Tom Tipton – A Cottage In Old Donagle
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Tom Tipton is clearly not Irish. So when we first were conceptualizing his Best of Tom Tipton CD and we decided to add 4 new recordings to this rich treasure trove of his musical life, it was a bit of a surprise to me that he came up with the idea of this Irish classic song.
But, as Tom said, this was a song that he had sung since childhood, taught to him on his mother’s knee and rendered a capella many times over his life to his most appreciative audiences. [A capella: without instrumentation, voice only.]
It seemed like a novel addition to a CD otherwise full of inspirational Spiritual and Gospel classics. So I said to Tom, “Send me the music and we’ll do it!” He answered, “I have no music. I’ve always just done it a capella.”
Thus began the great adventure. (more…)
