Silly Wizard - Live Wizardry
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Artist: Silly WizardEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1993-01-05
Music Label: Green Linnet
Soundtracks:
- The Queen Of Argyll
- Mrs. Martha Knowles/The Pitnacree Ferryman/The New Bob
- The Parish of Dunkeld/The Curlew
- The Valley of Strathmore
- Miss Shepherd/Sweeney's Buttermilk/McGlinchey's Reels
- The Ramblin' Rover
- The Blackbird
- Scarce O'Tatties/Lyndhurst
- The Banks Of The Lee
- Donald McGillavry
- Golden, Golden
- The Humors Of Tulla/Toss The Feathers/Saint Anne's Reel/Lexy McAskill/The Limerick Lasses...
- The Broom Of The Cowden Knowes
Free Music Notes for Live Wizardry
Free Music Review: The best work of a genre
Hit: 5 Stars
I grew up with Silly Wizard. My earliest memory of any kind of a concert was as a young boy, probably in '85 or so, dancing in the aisles of a small hall while Silly Wizard played. I remember the band cheering me on, and shutting down the old woman who was insisting to my mom that she keep me in my seat. "This music was meant to be danced to, I wish more people would remember that" they scolded.
That being said, this album is perhaps the greatest single collection of their music assembled for one quick dose. The CD covers their entire range of music, from the slow and haunting "Banks of the Lee" which always gives me chills as the utter sadness of the last verse mingles with the piano, to the incredibly upbeat and nearly out of control reels (there are several of them on the CD, and all are excellent), the music is simply a joy to behold.
Friends have listened to the album, and have complained that the songs don't "sound right". As it turns out, they had spent years listening to more modern bands and their interpretation of many of the same songs. They can keep their versions. I can't listen to Silly Wizard without remembering what it was like to be a young boy dancing to what I thought was wonderful music.
It's hard to find this CD nowadays. I believe I ended up paying nearly 40 dollars for a mint condition copy. Thankfully, a new CD is in the works, Live Again, and it is the concert that this CD was made from, in it's entirety, remastered to sound even better. If it is out by the time you read this (as of November 2007 it isn't), then you owe it to yourself to find a copy of it, otherwise, Live Wizardry is worth every penny you spend to find it.
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