Jim McCann   •   McCann

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  • McCann
    • 1970 - Polydor 2904 001 LP (IRL)
  • Side One
    1. Times Have Changed (Edwards & Witherspoon)
    2. Ploughboy Lads
    3. Sam Hall
    4. That's no Way to Say Goodbye (L. Cohen)
    5. Sullivan's John (Dunne)
    6. Muddy Water (Joe Babcock)
  • Side Two
    1. Butchie's Tune (John Sebastian)
    2. Carroll Bawn
    3. I Give you the Morning (Tom Paxton)
    4. Rainy Day (J. Felix)
    5. Streets of London (McTell)
    6. Love of the Commom People (J. Hurley & R. Kilkins)

  • Musicians
    • Jim McCann: Accoustic Guitar, Vocal
    • Ken Rigley: Electric Guitar
    • Don Byrne: Fender Bass
    • Chris Hynes: Recorder
    • John Sheahan: Fiddle, Whistle
    • Joe McGuiness: Harmonica
  • Credits
    • Produced by John D'Ardis at Trend Studios
    • Front Cover: Roy Esmonde
    • Sleeve Notes: Shay Healy
    • Back Cover Photos: Roy Esmonde
    • Back Cover Design: Jackie Hayden

Sleeve Notes

Sometimes he is Supermacann. When he wears his sheepskin coat he becomes Genghis McCann. And when he is telling his stories, he is Bubbles McCann.

It's all a bit confusing really, but that's how Jim McCann really is. Somehow he is sort of stereophonic in his approach to people and music. But talk about indolence! McCann is president and founder-member of the Society of Procrastinators for South County Dublin.

This album is a miricale! It was recorded and replayed many times in the snug confines of the Barge, a pub that sits on the banks of the canal at Charlemont Bridge. I played session on it many times and wound up half-dementted in the Palmerston Road for my trouble. So when it became a psychical actuality, (I'm not dreaming, am I?) the initial shock was countered by the warm feeling that at last somebody cared about Supermacann.

Jim McCann's music is like himself, variable to say the least. On this album he covers everything from a classic ballad like "Sullivan's John right through to Love of the Common People. He attacks his music with the same enthusiasm as his favourite wine might be attacked and he eats everything as the main course.

Jim McCann is slowly becoming a legend within the business. Whats more, we all know how good he is. But it's time you get a chance.

Wherever he goes, the crack seems to revolve around Jim McCann's warm, earthy disrespect for pretension. So come on, burn your pin-stipe and learn to enjoy Supermacann's freedom. It's in his music.

Shay Healy