Jim McCann
McCann
1970 — Polydor 2904 001 LP
Side One
Times Have Changed (Edwards & Witherspoon) [2]
Ploughboy Lads [1]
Sam Hall [1]
That's no Way to Say Goodbye (L. Cohen) [2]
Sullivan's John (Dunne) [1]
Muddy Water (Joe Babcock) [2]
Side Two
Butchie's Tune (John Sebastian)
Carroll Bawn [1]
I Give you the Morning (Tom Paxton) [2]
Rainy Day (J. Felix) [1]
Streets of London (McTell) [1] [2]
Love of the Commom People (J. Hurley & R. Kilkins)
Credits
Jim McCann: Accoustic Guitar, Vocal
Ken Rigley: Electric Guitar
Don Byrne : Fender Bass
Chris Hynes: Recorder
John Sheehan [sic]: Fiddle, Whistle
Joe McGuiness: Harmonica
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
Related releases
Streets of London: 1972 - Polydor 2908 018 LP
1 This LP contains the exact tracks as the above [Folk Mill] McCanned …
Seems Like a Long Time: 2004 - Ainm/Ceol Records 37455 CD
2 These tracks also appear on this compilation …
Notes
More information can be found here, on Jim McCann's first solo albums …
Per Jappée initially supplied me information on this elusive recording. Then, I got my hands on my own copy. I would like to thank Per Jappée for all of the information he has sent me on the Dubliners.
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