Vacant Chair

Vacant Chair

Vacant Chair

Track Listings
 
1. The Homes of Donegal
2. They're Going Home
3. Whiskey in the Jar
4. Spancil Hill
5. Long Black Veil
6. Four Strong Winds
7. Walk Your Own Road
8. Sweet Ennistymon
9. Free Mary(In Derry)
10. Summer Roads
11. Vacant Chair
12. Town I Loved So Well
13. House of the Rising Sun
14. Parting Glass

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Danny Quinn is an American folk singer who has toured throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland performing for the last 28 years. Danny writes much of his own music and has toured with the popular folk singer Tommy Makem.

Product Description
Vacant Chair is a combination of Danny's own music along with some of his favorite Irish and American songs. The title song "Vacant Chair" was written during the American Civil war at the time of the first legal Thanksgiving. A man in Massachusetts wrote about his young nephew who would not be coming home for Thanksgiving ever again. The cheerful and fun "Summer Roads" was written by the wonderful Tommy Makem who has written a song for every season. "They're Going Home" was inspired by the recent trend of reverse immigration of Irish people who have been moving back to Ireland. This cd has been loved by many of Danny's new and more historical fans. Enjoy!

Vacant Chair,Danny Quinn
Robert E. Lee Remembered
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • ROBERT E. LEE COMES TO LIFE!
  • Not real great
 Robert E. Lee Remembered

Manufacturer: Amerimusic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000HYAH
Release Date: 1998-12-22

Tracks:

  1. Rallying Songs Of The South: The Bonnie Blue Flag
  2. Rallying Songs Of The South: Maryland, My Maryland!
  3. Rallying Songs Of The South: The Yellow Rose Of Texas
  4. Popular Sentimental Ballads: Woodman! Spare That Tree!
  5. Popular Sentimental Ballads: Juanita
  6. Popular Sentimental Ballads: Green Grow The Lilacs
  7. Popular Sentimental Ballads: Lorena
  8. Popular Sentimental Ballads: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  9. Sacred Favorites: Rock'd In The Cradle Of The Deep
  10. Sacred Favorites: How Firm A Foundation
  11. Selections From Mary Custis Lee's Music Book: The Blue Bell Of Scotland
  12. Selections From Mary Custis Lee's Music Book: Storming Of Monterey
  13. Selections From Mary Custis Lee's Music Book: Joys That We've Tasted
  14. Selections From Mary Custis Lee's Music Book: Polly Hopkins And Tommy Tompkins
  15. Songs Of War: The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh
  16. Songs Of War: Roll, Alabama, Roll
  17. Songs Of War: Weeping, Sad And Lonely
  18. Songs Of War: The Vacant Chair
  19. Favorites Of The Southern Encampments: Goober Peas
  20. Favorites Of The Southern Encampments: All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight
  21. Favorites Of The Southern Encampments: Dixie

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars ROBERT E. LEE COMES TO LIFE!.......2001-01-02

Jimerson has created a recording that gives the listener a wonderful sampling of the music Robert E. Lee would have heard during his lifetime, in a true period style. As a regular visitor to Lee's birthplace, I am impressed by and enjoyed the results of Jimerson's historical research at the Robert E. Lee archives at Stratford Hall.

2 out of 5 stars Not real great.......2000-11-23

Aside from the competent performances of Douglas Jimerson and Jill Worley, the singers and musicians on this CD are rather poor. But the recording is worse - poor quality, and done in such a way as to emphasize defects in the presentation. Whenever David Calib comes in with the drums, everything else is drowned out. Did they put the mike _in_ the drum? Sounds like it. The best numbers were those with Jimerson soloing with only a piano backup. It was therefore very disappointing to hear "All Quiet Along the Potomac" as a trumpet/drum instrumental. All this is not to mention the quibble that the album's connection with Robert E. Lee is a bit strained. Aside from "How Firm a Foundation," most of the songs have very little to do with Lee aside from the fact that his family might conceivably have had the sheet music lying around the house, or they were popular during/after the wars he took part in. Be that as it may, I'm sorry to say that three-quarters of the CD is barely listenable.
The Civil War
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Historical Time Capsule
 The Civil War
Douglas Jimerson
Manufacturer: Amerimusic
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ASIN: B00004SU99
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

