Hi Folks!
I am Ruediger Wahler from Northern Germany and because of no similar name in the english speaking world just call me Rory.
I live nearby Kiel, one hour driving from Hamburg.
I learned to play guitar when I was 14 years old, though my father taught us kids the first chords much earlier.
When I was 17, I played the lead guitar in an local rock band a few years.
And as the years went by I picked the guitar at home just for fun.
I learned about Irish Folk when I was 13 years old. My brother used to listen to The Dubliners and I enjoyed it!
Since a few years I play mandoline and banjo and I love to listen to Gerry O'Connor and his mighty banjo style.
I attended a workshop with Gerry in 2002 in Longford at the Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival.
And - great! - was allowed to play along with Gerry while my wife took a video of it!
We too have a weekly folk workshop here to learn new tunes and a weekly session in a pub.
... so far
Tunes in Rory's tunebook: 22
| Tunes | Re: Out on the Ocean - key of.....? | December 20th 2002 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Farewell To Erin | reel | Adorian |
| The Pipe On The Hob | jig | Adorian |
| The Bag Of Spuds | reel | Adorian |
| The Dawn | reel | Amajor |
| Siobhan O'Donnell's | reel | Amajor |
| Rory Gallagher's | jig | Amajor |
| Popcorn Behaviour | reel | Aminor |
| The High | reel | Amixolydian |
| The Humours Of Whiskey | slip jig | Bminor |
| Julia Delaney's | reel | Ddorian |
| The Mountain Road | reel | Dmajor |
| Martin Wynne's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Longford Tinker | reel | Dmajor |
| The Rose In The Heather | jig | Dmajor |
| Niel Gow's Lament For His Second Wife | jig | Dmajor |
| The Glasgow | reel | Dminor |
| Drowsy Maggie | reel | Edorian |
| Gallagher's Frolics | jig | Edorian |
| Dr. Gilbert's | reel | Eminor |
| The Foggy Dew | polka | Eminor |
| Donkey Riding | polka | Gmajor |
| Reel Du Pendu | reel | Gmajor |