A limited Whimsical Series: "Ireland Dubs"

Episode S01E02: "Sleepy Maggie"

Release no.: WHIM026
Artist: Johnny Ireland
Series: Ireland Dubs
Episode: S01E02
Release date: 01.04.2024
Tracks:
01 - "Sleepy Maggie" 2:37 min.
02 - "Dubby Maggie" 2:35 min.

Info:

"Ireland Dubs" is an ongoing project in which the Whimsical posse pays tribute to one of our favourite music genres: Irish folk music. 8 episodes of this series form 1 season. At the end of a season might or might not come an album compiling all the episodes into one release.

In the second episode of the first season, Johnny Ireland introduces us to Sleepy Maggie. We don't know much about her, except that she apparently wasn't overly awake.

The original song is an Irish reel from hundreds of years ago, so there's no copyright in effect anymore. However, there are some controversaries around this song. Let's read what user Mark de Jong of thesession website had to say in 2002: "There are a couple tunes [...] with the name Sleepy Maggie. They are NOT the tune 'Sleepy Maggie,' They are the tune 'Drowsy Maggie' -- which is played after Sleepy Maggie, because Drowsy Maggie is 'Sleepy Maggie When She Wakes.' After all, isn’t that what Drowsy Maggie is? Now all we need is a 'Completely Woken Up Maggie'."

Well, now at least she is dubby. And at the end, that's what matters: Dub.

Credits:

Banjo, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Flute and Harp by Johnny Ireland recorded in 2024 at Wicklow Head Old Studio, IRL.
Additional instruments, arranged and mixed by Rusty Haze in 2024 at Whimsical Sound, FIN.
Mastered by Me(h) in 2024 at Me(h)stro Music Studio, FIN.
Artwork by Professor Chaos in 2024 at Atelier Branle Bas, FRA.
Cover photo by R. Wunderlich in 2008.
Video editing by Bingewatch-R in 2024 at Come Watch TV Studio, GER.
Music consultant: Dub Rogue.
Produced by Rami Rovaniemi.