  1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
  2. Wait for the Wagon
  3. Clari: Home, Sweet Home
  4. Oh! Susanna
  5. The Bonnie Blue Flag
  6. Do They Miss Me at Home?
  7. Yellow Rose of Texas
  8. Goober Peas
  9. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  10. Aura Lee
  11. Marching Through Georgia
  12. Just Before the Battle, Mother
  13. That's What's the Matter
  14. We are Coming Father Abraham
  15. Gentle Annie
  16. I'll be a Sergeant
  17. Dixie
  18. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
  19. For the Dear Old Flag I Die
  20. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  21. The Battle Cry of Freedom
  22. America
  23. The Bonnie Blue Flag
  24. My Maryland
  25. Yellow Rose of Texas
  26. Woodman, Spare that Tree
  27. Juanita
  28. Green Grow the Lilacs
  29. Lorena
  30. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  31. Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
  32. How Firm a Foundation
  33. Blue Bell of Scotland
  34. Storming of Monterey
  35. Joys that We've Tasted
  36. Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
  37. Drummer Boy of Shiloh
  38. Roll, Alabama, Roll
  39. Weeping, Sad and Lonely
  40. Vaccant Chair
  41. Goober Peas
  42. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
  43. Dixie
  44. Oh! Susanna
  45. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
  46. Old Folks at Home
  47. Camptown Races
  48. Beautiful Dreamer
  49. Nelly Bly
  50. Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
  51. Gentle Annie
  52. Hard Times Come Again No More
  53. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  54. Deep River
  55. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  56. If You've Only Got a Moustache
  57. Old Dog Tray
  58. The Glendy Burk
  59. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
  60. Some Folks
  61. When This Dreadful War Is Ended
  62. Was My Brother In The Battle?
  63. Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
  64. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  65. America
  66. Barbara Allen
  67. Skip to my Lou
  68. Kathleen Mavoureen
  69. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
  70. Old Sister Phoebe
  71. Oh! Susanna
  72. Twenty Years Ago
  73. The Ship on Fire
  74. Silver Bell Waltz
  75. Your Mission
  76. Dixie
  77. Go Down Moses
  78. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
  79. Free at Last
  80. Martha: Ach, so fromm
  81. Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
  82. Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
  83. Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
  84. Hail, Columbia
  85. We are Coming Father Abraham
  86. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
  87. Taps

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.
Let Us Sing Sweet Songs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Let Us Sing Sweet Songs
    Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble , Loren Ponten , Bern Herbolsheimer , Kathryn Weld , Joseph Adam , Howard Fankhauser , Lisa Cardwell Ponten , Rob Tucker , and Naomi Kato
    Manufacturer: Gothic Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0002A2VV4
    Release Date: 2004-08-03
    Vacant Chair
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Fantastic Album!
    		 Vacant Chair

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00007J5UH
    Release Date: 2002-06-06

    Tracks:

    1. The Homes of Donegal
    2. They're Going Home
    3. Whiskey in the Jar
    4. Spancil Hill
    5. Long Black Veil
    6. Four Strong Winds
    7. Walk Your Own Road
    8. Sweet Ennistymon
    9. Free Mary(In Derry)
    10. Summer Roads
    11. Vacant Chair
    12. Town I Loved So Well
    13. House of the Rising Sun
    14. Parting Glass

    Album Description

    Vacant Chair is a combination of Danny's own music along with some of his favorite Irish and American songs. The title song "Vacant Chair" was written during the American Civil war at the time of the first legal Thanksgiving. A man in Massachusetts wrote about his young nephew who would not be coming home for Thanksgiving ever again. The cheerful and fun "Summer Roads" was written by the wonderful Tommy Makem who has written a song for every season. "They're Going Home" was inspired by the recent trend of reverse immigration of Irish people who have been moving back to Ireland. This cd has been loved by many of Danny's new and more historical fans. Enjoy!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album!.......2004-01-13

    'Vacant Chair' is the latest CD by the greatest undiscovered singer / songwriter in America. The collection of songs includes Irish folk, originals, and American folk songs and there is not a bad one in the bunch. `House of the Rising Sun' invokes a feeling that Danny is channeling some of the great blues artists of the 20th century, while `Free Mary (In Derry)' and `They're Going Home' are based on actual events and observations of his annual group tour of Ireland. `Long Black Veil' never sounded better, even when sung by the late great Johnny Cash. All of the songs lead up to the traditional `Parting Glass' which creates an excellent ending to an excellent CD.
    John McCormack-Aris, Recitals And Songs
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		John McCormack-Aris, Recitals And Songs

      Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0000037BA
      Release Date: 1995-11-07

      Tracks:

