Celtic Mountain Band is:
Alison Ware (Keyboard and vocals); Brittany Ware (fiddle); Beth Harmon (fiddle); Callum Ware (accordion); Jim Ware (guitar, hammered dulcimer, vocals); Lisa Danforth (whistle, flute, vocals); Bethany Alvarez (flute, whistle, and vocals); Forrest Alvarez (bouzouki, mandolin, bodhran); Steve Alvarez (mandolin, whistle, bodhran).
The band has recorded three self-produced CDs:
1) The Butterfly/The Kid on the Mountain
2) Five Polkas
3) The Wild Rover (Wild Rovin’)
4) The Pigeon on the Gate/The Fairy Reel/Sleep Soond i’ da Moarnin’
5) St. Brendan’s Fair Isle
6) Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife/The Connaughtman’s Rambles
7) Josefin’s Waltz
8) The Blarney Pilgrim/The Lark in the Morning
9) To Be A Pilgrim (Mr. Valiant-for-Truth’s Song)
10) The Crested Hens/Isabeaux S’y Promene/Danse Ludiec
11) The Cunning Workman/St. Kilda Wedding March
12) The Lord of the Dance
13) Randers Hopsa
14) October Song
15) Ashokan Farewell
1) O The Holly Bears a Berry/Rorate Coeli De Super
2) Ding Dong Merrily on High/Angels We Have Heard on High/Christmas Eve
3) Masters in this Hall
4) O The Britches Full of Stitches/Bill Ryan’s/Joy to the World
5) God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
6) Schottische du Pere Ruxelle/Good King Wenceslas/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
8) Carol of the Bells
9) The Christ Child’s Lullaby
10) Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus/Give Me Your Hand
11) In the Bleak Midwinter
12) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear/We Three Kings of Orient Are
13) St. Basil’s Hymn/Da Day Dawns/Christmas Day i’ da Moarnin’
14) Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming/O Holy Night
1) St. Antoine’s Reel/The Reconciliation Reel
2) Planxty Hewlett
3) Shove That Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire/Whiskey Before Breakfast
4) Lion in a Land of Make-Believe
5) The Red-haired Boy
6) The Ghost/The Hatchlings/The Long Bow
7) Long Hot Summer Day
8) Finnegan Wakes
9) Now Westlin’ Winds
10) The Pleasant Beggar/McElvogue’s No. 3
11) Will Ye Go Tae Flanders?
12) The Wild Goose
13) The Boatman
14) It Was A’ for Our Rightful King
15) Planxty Fanny Power
16) Lord, You Have Lifted Me Up
17) The Black-haired Lass/Drops of Brandy/The Foxhunter Jig
18) The Burning of the Piper’s Hut
Copies of all CDs are available for $10.00 apiece (free shipping). Send inquiries to Jim Ware at warehouse1420@msn.com.
This is so great Jim. I am really proud to have you as a brother-in-law.