY

Row Jimmy (Garcia/Hunter)

ROW JIMMY

THE BAND:

Maureen Brennan: Celtic harp
Cindy Browne: acoustic bass
Danny Carnahan: vocals, guitar, octave mandolin, fiddle
Kevin Carr: uilleann pipes, whistle, fiddle
Sylvia Herold: vocals
Paul Kotapish: mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, National Steel guitar
Joe Craven: hand and mouth percussion

DEBUT CD TRIVIA:

This CD was a studio project, originally born of a conspiracy among Danny, Paul, and Maureen. At the time of its completion, not only had WTD never performed live, the seven members had never even all been together at the same time. Grateful Dead Records signed the band within days of hearing the demo in 2000 and began calendaring events for WTD, including a night with the Persuasions at Bimbo’s and opening for Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Fillmore. The band had to scramble to learn how to play the songs live. Clearly it all went well.

In these first arrangements, Sylvia didn’t play guitar yet and Paul had yet to be coaxed to sing.

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