Sweeney's Men

Irish Group singing contemporary and traditional songs.

(Terry Woods has recorded as a duo with Gay Woods, and with Steeleye Span and with the Pogues.)
(Andy Irvine and Johnny Moynihan have recorded with Planxty)
(Andy Irvine has recorded with Patrick Street and solo)
(Johnny Moynihan has recorded with Anne Briggs and toured with De Danann)

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Sweeney's Men (aka Rattlin' Roarin' Willy)	1968	Transatlantic	TRA 170
[Reissue]	1976	Transatlantic	TRANSAM 37
The Tracks of Sweeney	1969	Transatlantic	TRA 200
[Reissue]	1977	Transatlantic	TRANSAM 40

Multi-volume Albums.

Title	Year.	Label.	number.
Sweeney's Men - The Tracks of Sweeney (1 CDs)(*)	1996	Castle/ Essential	CMDDD 781

(*)(The two albums plus one single on a CD)

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Time Was Never Here 1968 - 69	1992	Transatlantic/ Demon	TDEMCD11
The Legend of Sweeney's Men (2 CDs) (*)	2004	Castle	CMDD932435
[Reissue]	2008	Sanctuary

(* includes tracks by The Capital Showband, Steeleye Span, Johnny Kelly, Anne
Briggs and The Woods Band).

Various artists - Shirley Collins, Sweeney's Men, Vashti Bunyan, Mr Fox, Ewan MacColl, Isla Cameron, Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention, Donovan, Incredible String Band, Jan Dukes de Grey et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	no
Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British and Irish Folk 1966 - 1978 (4 CDs)	2006	Castle Music	CMXBX 1030

Various artists - Shirley Collins, Sweeney's Men, Mr Fox, Loudest Whisper, Pentangle, Shelagh McDonald et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	no
Early Morning Hush - Notes From the UK Folk Underground 1969 - 1975	2008	Sanctuary	?

Best albums(*).

Title.	year.
The Legend of Sweeney's Men	1988

(*)Based on critical opinion.

Singles.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
Old Maid in the Garrett/ Derby Ram	1967	Pye	7N 17312
Waxy's Dargle/ Old Woman in Cotton	1967	Pye	7N 17459

Popular downloads.

Title.
The House Carpenter
Tom Dooley
The Handsome Cabin Boy
Rattlin' Roarin' Willie
The Exile's Jig

Album tracks.

Sweeney's Men Recorded and released on vinyl 1968. Released on CD in 1996, packaged together "The Tracks of Sweeney". Johnny Moynihan (vocal, bouzouki, tin whistle), Andy Irvine (vocal, mandolin, harmonica, guitar) and Terry Woods (vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, concertina). Produced by Bill Leader. Recorded at Livingstone Studios, Barnet

Title.	Author.
1. Rattlin' Roarin' Willy	Trad
2. Sullivan's John	Pecker/ Dunne
3. Sally Brown	Trad
4. My Dearest Dear	Terry Woods
5. The Exile's Jig (instr)	Trad
6. The Handsome Cabin Boy	Trad
7. Dicey Riley	Dominic Behan
8. Tom Dooley	Trad
9. Willy O'Winsbury	Trad
10. Dance To Your Daddy	Trad
11. The House Carpenter	Trad
12. Johnston	unknown
13. Reynard The Fox	Trad
14. Old Woman In Cotton (*)	Carrol/ Irvine

(* Bonus track not on the original album)

The Tracks of Sweeney Recorded and released on vinyl 1969. Released on CD in 1996, packaged together "Sweeney's Men". Johnny Moynihan (vocal, bouzouki, tin whistle) and Terry Woods (vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, concertina). Produced by Bill Leader. Recorded at Livingstone Studios, Barnet.

Title.	Author.
1. Dreams For Me	Terry Woods
2. The Pipe On The Hob (instr)	Trad
3. Brain Jam	Terry Woods
4. Pretty Polly	Trad
5. Standing On The Shore	Trad
6. A Mistake No Doubt	Henry McCullagh/ Terry Woods
7. Go By Brooks	Cohen
8. When You Don't Cry	Terry Woods
9. Afterthoughts	Terry Woods
10. Hiram Hubbard	Trad
11. Hall Of Mirrors	Henry McCullagh

Last updated on 23/10/2010