Pat Do This is a song of emigration; leaving your homeland for work, leaving hard times to find better days. “Here we go, side by side”. Likely, Pat Do This originated in Ireland. This is a version from the Cumberland Plateau region of the Appalachian mountains I learned from my friend Jeff Davis. You can hear this on my album …
I’m excited to release this new video into the world! Recorded on a chilly and extremely windy day on Wolfe Island by Josh Lyon. Alan and Elizabeth Lomax first recorded Bradley Browning, of Arjay, Kentucky singing Fare Thee Well, Green Fields. I learned it from Mike Seeger and play it on an experimental long neck gourd banjo.
Recorded at Earle’s Hall: Feb 25, 2018 Musicians: Teilhard Frost: Fiddle, Banjo Crew: Producer: Jack Pelletier Director of Photography: David Irvine Cameras: David Irvine, Elizabeth Logue, Imran Babur Audio Engineer: James Stephens, Pat Maher Audio Mixing/Mastering: James Stephens Video Editing: David Irvine, Jack Pelletier More info at: http://earleshall.ca/ Other links: http://www.davidirvinephotographer.com/
