Hi folks!
We had a GREAT time out at our September session at McCabe’s Pub. Thanks to everyone who came out to share their company and tunes! There were quite a few gems played that night, so check out the list below!
If anyone remembers other sets that were played and not listed here, please drop us a line and we’ll include them. If you can tell us your source for the tune(s), too, that would be a great help – the player, the name of the recording, that kind of thing. If you got it from a teacher as part of a master class, let us know, that too. We’re hoping not only to share tunes, but also good recordings that folks can track down, should they be so inclined. Its always good to build up the CD library!!!
Anyway…on to the tunes!
JIGS
Patsy Geary’s Jig /Humors of Cloyne/Tidy Woman (from Patrick Orceau/Debbie Quigley; I also had Patsy Geary’s from Cillian Valelly. – Margaret)
Bryan O’Lynn’s/Condon’s Frolics (the former I got from Beth, the latter from DQ. – Margaret)
Little fair-haired canavans/Hardiman the Fiddler (the former from Cillian, the latter from a whole bunch of folk – one really goodversion out there! – Margaret)
Humors of Drinagh (Beth got this from Matt Cranitch, I got it from Cillian, and Patrick O. taught it again at his last tune-learningclass a few weeks ago! – Margaret) (There is also a very nicely ornamented version by Matt Molloy on his
Black album. – JP)
Banish Misfortune / Humours of Trim
Mist on the Mountain
I Buried My Wife/Come Home with Me (both learned from Patrick Ourceau at a fiddle workshop. – Eva)
Kitty’s Rambles. (This bouncy jig, which I really love, I learned first from Maeve Donnelly, but later from a great recording by Clare fiddler Breda Keville called “The Hop Down”. – Eva)
REELS
Willie Clancy’s Reel/Lilies of the Field/Floating Crowbar (Cillian/Ivan Goff/Benedict Koehler and various others – I think the latter two are also on Mike Rafferty’s New Broom CD as a set. – Margaret) (And one of my favourite reels, Willie Clancy’s Reel, first learned from uilleann piper Norm Stiff, who used to play it a the Elora session when it was still at the Dalby. He would always follow it by “The Milliner’s Daughter”, which I later learned from Maeve Donnelly at a fiddle workshop. – Eva)
Flying Wheelchair (Pat learned this from the Kane Sisters, I learned it from Benedict. – Margaret)
The Mills are Grinding / The Milner’s Daughter (A set learned from Mike & Mary Rafferty, from “The Dangerous Reel”. – Jason)
The Maids of Mt Cisco (A standard session tune that I’d learned years ago from many folks in Philadelphia. – Jason)
Paddy’s Rambles Through the Park (slow air) / Sporting Nell (Reel) (“Paddy’s Rambles” I first heard played by Desi Donnelly at the PCG Irish Festival in the late 1990′s, but my main source has been Paul McGrattan’s “Keelwest.” Sporting Nell was learned from Mick O’Brien’s recording “May Morning Dew”. – Jason)
OTHER TUNES
Hector the Hero (I learned from hearing at the Broughty Ferry session at The Fisherman’s Pub. – Robby)
Set of Scottish tunes:
Arran Boat Song / Ben Williams of Tiree / Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth / The Ale is Dear (I learned from my teacher, miss Helen Forbes from Dundee. – Robby)
Set of Irish slides:
Brosna slide no. 1 / the Clog (Learned from my teacher, Helen Forbes. – Robby)
* When asked for a Belgian tune, I played Katastroof’s “paterkesdans”. A video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77tc5ENreA. Lyrica and chords are at: http://www.internet4all.be/katastroof/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18
I learned how to play this by ear.
Our next meeting will be either Sunday October 23 or October 30, so watch your email in the next few days! We’ll also be getting a Facebook group set up in the near future for anyone on that service, so keep your eyes peeled. 
Until next time, all the best and happy playing!
-Jason & Les.
