Barry McCabe

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The idea for all the material on this CD hit me one evening while I was sitting in the car waiting for someone. It was what I'd been waiting on for awhile and I knew I'd recognise it for what it was when it did hit me.

I set to work on it and "Lonely Road" was the first song written and rehearsed. Then, following my usual crazy pattern of working, I didn't do much for about another year. Don't ask me why - I can't answer it!

The idea to work with some good friends was always there and I was thrilled when they all said yes! That meant a studio had to be booked - within a time frame that would suit everyone - which in reality turned out to mean I had about a month to write the rest of the album. I have found over the years that having a strict deadline has always helped to focus me and so I didn't feel any stress at all.

Working in the recording studio is regarded as a very stressful occasion but I can honestly say that I enjoyed every minute of recording this album. It seemed to have an energy and a tempo all of its own and I just went along with the ride.

I'm eternally grateful to everyone who brought their special magic to the proceedings. Making music is a wonderful thing and I hope you all enjoy listening to the results as much as we enjoyed recording them for you.

To those of you who ask - "who's Johnny?" - the answer is, Johnny is the personification of many people we see - or don't - around us every day. Johnny is the misunderstood, the lonely, the outcast, the unfortunate, the part of society and ourselves we'd rather not know about.

The album title "Beyond The Tears" should be seen as positive. We all know that it's difficult to get through life without picking up a few scars along the way but the idea is to keep on going so that eventually you get to dance to the sunset waltz.

The total price via this website is EUR13.00, which INCLUDES postage to anywhere in the world. Click on the 'click here for non-credit purchases' link at the top of the page or the PayPal link under the album cover.
The price via CD Baby is $10.00, which EXCLUDES postage. Click on 'buy the CD' link [for credit card sales].

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We would like to draw your attention to the fact that you can now buy the album in MP3 format also from CD Baby for only $5.00/E3.50!!
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"The Peace Within" is a musical collaboration between blues-rocker Barry Mc Cabe and the exceptionally talented uilleann pipe player Davy Spillane, which was recorded in Davy's own studio "Burrenstone Studios" in Ireland.

Using their Irish heritage, and incorporating Barry's love of the Blues, both he and Davy have managed to interweave Irish Traditional music with the Blues, into a totally new and invigorating musical sound that could possibly be best described as "CELTIC BLUES".

This exciting new collaboration takes all that is best from both Irish Traditional music and the Blues and makes them ready for the 21st century. Their version of the Peter Green song, "Oh, Well" fully illustrates both the diversity and the power of these two musical collaborators and of these two musical styles, and will have Leprechauns reelin' and rockin' all over the world.

The total price via this website is EUR13.00, which INCLUDES postage to anywhere in the world. Click on the 'click here for non-credit purchases' link at the top of the page or the PayPal link under the album cover.
The price via CD Baby is $10.00, which EXCLUDES postage. Click on 'buy the CD' link [for credit card sales].

[It works out roughly the same - depending on where you're located]
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that you can now buy the album in MP3 format also from CD Baby for only $5.00/E3,50!!
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"ABSOLUTELY LIVE VOL. 1" is from Barry's Albatross years. The main portion of the CD is a live concert from Norway, recorded during an Independence Day Festival (500 miles above the Arctic Circle). Did this Irish boy ever melt the snow that day! This concert was originally released on the Blue Horizon label as "Everybody's Got the Blues". It has now been digitally re-mastered and bonus tracks have been added - all to bring you over 70 minutes of non-stop hard rockin' blues with subtle asides to show the many hats worn by guitarist/singer/songwriter/front-man, Barry McCabe. The bonus tracks are studio outtakes, live radio performances, and performances from numerous live shows recorded throughout Europe - which have never been released before!