David's pre-CW efforts ?

[Moscapoet]

Jim and I were looking the other day and found some CDs that a David Downes did quite awhile back. We ordered them out of curiousity and he will send them to me to do a review. The titles of the CDs are "Saltwater", "Pavilion", and "The Rusted Wheel of Things". The comments on them look interesting. He plays a vacuum cleaner?!  . Obviously not the same David Downes but very interesting anyway.

[aislin]

Actually... that's a different David Downes. Saltwater, Pavilion, and The Rusted Wheel of Things were all put out by a composer named David Downes... but that one was born and raised in New Zealand. That's the one that Wikipedia links to from all things CW.

Our David is Irish through and through, as it says on his website.

NZ David's website: http://www.daviddownes.co.nz
And a picture of him:

Taken from: http://www.trustcds.com/pages/artists/Downes.html

aislin

[Moscapoet]

Thanks Aislin. Well, it should be interesting and the price for the items on e-bay was right. It will be curious to hear what the "other" David Downes does.

[Kimberly AJ]

It's just the same name I've found, but it's just a different person.

[Jim M.]

I just acquired a 1998 CD by CLANNAD ("LANDMARKS") and David is listed on one track (The Bridge of Tears) as playing the Uillean Pipes.  Nice song.

I also have a PURE CELTIC MOODS CD from 1997/1999 by David Downes and David Agnew.  Very good.
One of the songs is She Moved Thru' The Fair and I'm positive the singer is Meav, though she is not listed in credits.  (No one can sing like her!)
Celtic Prayer is also on the cd -- sounds like Meav, also.
There is also an instrumental version of Caledonia.  Sounds like D. Agnew on oboe and D. Downes on pipes and whistles.  Very nice.

[Emer Dreamer]

I just acquired a 1998 CD by CLANNAD ("LANDMARKS") and David is listed on one track (The Bridge of Tears) as playing the Uillean Pipes.  Nice song.

I also have a PURE CELTIC MOODS CD from 1997/1999 by David Downes and David Agnew.  Very good.
One of the songs is She Moved Thru' The Fair and I'm positive the singer is Meav, though she is not listed in credits.  (No one can sing like her!)
Celtic Prayer is also on the cd -- sounds like Meav, also.
There is also an instrumental version of Caledonia.  Sounds like D. Agnew on oboe and D. Downes on pipes and whistles.  Very nice.

  Hey Jim...... You  are certainly right about a couple of things.  Just for fun, I researched the topic- PURE CELTIC MOODS and crossed referenced it with Meav's name and she came up under a discography of every recording that she happens to be in- as the primary vocalist or otherwise.  And  PURE CELTIC MOODS was listed under Meav's name towards the bottom of that list. Just thought I'd mention it. Because the other thing you are most definitely right about, is that no one sings like Meav!   such an utterly gorgeous and distinctive voice!   

[barb kantartzis]

I just acquired a 1998 CD by CLANNAD ("LANDMARKS") and David is listed on one track (The Bridge of Tears) as playing the Uillean Pipes.  Nice song.

I also have a PURE CELTIC MOODS CD from 1997/1999 by David Downes and David Agnew.  Very good.
One of the songs is She Moved Thru' The Fair and I'm positive the singer is Meav, though she is not listed in credits.  (No one can sing like her!)
Celtic Prayer is also on the cd -- sounds like Meav, also.
There is also an instrumental version of Caledonia.  Sounds like D. Agnew on oboe and D. Downes on pipes and whistles.  Very nice.

  Hey Jim...... You  are certainly right about a couple of things.  Just for fun, I researched the topic- PURE CELTIC MOODS and crossed referenced it with Meav's name and she came up under a discography of every recording that she happens to be in- as the primary vocalist or otherwise.  And  PURE CELTIC MOODS was listed under Meav's name towards the bottom of that list. Just thought I'd mention it. Because the other thing you are most definitely right about, is that no one sings like Meav!   such an utterly gorgeous and distinctive voice!   

Celtic prayer is sung by Meav!  It was also on one of her cd's because I downloaded the song on my ipod and it is a really nice song!