Wheel of Fortune
A live duo album with Robin Williamson, recorded in St. Louis and Madison.
John Renbourn, 1993
- Released
- 1993
- Recorded
- 4 to 7 May 1993
- Label
- Demon
- Producer
- Mitch Greenhill
Renbourn sings and plays guitar and Robin Williamson sings and plays whistle and Celtic harp. The recording was made from 4 to 7 May 1993 at John Burroughs School in St. Louis and at the Old Town School of Folk Music and Pres House in Madison, Wisconsin, and Mitch Greenhill produced. The Demon issue was licensed from Flying Fish.
Among its twelve tracks are a Renbourn medley of Bunyan's Hymn, I Saw Three Ships and English Dance, Randy Weston's Little Niles, Archie Fisher's Lindsay and the traditional title piece. The album earned Renbourn a Grammy nomination.
Track listing
- South Wind / Blarney Pilgrim3:54
- The Curragh of Kildare / Milliner's Daughter4:40
- Bunyan's Hymn / I Saw Three Ships / English Dance4:35
- The Lights of Sweet Anne's4:19
- The Snows4:56
- Finn and the Old Man's House8:01
- Matt Highland6:15
- Little Niles6:50
- The Rocks of Bawn5:18
- Lindsay5:44
- Port Patrick3:35
- Wheel of Fortune5:18
Personnel
- John Renbourn vocals, guitar
- Robin Williamson vocals, whistle, Celtic harp
- Mitch Greenhill producer
More from John Renbourn
Another Monday (1966), John Renbourn (1966), Bert and John (1966), Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & ye Grene Knyghte (1968), The Lady and the Unicorn (1970), Faro Annie (1971), The Hermit (1976), A Maid in Bedlam (1977), The Black Balloon (1979), The Nine Maidens (1985), Palermo Snow (2011)
Sources
- Wheel of Fortune, Discogs
- Pentangle Founder John Renbourn Has Died, Pitchfork (2015)