Atlantic Bridge was the Irish uilleann pipes player Davy Spillane's first solo album after the break-up of Moving Hearts. Together with producer P.J. Curtis he assembled a stellar cast of musicians from both sides of the Atlantic including, Albert Lee, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Christy Moore and many more to produce a fine blend of traditional and contemporary music.Record Label Catalogue 2009 accessed 2 July 2010Album Sleevenotes accessed 2 July 2010 Curtis observed the album's fusion of Irish traditional, contemporary, bluegrass and country rock, merging "happily to find new dimensions in music which resulted form those meetings."
The album was originally released on Tara Music in 1987. AllMusic awards the album with 4.5 stars.[ AllMusic: Atlantic Bridge] accessed 2 July 2010
There is a short acoustic hidden track at index point 11.
Track listing "Davy's Reels" (Davy Spillane) – 3:36 "Atlantic Bridge" (Spillane) – 5:22 "Daire's Dream" (Spillane) – 3:34 "Tribute to Johnny Doran" (Trad.) – 3:06 "O'Neills's Statement" (O'Neill) – 3:50 "By the River of Gems" (Spillane) – 7:41 "Sliverish" (Béla Fleck) – 2:58 "The Pigeon on the Gate" (O'Neill, Spillane) – 2:43 "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:45 "Lansdowne Blues" (Boland, Donnelly, Lee, O'Neill, Spillane) – 5:49 Untitled (unknown) – 0:12
Personnel Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes, Low Whistles, Hammer Dulcimer Albert Lee – Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Piano Béla Fleck – Banjo, Acoustic Guitar Jerry Douglas – Dobro Greg Boland – Guitars Eoghan O'Neill – Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals Christy Moore – Bodhrán Noel Eccles – Percussion John Donnelly – Drums
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