Black 47, Elvis Murphy's Green Suede Shoes - 58m 32s

Tracks & Durations

1. Far Side of the Wall	4:40
2. Downtown Baghdad Blues	4:05
3. The Bells of Hell	4:37
4. Girl next Door	2:19
5. Elvis Murphy	3:58
6. The Day they Set Jim Larkin Free	4:52
7. Uncle Jim	3:42
8. Into the West	4:25
9. Liverpool Fantasy	2:46
10. History of Ireland, Part 1	7:52
11. Kilroy was Here	7:03
12. Life's like that, Isn't it?	8:05

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Review

Black 47 is not only "New York's house band" but a work-in-progress. Their albums document the history, joys and frustrations the city's deeply connected yet antagonistic Irish immigrant and Irish-American communities and their equally colorful and fractious neighbors. The group's Wexford-born bandleader, Larry Kirwan also has a novel, Liverpool Fantasy, to his credit and now, a memoir called Green Suede Shoes : An Irish-American Odyssey. In it, he relates how the Catholic Church, the IRA and raging hormones drove him to embark upon a riotous American apprenticeship and form an iconic rock group. The simultaneously released "soundtrack" is peopled by characters like Kirwan's uncle, an atypically non-judgmental priest, Malachy McCourt, owner of the notorious Bells Of Hell bar and a bewildered Irish-American soldier, stuck in Baghdad and dreaming of home. These politically outspoken, hilarious, sexually-charged, bitter-sweet vignettes will intrigue new listeners but hit longtime fans like a Guiness-soaked madeleine. --Christina Roden

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