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The Smaladrengirnir ("The Shepherds") vocal group was active from 1997 to 2004. In 2001, the group made an album which contained 12 tracks, some original compositions and some not. Below are the songs from the album for your listening pleasure. 1 - Smaladrengurinn (The Shepherd). An Icelandic folk song, often performed by the group for the obvious reason that it has the same name as the group. Song & lyrics: Folk song
2 - Prestsvísur (A Priest's Story). A folk song. The story is a silly conversation between a priest and his wife. The priest in this case is performed by an actual priest and the role of the wife by the guy who performed the same role in the 1960's recording that made the song really popular. Song & lyrics: Folk song
3 - Sólarlönd (Summer Holiday). An old standard made famous by Cliff Richard. Song: Bruce Beck and Brian Bennett
4 - Whiskey on the Way. The author himself usually introduces this song as an originally composed Irish folk-song. Sure sounds like one! Song and lyrics: Daníel Brandur Sigurgeirsson and Ragnar Örn Emilsson
5 - SMS. Our attempt at a Justin Timberlak-y kind of pop song. Song: Daníel Brandur Sigurgeirsson and Bragi Þór Valsson
6 - Agnus Dei. Educated readers might know that Agnus Dei means "Lamb of God". Bragi's father wrote the words to this song after seeing a news report about a small town priest who had a pet lamb. The little animal followed him everywhere he went like a dog. Then the musical nerds that the band members are came up with the title Agnus Dei. Well, it seemed funny at the time! Song: Smaladrengirnir
7 - Baby Face. A Barbershop standard Song: Benny Davies
8 - Cotton Fields Back Home Song and lyrics: Huddie Ledbetter
9 - Java Jive Song: Ben Oakland
10 - Yodel Blues Song: Bragi Þór Valsson
11 - Róninn á Hlemmi Song and lyrics: Daníel Brandur Sigurgeirsson
12 - I Got Rhythm. A funny take on the standard song - where the group proves that they don't really got rhythm. Song: George Gershwin Recorded live at the Icelandic National Radio TV on the show "Milli himins og jarðar" on 10 February 2001.
Album recorded and mixed at the FIH studio, Laugarneskirkja church and Hljóðriti in November 1998, October 2000 and July 2001. I Got Rhythm recorded live at Icelandic National Radio TV in February 2001. Recording engineers: Jón Skuggi, Valgeir G. Ísleifsson and Ari Dan |