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Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

X:1
T:McGann and Reynolds
M:4/4
R:reel
K:D
BA|:~G3B dBGB|~c3d efge|d2BG dGBG|(3FED AD BDAD|~G3B dBGB|~c3d efge|dgfg ecAF|GBAF G2:|
Bd|:~g3fg edB^c|dfab afed|bagf gdBG|(3FED AD BDAD|~G3B dBGB|~c3d efge|dgfg ecAF|GBAF G2:|

Named after my source, 1962 recording: http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/243/04%20-%20Andy%20McGann%20and%20Paddy%20Reynolds%20-%20Reel%2C%20The%20Hunter%27s%20House.mp3

Gawd it's a chore putting these things on paper, or monitor. "[Sean Maguire] told me there are two things he dreads: going to confession, and writing a tune - I think I understand." Luke O'Malley, Collection of Irish Music.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by KLR

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

It's always nice to hear more of these guys.

Atlantic Wave is the first which is called Lad O'Beirne's on the Tribute to Larry Redican

So the Reavy tune was being played as a reel back in 1962.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by edl

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

~ file not found ~ sigh!

Bd |: ~g2 fg edB^c | ~

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by ceolachan

I'll be back... ;-)

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by ceolachan

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

It's the Streetplayer not Hunter's House which is the hornpipe played as a reel. So I mixed them up and my last sentence above doesn't make sense.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by edl

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

Ah, so right you are edl: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/962 And the verdict from Dow: "Boring." Quite the finicky eater, that guy.

That's John Vesey playing Farrel O'Gara, right? Had downloaded that and need to figure out who plays what.

'62? Here's Lad O'Bierne and Louis Quinn from '52, or before? http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/247/Lad%20O%27Bierne%20and%20Louie%20Quinn%20-%20Reavy%27s%20Reel%2C%20Miss%20Johnson.mp3
Maguire recorded it in the 50s, too, to be heard on one of the reissues.

Try the link in whichever browser you don't use, ceolachan: Firefox or IE. Sometimes these links are just indigestible by one or the other for some reason.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by KLR

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

Hunter's House: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/472
Streetplayer: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2739

It's the H'sH, Stplr is in D for one thing.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by KLR

Re: Not the Liffey Banks/A few words from Sean Maguire

These links must be overloading the site; I'll try again later for the Lad O'Beirne. Does he have enough recordings for someone to someday do an archive type cd?

I didn't id Vesey as doing Farrel O'Gara; I'm not sure who it is. The only thing on those I would guess on the Redican is that McGann is the second fiddler on the Narrowback. His recording of it as the Irish American is nearly identical and both sound like somebody got it out of Ryan's.

Yes, Hunter's House is the second tune. My confusion needlessly brought up the Streetplayer.

# Posted on May 30th 2009 by edl

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