The Mystic of the Baja

The Mystic of the Baja is an album by Canadian folk rock band Uisce Beatha (Ish-Ka Baha). It was recorded and released in 1992, distributed in Canada by EMI on both cassette and CD (UBCD01) The album was also released in Germany (02 77657 50155 26).

Track listing

1. "Whose Child Is This"
2. "Promises"
3. "Lose That Skin"
4. "Maggie Coulter"
5. "Where the River Meets the Sea"
6. "Take Me Now"
7. "Rod and Reel (jig: The Rattlin' Bog)'
8. "This is the Story (reel: Coleman's Cross)"
9. "Strangers"
10. "Working Man (music: traditional)"
11. "Purple Heather"
12. "Tenderness Behind the Rage"
13. "Preparation for a Wake (jig: Off To California)"

All songs by Uisce Beatha, except where indicated.

Personnel

Usice Beatha:

• Alan Glen (vocals, banjo, guitar)
• John Glen (mandolin, tin whistle)
• Dough Watt (guitar)
• Paul Meadows (Fiddle, harmonica)
• Damian Morrissy (bass)
• Marty Coles (drums)

Additional musicians:

• Mark short, the pie-eyed piper ("Take Me Now")
• Thundering Nelson Muldooney (screams on "This Is The Story")
• Dan Brodbeck (backing vocals)

Produced & Engineered by Dan Brodeck

Assisted by Tim Murray & Uisce Beatha

Recorded at dB Studios, London, Ontario January 1993