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Musicians
Gene Murphy: 12-string acoustic guitar, banjo
Gerard Murphy: 6-string guitar
Danny Boudreault: electric bass
George ‘Duff’ Boudreault: harmonica

Songwriting
‘Paddy Murphy’s Wake’ traditional
‘Bridget Flynn’ traditional
‘Peggy Gordon’ traditional
‘Peggy Gordon’ adapted and arranged by Peggy Seeger

Production
Produced by David H. Isner
Engineered by Bob Theakston

Photography
Photography by Jim Ward

Liner Notes
John Allan Cameron

Manufacturing
Manufactured by Columbia Records of Canada Limited
Made in Canada

It was a cold January night in Montague, Prince Edward Island. Justin and Betty MacNeill were having a party. Jim was there. Shirley was there. John was there. Pat was there. Montague was there. I was late. So were Allister and David. They were with me, so they had to be! Two guitars, several harpoons and a fiddle. Scottish and Irish folk songs—some traditional, some contemporary—ghost stories. Justin really knows how to bring in the New Year.

Real people are my favourite kind of people. They communicate something to each and every one of us that cannot be bought at any cost. That something is honesty.

I first met the Calamity Brothers a couple of paragraphs ago at a party. They are my kind of people. No put-on, no formality. That’s the way it should be. That’s the way it will always be. When any singer gets tired of singing, he’d better hang up his vocal cords.

Honesty, simplicity and reality are beautiful concepts. They couldn’t be better applied than to my friends Gene, Gerard, Danny and Duff—the Calamity Brothers.

John Allan Cameron

P.S. For best results, this record must be played as often as possible.