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Music For A Found Harmonium by Patrick Street

Artist Biography For Patrick Street

Patrick Street Was One Of The Top Irish Traditional Bands Of The 1980s Formed In Dublin In 1986 By Kevin Burke Formerly Of The Bothy Band On Fiddle Jackie Daly De Dannan On Button Accordion Andy Irvine Sweeney's Men Planxty On Bouzouki And Vocals And Arty McGlynn Van Morrison Planxty On Guitar. McGlynn Later Left The Group And Other Members Were Added Ged Foley The House Band Battlefield Band On Guitar And Declan Masterson On Uilleann Pipes And Keyboards. They Have Also Played With Donal Lunny Bill Whelan And Enda Walsh. "Music For A Found Harmonium" Was Featured On The Soundtrack To The Independent Motion Picture "Napoleon Dynamite." However Due To A Rights Issue The Original Penguin Cafe Orchestra Version Actually Played On A Harmonium Was Used On The CD Release Of The Soundtrack.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Music for a found Harmonium

"Music For A Found Harmonium" Is A Tune Written By English Guitarist And Composer Simon Jeffes On A harmonium he Had Found In A Back Street In Kyoto Where He Was Staying In The Summer Of 1982 After The First Tour Of Japan By His Ensemble Penguin Cafe Orchestra. In 2004  Patrick Street's Cover Of "Music For A Found Harmonium" Was Featured In The Film "Napoleon Dynamite" And The Following Year In The Film "It's All Gone Pete Tong".

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