Irish Descendants – Look to the Sea

Look to the Sea is the second album from the Irish Descendants, a Celtic folk-rock group from Newfoundland. Although Look to the Sea didn't chart – unlike its two successors, Gypsies and Lovers and Livin' on the Edge – it did sell enough to warrant gold album status."Last of the Great Whales," released as a single, reached #31 on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Lately, whenever we spend an evening in the bars on George Street in St. John's, we find the latest incarnation of the Irish Descendants – basically Con O'Brien and anyone else he can find – playing in one bar or another (usually at O'Reilly's Pub).

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Track Listing

1. "Rollin' Of The Sea" (Burrows, Handley) – 3:30
2. "Useta Love Her" (Moran, Carton, Stevens, Cunniffe) – 2:32
3. "Rocky Road To Dublin" (traditional) – 5:34
4. "Days Of Yore" (D'Arcy Broderick) – 3:47
5. "Dancin' Dick/Lough Geil/Fisherman's Widow" (D'Arcy Broderick, traditional) – 3:34
6. "Peter Street" (traditional) – 2:17
7. "Go To Sea No More" (D'Arcy Broderick, Con O'Brien, Larry Martin, Ronnie Power) – 3:33
8. "Last of the Great Whales" (Andy Barnes) – 4:10
9. "Thousand Tall Ships/The Scholar/Miss McClouds Reel" (D'Arcy Broderick, traditional) – 3:37
10. "Oh No Not I" (traditional) – 3:30
11. "Lark In The Morning" (traditional) – 2:52
12. "Fisherman's Song" (D'Arcy Broderick) – 4:47

Personnel

• D'Arcy Broderick – vocals, fiddle, banjo, bouzouki, guitar
• Con O'Brien – guitar, vocals
• Ronnie Power – guitar, vocals, tin whistle, banjo, bouzouki
• Larry Martin – bass, vocals
• Christina Smith – cello, violin
• Mike Billard – drums
• Mary Carol Nugent – viola
• Tom Leighton – accordion, bodran