Friends, Romans, Irish musicians... lend me your ears...

Friends, Romans, Irish musicians... lend me your ears...

I have a friend who's making a CD and has asked me to asist in finding the correct or best titles for some of the tunes. I put up some mp3s of the ones that have me stumped and I'm wondering if I could get some help from y'all.

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/arkle_mountain.mp3

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/mss_lyall.mp3

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/jimmy_duffey.mp3

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/johnny_mcgreevy.mp3

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/omah.mp3

Thanks in advance.

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by Phantom Button

Re: Friends, Romans, Irish musicians... lend me your ears...

#3 ~ "Mick Carr's Barndance"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3529

This is second in a set of barndances on Paul McGrattan and Paul O'Shaughnessy's album "Within a Mile of Dublin", but it can also be foundon James Byrne's album "The Road to Glenlough"... 1 down...

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceolachan

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OK... I'll take a stab at one. For the first one, arkle_mountain.mp3, I say "A Day with No Chores" or "Saturday Morning".

To me, it expresses a light and happy feel, and I'm more apt to experience those feelings when either of these two things occur.

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by nofrets

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Here is the specific note on this tune from the Byrne recording:

"Mic Carr’s ~ James (Byrne) plays regularly with Micheál Car who is equally adept on accordion and fiddle and who inherited many unusual tunes from his father, Mick. The former popularity of barndances is evident from the many commercial recordings made by Irish musicians in the United States of America in the 1920s and the 1930s. Barndances as played in Donegal are more relaxed in tempo and less rhythmically accented than those recorded in America by James Morrison, the Flanagan Brothers, Frank Quinn and others."

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceolachan

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I'll check Miss Lyall's Reel, but I suspect that is right. It is very familiar... I'm not sure if it is on site here though... I'll be back.

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceolachan

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It isn't "Miss Lyall's" in any fashion. I think it might be a take off on "Little Katie Kearney"? It is very familiar even if my brain isn't putting all the pieces together... Here is the version given on site here ~

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4131

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceolachan

Re: Friends, Romans, Irish musicians... lend me your ears...

Sorry button, #1 doesn't ring any bells. I've worked from the middle up, and it is late now and I've a little bit more work to tend to here. I haven't checked 4 & 5 but suspect others will find those for you. I'll check back tomorrow sometime, and I'll see if I can find a version of Katie's nearer to the one here, which is nearer to my recollection and memory than the transcript on site...

Best of luck...

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceolachan

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I've only heard one recording of the first reel in set #1.

It's on 4 Men and a Dog's Barking Mad LP and it is of course the ONLY one listed as "Gan Ainm"!!

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Conán McDonnell

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Both tunes in #2 have been recorded by Altán, as has the reel in set #5. The reel in #4 is on this recording
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1415
but I don't know which one it is, or if there's a more well-known name for it.
Jeez - sounds like one of those logic puzzles: "Jim is next to Ann and the girl wearing a blue skirt. John doesn't like cheese but his neighbour is drinking the chocolate milkshake. Which one has a foot-fetish"

Anyway I'm going to bed - v. tired. I know I've been as much use as a chocolate fireguard but maybe what I've written will help jog someone's memory.

'Night!

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Conán McDonnell

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Miss Lyall's is Con Cassidy's Highland - first tune, track 3, Horse with a Heart.

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Jeeves Tones

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"omah" is also from Horse with a Heart - "Con McGinley's", track 8.

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Jeeves Tones

Re: Friends, Romans, Irish musicians... lend me your ears...

The very first tune is a reel version of the jig Brennan's Favourite. This reel version came from the creative mind of Belfast fiddle player Andy Dickson, who played fine music with Dermy Diamond in the eighties and who is still playing away at sessions in the city today. I don't know what name Andy gave the tune, but as I learned it from him, I call it after it's creator- so Andy Dickson's it is.

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by red diesel

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I've just e-mailed him to see if he has a name for it.

Cheers!

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Conán McDonnell

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When all else fails, Gan Ainm!!!!

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by AlBrown

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I've been looking for a name for that tune too, Conan. Let us know if you find out. Thanks for the info, red diesel.

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Dr. Dow

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Kenny posted here as Gan Ainm http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4920.

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Dr. Dow

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From the posts above:

1) ? http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4920 & never heard the 2nd one.
2) Con Cassidy's Highland http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3981 & Leslie's Reel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2897
3) Mick Carr's Barndance http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3529
4) The Piper On Horseback http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1247
5) Con McGinley's Reel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3997

They're great tunes!

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Dr. Dow

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Well, I don't know why I bothered coming back to check...

Nicely done gang, all we need is that other name... I thought the first one was a hornpipe? I guess that shows where my ears are after midnight...

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by ceolachan

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Yo, Jack - one of Harry's

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7089

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Kenny

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You guys are fantastic!!! Thanks loads. I just got another one that's a slow air, possibly Scottish. Anyone care to give it a shot?

http://www.tipsyhouse.com/tune_names/slow_air.mp3

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Phantom Button

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At what point does a variant of a tune become a new tune in its own right ?
I hear the first tune as a variant of John Brennan's, as posted here as a reel, but with significant differences. It's a nice one, though.

# Posted on May 4th 2007 by Guernsey Pete

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Significant differences to the extent that it bears no resemblance to it whatsoever you mean?

# Posted on May 4th 2007 by Dr. Dow

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Well... we got recognized for our contributions on my friend's CD (that just showed up in my mail box.) It says "Thanks to Jack Gilder and his pals at thesession.org." If you're interested in getting a copy here's her web address.

http://www.athena.cd

Thanks again to everyone who helped out.

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Phantom Button

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How about posting it in the "Recordings" section, Jack ?

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Kenny

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Good Idea...

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Phantom Button