Dad Dancing by McShane & Shaw
The album Dad Dancing was recorded in the period from April 2020 to April 2022 – the time of Covid. In-between lockdowns, McShane and Shaw met to rehearse and record whenever possible – either in our homes or at Ian Rafferty’s Creative Music studio – and, in one memorable case, within the lovely acoustics of St. Saviour’s Church, Thurlstone.
The result of this work is an album where each track is an isolated gem which has been created independently of everything else, making the whole thing an audio variety show, evocative of McShane & Shaw’s eclectic live performances.
We hope you enjoy your listening experience.
McShane & Shaw
Tracklist
| 1. | Disco Ukulele | 7:05 |
| 2. | Your Car's Too Big | 3:18 |
| 3. | Galileo | 6:09 |
| 4. | Thinking of You | 3:41 |
| 5. | Can't Find My Specs | 4:33 |
| 6. | McSwing | 3:28 |
| 7. | The Trans Pennine Trail | 7:10 |
| 8. | Dad Dancing | 8:31 |
Credits
Chris McShane: Vocals, 5-string Banjo, Ukulele, Bass, Electric Guitar, Spoons
Ralph Shaw: Vocals, Chromatic and Diatonic Harmonicas, Ukulele, Baritone Ukulele,
Whistling, Car-horn
Keith Ramskill – Drums on Can’t Find My Specs
Dave Fisher – Lap Steel on Thinking of You and McSwing
Jonathan Proud – Bass on McSwing
Fern Quartet – String Quartet on Galileo
Fionnuala Donnelly Schmidt – Cello
Emily Harding – First Violin
Ruth Hutton Searle – Second Violin
Natalie Davis - Viola
Galileo was recorded live in St. Saviour’s Church, Thurlstone
Photography – John Marshall
Ian “Magic Fingers” Rafferty – Recording, Keyboards, Programming, Mixing and
Mastering performed at Creative Music, Huddersfield
License
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"Wickedly funny, superbly talented, heart-warming and with a feel-good factor you wish you could bottle up and take home."
Ralph Shaw and Chris McShane are multi instrumentalists from Yorkshire who have honed their craft everywhere from Barnsley to British Columbia. Watch and be delighted by virtuoso music, tight harmonies, family friendly comedy and funny songs.