Full Circle

"Neil Anderson & Friends"

Release Date : February 11, 1999

Total Play Time : 30 Minutes


The Full Circle Band members on the album are......

Neil Anderson - vocals, bagpipes, tinwhistles

Eric Garland - bass guitars, upright bass

Sam Hooker - drums, percussion



The Guest Musicians who appear on the album are......

Stuart Cameron - acoustic guitar (track 3) and electric guitar (tracks 6 and 9)

Joe Davidian - piano (track 8)

John Dunlap - cello (tracks 3 and 4)

J'Kael - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 7), keyboards
(tracks 1 and 7) and backing vocals (track 7)

Peter Kriff - drums (track 8)

Mike MacNintch - cornemeuse (track 2)

Kirk McLeod - piano (track 4) and keyboards (track 9)

Will Wendell - acoustic and electric guitars (track 7)


As you can see Neil assembled some fabulous talent to put this album together and make it sound as great as it does.

My wife Sandy and I, daughters Barb and Lisa, and our friend Tiffany, joined a packed house at Brittingham's Irish Pub in Lafayette Hill, PA to get our copy of the new FULL CIRCLE album and to hear Neil and the band perform some of the sounds from the new album.

WHAT A TREAT!!!     Not at all what we had expected ...... it was even BETTER! We were not sure which way Neil would go after leaving Seven Nations. We thought (Sandy and I) that maybe he would go more traditional. The direction he and the group went turned out to be a mixture of ... re-arranged traditional and new original sounds ... some jazzy and some funky ... but all GREAT sounds!

GOOD JOB Neil Anderson and Friends. Keep up the great work and bring us many more!


Just to give you an idea of the talent that was IN that studio and ON that stage at Brittingham's ......

Track #1 - Secret Chinese Army / Moldavian Dance (both traditional) ... arranged by Eric Garland, Mike MacNintch, J'Kael and Neil Anderson.

Track #2 - Bourree (traditional) ... arranged by Eric Garland, Mike MacNintch, J'Kael and Neil Anderson.

Track #3 - The Man From Skye ... arranged by Stuart Cameron and Neil Anderson.

Track #4 - Franklin (traditional) ... arranged by Kirk McLeod and Neil Anderson.

Track #5 - Michael Turner's Waltz (traditional) ... arranged by Neil Anderson.

Track #6 - Border Crossing (traditional) / Trip to Pakistan ... arranged by Stuart Cameron and Neil Anderson.

Track #7 - Ride On ... arranged by Neil Anderson.

Track #8 - Fletcher Mountain Blues - Fletcher Mountain Hornpipe - copyright by Eric Garland ... arranged by Eric Garland.

Track #9 - Funky Bag - Stuart's Gonzo Boogie - copyright Stuart Cameron and Neil Anderson ... arranged by Stuart Cameron.


To sum up this review and encourage you to pick up this fabulous album let me say ......

The performance will keep you spellbound ... you will drive around the block ... you will not answer the phone and you will turn the television off until the whole album is done playing. You will make excuses to take a trip in the car so you can play the album. I personally own two CD's and three tapes so that I will never be without the album no matter where I am. I can't pick one favorite track because they are all GREAT ... I can't listen to just one track without playing the whole album. You will become addicted.

My only complaint with the album is ... there should have been a lot more music on it. I can't wait until their next release!

If you have not gotten your copy you can go to The Antipypr's website and order yours NOW! You will not regret it! ENJOY!!


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