I'm trying to find all of the Church Street Polkas. The version I am acquainted with is the one James Keane plays, but unfortunately even he didn't know their names.
So far I have figured out that one is Saint Mary's Polka and one is just called the Church Street Polka, but I don't know if that name is correct or what the third one is.
Try taking a look at the last track of the very first Chieftains album (Chieftains 1), which starts off with Saint Mary's Polka and the Church Street Polka. I don't know, though, if there's a third.
There's a Church Street polka (aka Memories of Ballymote) on Ben Lennon's Natural Bridge cd, but I don't know whether it's the same one as on the Chieftains 1 album. The Ben Lennon version is on The Session's Tune database.
St Mary's (also known as Gurteen Cross) is there also at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1564. They go very well played together starting with Church Street. There's definitely a much different feel to these polkas than the more common Munster and Sliabh Luachra ones possibly, due to their Connacht origin.
Church Street Polkas
Church Street Polkas
Hi folks!
I'm trying to find all of the Church Street Polkas. The version I am acquainted with is the one James Keane plays, but unfortunately even he didn't know their names.
So far I have figured out that one is Saint Mary's Polka and one is just called the Church Street Polka, but I don't know if that name is correct or what the third one is.
Any ideas?
# Posted on November 19th 2005 by Rhythm Lackey
Re: Church Street Polkas
Try taking a look at the last track of the very first Chieftains album (Chieftains 1), which starts off with Saint Mary's Polka and the Church Street Polka. I don't know, though, if there's a third.
# Posted on November 19th 2005 by smw
Re: Church Street Polkas
There's a Church Street polka (aka Memories of Ballymote) on Ben Lennon's Natural Bridge cd, but I don't know whether it's the same one as on the Chieftains 1 album. The Ben Lennon version is on The Session's Tune database.
# Posted on November 19th 2005 by lazyhound
Re: Church Street Polkas
St Mary's (also known as Gurteen Cross) is there also at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1564. They go very well played together starting with Church Street. There's definitely a much different feel to these polkas than the more common Munster and Sliabh Luachra ones possibly, due to their Connacht origin.
# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by Bannerman
Re: Church Street Polkas
You'll find Church Street at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1560.
# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by Bannerman