      1. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Fra Poca A Me Ricovero
      2. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Tu Che A Dio Spiegasti L'ali
      3. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Una Furtiva Lagrima
      4. La Traviata: De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti
      5. La Traviata: Parigi O Cara
      6. La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina
      7. Carmen: Il Fior Che Avevi A Me Tu Dato
      8. Lakme: Vieni Al Contento Profondo
      9. Faust: Salve, Dimora Casta E Pura
      10. La Figlia Del Reggimento: Per Viver Vicino
      11. La Gioconda: O Grido Di Quest' Anima - John McCormack/Mario Sammarco
      12. Mefistofele: Dai Campi, Dai Prati
      13. Mefistofele: Giunto Sul Passo Estremo
      14. I Pescatori Di Perle: Mi Par D'udir Ancora
      15. Manon: Il Sogno
      16. Rigoletto: Questa O Quella
      17. Don Giovanni: Il Mio Tesoro
      18. Die Meistersinger: Prize Song (Sung In English)
      19. Natomah: Paul's Address
      20. Semele: O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
      21. Atlanta: Come, My Beloved - John McCormack/Edward Schneider

      Tracks:

      1. Acoustic Recordings: Killarney
      2. Acoustic Recordings: The Minstrel Boy
      3. Acoustic Recordings: I Hear You Calling Me
      4. Acoustic Recordings: Kathleen Mavourneen
      5. Acoustic Recordings: Macushla
      6. Acoustic Recordings: Ben Bolt
      7. Acoustic Recordings: She Is Far From The Land
      8. Acoustic Recordings: The Snowy Breasted Pearl
      9. Acoustic Recordings: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming - John McCormack/Harry Macdonough/Lambert Murphy/Reinald Werrenrath
      10. Acoustic Recordings: The Vacant Chair - John McCormack/Harry Macdonough/Reinald Werrenrath/William F. Hooley
      11. Acoustic Recordings: Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
      12. Acoustic Recordings: The Last Chord
      13. Acoustic Recordings: Rivers To The Sea: Swans - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      14. Electric Recordings: Norah O'Neale - John McCormack/Francis J. Lapitino
      15. Electric Recordings: The Rose Of Tralee
      16. Electric Recordings: She Rested By The Broken Brook - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      17. Electric Recordings: God Gave Me Flowers - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      18. Electric Recordings: The Wind Among The Reeds: The Cloths Of Heaven - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      19. Electric Recordings: Songs Of The Western Isles: Song To The Seals - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      20. Electric Recordings: The Little Boats - John McCormack/Gerald Moore
      21. Electric Recordings: Songs Of Four Nations: The Gentle Maiden - John McCormack/Gerald Moore

      Tracks:

      1. Le Portrait - John McCormack/Edwin Schneider
      2. Le Nil - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
      3. Caprice Antique - John McCormack/Carl Lamson
      4. Jocelyn: Beneath The Quivering Leaves...Angels Guard Thee - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
      5. Ser - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler
      6. Liebesfreud - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
      7. Carme - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler
      8. Cradle Song
      9. Caprice Viennois - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
      10. Morgen - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
      11. O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
      12. When Night Descends - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
      13. Chanson Meditation - John McCormack/George Falkenstein
      14. Lily Of Killarney: The Moon Hath Raised Her Lamp Above - John McCormack/Reinald Werrenrath
      15. Rosamunde Von Cypern: No.9 Ballet Music II in G
      16. Hungarian Dance No.5 in F# - John McCormack/Carl Lamson
      17. Goodbye
      18. Angel's Ser - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Vincent O'Brien
      19. I Saw From The Beach - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider
      20. Padraic The Fiddler - John McCormack/Fritz Kreisler/Edwin Schneider

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      John McCormack's career as an opera star was relatively brief, though it included a number of engagements at Covent Garden and the Met between 1907 and 1919. It was as a recitalist, from about 1910 until the mid-1930s, that he enjoyed his greatest success. Yet he might have ended up a footnote in musical history had it not been for one thing: the phonograph. McCormack's 791 surviving recordings, made between 1904 and 1942, cover a formidable range of material, showing what a versatile artist he was. His vibrant timbre and clarion brilliance--so refreshing to encounter, even in 70-year-old transcriptions--utterly annihilate the wimpy efforts of such popular modern-day "voices" as Andrea Bocelli. Here was someone who really knew how to sing, who cultivated a burnished beauty of tone from bottom to top, whose delivery sparkled. All of that can be heard on this three-CD compilation from Nimbus, with individual discs showcasing the Irish-born tenor in operatic selections, popular and Irish song, and recital repertory recorded with the violinist Fritz Kreisler. The choice of material proves thoroughly representative, and the remasterings are more than satisfactory. --Ted Libbey

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