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Music
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David Callinan spent many years on the road as a musician and singer-songwriter. He played Irish folk music in The Spalpeens in the boom years of the Irish ballad scene. Later, he formed the folk-rock band Urban Clearway whose music was dubbed 'Celtic Swamp Music'.
With Callan and John he released the single 'House Of Delight' and 'Long Shadow Day' – later banned by the BBC for being 'suggestive'. He never understood why.
Urban Clearway toured with the early Elton John trio, Billy Connolly, Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band, Rod Stewart and many others.
When Urban Clearway broke up, he teamed with band member Mick Flynn to form the folk-rock singer-songwriter duo Callinan-Flynn and recorded an album which today is rated as a 'rare gem' by collectors: 'Freedom's Lament' and sells for exorbitant sums on the Internet.
A highlight of his musical career was co-writing a Celtic rock-opera for the Edinburgh Festival. Pucka-Ri starred a young Pierce Brosnan.
David has recorded new material in the last few years. Take a listen to some tracks here. Feel free to download and share if you wish. David sings on some tracks and has used session singers on others.
Latest tracks to download are:
And for some real 60s folk-psych listen and download:
Long Shadow Day (Callan and John)
House of Delight (Callan and John)
If you want to hear some real early 60s folk whimsy listen to:
The Wlllow Garden (Spalpeens)