There's a host of answers to who wrote Cooley's Reel.
Go to http://cranfordpub.com/tunes/Irish/Cooleys.htm
and take your pick of composers.
By the way, this is an interesting site for finding background information on some tunes.
Reavy tunes are a hell of a lot of fun, most of them. From the backing end, most of them are a struggle unless you know them cold, but to hear them played well, they're terrific.
The House of Hammill has been stuck in my head for a few weeks now. Brilliant tune. The last part is a tough one on long scale instruments like zouks and banjos, but I suppose it's good for you.
Henk - I reckon you'll have to buy the book - follow the bluesiesink link a few postings up from here. I was well impressed by the RTE tribute to him on that site. Good friends with Michael Coleman? how cool is that?
Ed Reevey Tunes
Ed Reevey Tunes
Forgive me if I've spelt the surname wrong.
2 things:
1. Can anyone enlighten me as to how to get a copy of the collected works of Ed Reevey?
2. I've heard apocryphally that Cooley's Reel was in fact written by Ed Reevey, but popularised by Joe Cooley. Can anyone confirm or otherwise this?
# Posted on November 29th 2002 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Ed Reevey Tunes
It looks like you can get a copy through the Reavy web site.
http://www.blueskiesink.com/reavy/
Steve
# Posted on November 29th 2002 by SteveKendall
Re: Cooley's
There's a host of answers to who wrote Cooley's Reel.
Go to http://cranfordpub.com/tunes/Irish/Cooleys.htm
and take your pick of composers.
By the way, this is an interesting site for finding background information on some tunes.
# Posted on November 29th 2002 by Charlene
Re: Ed Reevey Tunes
Reavy tunes are a hell of a lot of fun, most of them. From the backing end, most of them are a struggle unless you know them cold, but to hear them played well, they're terrific.
The House of Hammill has been stuck in my head for a few weeks now. Brilliant tune. The last part is a tough one on long scale instruments like zouks and banjos, but I suppose it's good for you.
# Posted on November 30th 2002 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: Ed Reevey Tunes
Are there any sites with Reavey tunes in staff notation? All this ABC stuff is incomprehensible to me ...
# Posted on November 30th 2002 by Henk Bos
Re: Ed Reevey Tunes
Henk - I reckon you'll have to buy the book - follow the bluesiesink link a few postings up from here. I was well impressed by the RTE tribute to him on that site. Good friends with Michael Coleman? how cool is that?
# Posted on December 11th 2002 by Key Maniac Lad