Long before the current boom of interest in Celtic music fostered a generation of aspiring Celtic guitarists, Duck Baker recorded KID ON THE MOUNTAIN, which remained the only solo guitar recording of Irish and Scottish music for over a decade. A familiar figure at Irish sessions around London, where he lived in the late 1970s, Duck applied his considerable arranging talents to the music he heard around him. He extended the American fingerpicking vocabulary as he delved into the roots of Celtic music.

Duck’s arrangements strive to maintain not only the melodic elegance of Irish music but also its drive and passion. Considered a classic by guitar aficionados since its original issue in 1980, KID ON THE MOUNTAIN remains a high point in the career of one of the most important contemporary fingerstylists. Also included as bonus tracks are selections from the anthologies IRISH REELS, JIGS, HORNPIPES & AIRS and CONTEMPORARY GUITAR WORKSHOP and an instrumental track from Duck’s solo album KING OF BONGO BONG.

Track Listing (click for mp3 sample)
The Wicklow Hornpipe/Proudlock’s Hornpipe, Blind Mary, The Blarney Pilgrim, Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside, Sir Sidney Smith’s March, Bantry Bay, Morgan Magan, Kid on the Mountain, Medley: Fanteladda/Boys of Ballisodare, Rights of Man, Elsie Marley, Sheebeg and Sheemore, Lament for Limerick, *The March of the King of Laoise, *Medley: The South Wind/ The Blackbird, *No Love, *Mardi Gras Dance (*indicates bonus tracks)

KM3913      $15.00