Year of the Dog (album)

Track listing

1. "Holy Ground" - 3:57
2. "Ballavanich" - 4:45
3. *The Boys from Ballavanich
4. *Mrs. Crehan's
5. "The Sea King" - 6:03
6. "Brave Foot Soldiers" - 4:50
7. "Double Rise Set" - 5:25
8. *Gingerhog's No.2
9. *The Double Rise
10. *Crossing the Mince
11. *Give Us a Drink of Water
12. "White Gown" - 4:26
13. "Morag's Reels" - 5:19
14. *Morag's Reel
15. *Laura Lynn Cunningham
16. *The Harsh February
17. *Miss Lyall
18. "Braes of Sutherland" - 7:29
19. *Braes of Sutherland
20. *The Youngest Ancient Mariner
21. "Dinner's Set" - 4:14
22. *Dinner's Dangerous River Jacket
23. *Richard Dwyer's Reel
24. *Sandy MacLeod of Garafad

    Liner notes

• "Holy Ground": This song was written about the Irish conflict where religion is still used as an excuse for violence.
• "The Sea King": This song came to life through an old traditional Orkney poem which Ivan unearthed and set to music some years ago.
• "Brave Foot Soldiers": In August 1993 two separate groups of people began a march that would take one from Wick in the north and the other, from Stranraer in the south to meet in Edinburgh. The march, organised by the Scottish Trades Union Congress, was designed as a protest to the government over what many Scottish people regarded as a denial of a basic human right: the right to work.
• "White Gown": In February 1993 we played a concert on the east coast of America. That night we were aware of a KKK rally being held not half an hour away. The KKK is organised bigotry at its worst but will only ever be overcome by the strength of pacifism.
• "Braes of Sutherland": Ivan wrote this song after reading the story of a Sutherland woman who was forced to emigrate sometime around the late 18th and early 19th century. Sadly, there are countless other similar tales.

  Personnel

• Duncan Chisholm: fiddle
• Stuart Eaglesham: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Struan Eaglesham: keyboards
• Ivan Drever: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki
• Wayne Mackenzie: bass guitar
• Mop Youngson: drums
• Taj Wyzgowski: electric guitar
• Gordon Duncan: pipes
• Phil Cunningham: accordion, whistle