I came up with this acosutic guitar part and was thinking about asking Larry if he wanted to help on it...low and behold he emailed me wondering if I was doing anything. It kind of jelled in a good way from the beginning. So I recorded the acoustic rhythm part and sang an Irish blessing to the tune. Larry added lead guitars. I added some other instruments and mixed it.
https://soundcloud.com/starise/an-irish-blessing-collaboration-with-larry-hansen-da-blu-room
 

Wild instrumentation.  Celtic and yet not.  Reminded me a bit of some of David Crosby's work on "If I Could Only Remember My Name".  One of my all time fav albums.  You boys collaborate nicely together.  Clear mix.  

Very good. I would like to hear some kind of short intro but this works too. Good melody and very peaceful, relaxing sounds. Good singing and instrument work too.
kakku

Warren- Thanks Warren I appreciate! I have to agree...not purely celtic..I think Larry added alot to it. 
 
kakku-  kakku, I appreciate you listening! You know Kakku I was seriously thinking the same thing...really....but sometimes when I come back to something i make it worse :)...maybe I'll give that a try though. Thanks for your comments.

I like the song. There's a lot going on here and everything meshes together nicely.
 
I don't know that I like the lyrics, "may the road rise to meet you". It makes me think your falling on the road. IMO, if that matters, I would hope for a smooth road without obstacles. Purely subjective but there it is.
 
Great track and excellent work. I like your voice very much!

excellent stuff Tim & Larry! I REALLY LIKE this! Beautiful performances and nice clean mix! One of your best, Tim!

This is very enjoyable, well mixed, good words, great backing. 

Nice stuff Tim and so good to hear from Larry, nice sounds well here.

Guitarpama- lol....wanna know the truth? The Irish blessing came mostly directly from a coffee cup I was drinking out of and it had this printed on the cup :)It's a pretty common Irish blessing that I mostly copied. I added to it but I didn't add the part about the "road coming to meet you" now you have me wondering about it more. I guess maybe it means that you won't need to go far to get where you need to be...maybe someone else knows of a deeper/different meaning lol. Thanks for your comments.
 
Beagle- Thanks for listening and commenting!
 
Ted- Thanks. I appreciate!
 
Wookie- Thanks bro! Larry is his old nice self still...it is great to be in the loop with him on occasion. Thanks for listening!

There is a looseness in the guitars that really makes this song work. I don't know if it was intentional or a happy accident but great stuff. I listened to your vocals intently and I think I would have liked them a bit more intimate, closer to my ear but not louder, if you know what I mean. The song had me in mind of Loreena McKennitt, and her vocals. It sound like the microphone is only 1 inch away from here mouth when the engineer recorded her.
Anyway, just a thought. I always enjoy your music Tim and this song has that special something.