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Tune List
1. SEVEN SWANS
(2:40)
2. FALLS
(1:59)
3. BROKEN
MIST (2:44)
4. ACCOKEEK
SHORE (2:21)
5. CHESAPEAKE
(2:59)
6. RIVER
(2:21)
7. SHADOWS
ON THE MARSH (2:11)
8. WETLAND
SPRING (2:23)
9. THE GREAT
DISMAL SWAMP (2:34)
10. CATTAIL
WALTZ (1:58)
11. SHADYSIDE
BLUES (3:40)
12. FLOOD
PLAIN (4:48)
13. LAKE ISLE
(2:45)
14. DOGUE
CREEK (2:49)
15. SILVER
BRANCH (5:13)
16. THE POND
AT WOODBURN HILL (2:24)
LINER
NOTES:
1. SEVEN
SWANS
(Guitar
tuning: DADGBD, capo 2) Solo guitar. Inspired by the swans at
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in
Virginia.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
2. FALLS
(DADGBD,
capo 3) Solo guitar. This title has a triple meaning because
of an autumn day at Great Falls, Virginia when a child nearly
went tumbling over the
cliffs.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
3. BROKEN
MIST
(CGCGCD)
Solo guitar. The mists at dawn are beautiful and mysterious.
This tune has both Celtic and Native American influences and
was inspired by misty May mornings at Black Duck Pond on
Assateague Island.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
4.
ACCOKEEK SHORE
(EADGBE,
capo 2)Al, with Pat Petteway, piano. I was walking with
friends along the Potomac River at Accokeek, Maryland when we
came across some large water snakes enjoying the first warmth
of spring.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Pat
Petteway - Piano
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
5.
CHESAPEAKE
(DADGAD)
Al with Diana McFadden, cello; Lisa Moscatiello, pennywhistle;
Debi Smith, bodhran. After performing at a Celtic festival in
southern Maryland, I was treated to a wonderful evening on a
beach below Scientist
Cliffs.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Diana
McFadden - Cello
Lisa
Moscatiello -
Pennywhistle
Debi Smith
- Bodhran
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
6. RIVER
(DGDGBD)
Solo guitar. Many an hour of my life has been spent on the
banks of the Potomac River simply watching the river
flow.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
7. SHADOWS
ON THE MARSH
(DADGAD)
Solo guitar. Nighttime on the marsh can be eerie, particularly
during a full moon.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
8. WETLAND
SPRING
(DADGAD,
capo 2) Al, with Pat Petteway, bells; Debi Smith, bodhran;
Diana McFadden, cello. Spring is a wonderful season on the
wetlands. The insects are still not out in force and the
abundance of new life is
overwhelming.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Pat
Petteway - bells
Diana
McFadden - Cello
Lisa
Moscatiello -
Pennywhistle
Debi Smith
- Bodhran
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
9. THE
GREAT DISMAL SWAMP
(DADGAD,
cap 3) Al, with Sarah Petteway, clarinet; Debi Smith, bodhran.
The Great Dismal Swamp is an enchanting place in southern
Virginia, near the North Carolina border. The still, dark
waters mirror the trees, sky and anything else
nearby.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Sarah
Petteway - clarinet
Debi Smith
- Bodhran
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
10.
CATTAIL WALTZ
(EADGBE,
capo 2) Al, with Larry Sifel, accordian. A memory of cattails
blowing in the wind at
sunset.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Larry
Sifel - accordian
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
11.
SHADYSIDE BLUES
(EADGBE)
Solo guitar. On a foggy morning along the West River in
Shadyside, Maryland, I sat on a pier taking photographs and
throwing sticks to a large black Labrador
retriever.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
12. FLOOD
PLAIN
(EADGBE,
capo 2) Solo guitar. Every time a hard rain falls, I watch the
waters rise in my back yard which intersects with a flood
plain.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
13. LAKE
ISLE
(EADGBE,
capo 5) Al, with Pat Petteway, piano. A magical place that can
exist anywhere and
anytime.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Pat
Petteway - Piano
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
14. DOGUE
CREEK
(CGCGCD)
Solo guitar. Dogue Creek is an almost unspoiled creek that
runs through the woodlands near my house, past George
Washington's Grist Mill and on down to the Potomac
River.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
15. SILVER
BRANCH
(DADGAD,
capo 5) Al, guitar and bodhran with Zan McLeod, octave
mandolin; Diana McFadden, cello; Lisa Moscatiello,
pennywhistle; Pat Petteway, tambourine and triangle; Larry
Sifel, shakers. In Celtic mythology, the silver branch was a
passport to the land of
faery.
Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Pat
Petteway - tamborine,
triangle
Diana
McFadden - Cello
Lisa
Moscatiello -
Pennywhistle
Larry
Sifel - shaker
Zan McLeod
- octave mandolin
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
16. THE
POND AT WOODBURN HILL
(DADGAD,
capo 3) Solo guitar. The pond at Wood Burn Hill Farm is the
calmest place I know. I remember a night when a flotilla of
candles was set adrift across its still
surface.Artists:
Al Petteway -
Guitar
Producers:
Al Petteway, Larry Sifel and Jim
Ebert
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Celtic, Cajun and blues-inspired original guitar compositions
in a musical tribute to the creeks and waterways of the mid-Atlantic
and Chesapeake Bay areas. Performed on solo acoustic guitar
and with pennywhistle, octave mandolin, piano, cello and bodhran.
Includes: The lyrical swing of Accokeek Shore, a soulful Shadyside
Blues, the haunting Shadows on the Marsh, Seven Swans, Chesapeake,
Broken Mist and The Cattail Waltz. 
