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The Man Who Built America (1978), produced by Steve Katz of Blood, Sweat and Tears and Blues Project fame, concerned Irish emigration to the US and received considerable airplay but broad approval was missing. [11] The heavier sound did bring some acceptance in America but they lost their folk base and their freshness. [14]
The first disc comprises each of the band's singles that were released in the UK. The second comprises the B-sides to each of those singles, some of which have never been released on CD before. The album was released on 1 November 2013, to coincide with the release of the book Tall Tales: The Official Biography of Horslips. [2] [3]
Horslips had originally been an acoustic band that sang their songs in Gaelic, and the band members made Katz aware of Irish traditional music. In 1987, Steve became managing director of Green Linnet Records , a leading record label of traditional Irish music in America.
He was in the pioneering Irish Celtic rock band Horslips as bass player, vocalist and front man. [2] After the breakup of Horslips, Devlin released the 1983 solo album Breaking Star Codes. Horslips reunited from 2004 - 2006, [3] and again from 2009 - 2019. He has directed for the screen, producing a number of U2 videos in the 1980s. [1]
Happy to Meet – Sorry to Part is the debut album by Irish folk rock band Horslips. It was first released in Ireland in December 1972 as their début album, on their own Oats label (Oats MOO 3). Before this, they had released the same year three singles: Johnny's Wedding/Flower amang Them All and Green Gravel/Fairy King in Ireland and The High ...
The Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is an eight-hour, four-part miniseries docudrama which was originally broadcast on the History Channel in autumn 2012, and on the History Channel UK in fall 2013.
For more than a generation, authors such as David McCullough, Stephen Ambrose, Michael Beschloss, Shelby Foote and a few others resided on the mantle of America’s foremost historians.
Dancehall Sweethearts is the name of the third studio album by Irish rock band Horslips.Recorded during the 1974 World Cup Finals, the songs were loosely based on the travels of the famed 18th century blind harper, Turlough O' Carolan.