Details History Tunebook

Joe CSS

Joe CSS - a memoir
written, with love, by Mehitabel23

Until recently considered taboo amongst polite society, Joe CSS has never been far from controversy around these parts. An eighteen year-old Jewish half-Irish fiddler and whistler and bodhránistá living in London, he is considered by some to be the best Irish traditional musician outside of Ireland. He has been married three times. The subsequent sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.

He likes to annoy people by playing tunes in time signatures such as 7/8 and 13/8 and he enjoys listening to bands with controversial status on these boards such as Lúnasa and Flook. He has a tattoo on his chin which says "My name is Joe". His favourite soloist is Michael McGoldrick despite many warnings from his accomplices.

However he is by no way limited to this one kind of music...he continually breaks down barriers and has been known to touch guitars and trumpets and "tinkle around jazz-style" on the piano, God forbid. He is often to be found at the slot machines, and is also one of the best-known blackjack players in Europe. His likes include hedgehogs, bird watching and weight lifting, and his dislikes include ice cream, weekends and snow.

His main pastimes are writing limericks and spending massive lengths of time on the phone.

He wishes to thank Pete Cooper and Garry Shannon for making him the lad he is today.

Tunes in Joe CSS's tunebook: 136

Details History Tunebook

Number of tunes submitted: 29

Newest Tunes submitted:

Planxty Fitzgerald waltz May 12th 2008
Tribute To Paddy Fahey reel April 8th 2008
The Asturian Way reel January 27th 2008
Gan Ainm jig January 13th 2008
Secs And Cosecs jig January 3rd 2008

Number of tunes requested: 2

Newest Tunes requested:

The Log (reel Played After Windbroke On McGoldrick's "Fused") June 18th 2006
Loozin' Air May 12th 2005

Number of recordings submitted: 1

Newest Recordings submitted:

The Savage Hornpipe Pete Cooper And Richard Bolton October 23rd 2006

Number of links submitted: 0

Number of sessions submitted: 0

Number of events submitted: 0

Number of discussions submitted: 23

Newest Discussions submitted:

The Truth About ITM May 7th 2008
ALERT: The Session is on Facebook! April 24th 2008
Keeping A Level Head February 13th 2008
Instruments and Aerlingus July 15th 2007
The Drop of Purity June 20th 2007

Number of comments submitted: 461

Newest comments submitted:

Discussions Re: All hail the mighty Dow May 15th 2008
Discussions Re: All hail the mighty Dow May 14th 2008
Discussions Re: Why do you bother? May 14th 2008
Tunes A Present For Dow May 13th 2008
Tunes Dow May 13th 2008
Details History Tunebook

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1st August reel Edorian
The American Polka hornpipe Dmajor
Apollo Bay reel Eminor
The Appropriate Dipstick reel Gmixolydian
Arthur Darley's jig Amixolydian
Ballinderry Barn Party reel Gmajor
Beare Island reel Edorian
The Bee Minority reel Bminor
The Boys Of Malin reel Amajor
The Broken Bow reel Bminor
The Broken String reel Amixolydian
The Broken-legged Chicken three-two Gmajor
The Bunny's Hat reel Bminor
Castle Kelly reel Aminor
The Central Line reel Eminor
The Champion jig Eminor
Charlie Lennon's Scottish Concerto strathspey Amajor
The Clapton jig Adorian
The Clumsy Lover reel Amajor
Cochrane reel Eminor
Come Back With My Bloody Car jig Adorian
Conlagh's Big Day reel Bminor
The Contradiction reel Amajor
Cooley's reel Eminor
Cottesloe Beach jig Amixolydian
Crane Beach hornpipe Gmajor
The Dark Horse reel Bdorian
Derivatune reel Edorian
Dick Gossip's reel Dmajor
Dinkey's reel Amixolydian
The Dirty Bastard's Daughter jig Dmajor
The Donegal Lass jig Dmajor
Dr. Gilbert's reel Eminor
The Dresden reel Bmixolydian
Drowsy Maggie reel Edorian
The E Flat reel Fdorian
Erika Damiani's jig Gmajor
The Exponential Curve jig Dmajor
Famous Last Words slip jig Bminor
Farewell To Erin reel Adorian
Farewell To Whalley Range slip jig Amajor
Fenteril reel Amixolydian
Flying To The Fleadh slip jig Bminor
The Fox On The Town reel Gmajor
Franc A'Phoill jig Dmajor
Frank's reel Amajor
Frunobulax reel Ddorian
The Gale Warning reel Amixolydian
Gan Ainm jig Dmajor
Garrett Barry's jig Gmajor
The Ghost Of Ballybrolly jig Eminor
The Girls In Boisdale reel Adorian
The Golden Keyboard reel Edorian
Granny Hold The Candle While I Shave The Chicken's Lip reel Aminor
The Gravel Walks reel Adorian
The Grumbling Old Man And Woman reel Adorian
The Guns Of The Magnificent Seven reel Adorian
Hawthorne Hedge jig Dmajor
Helvic Head jig Gmajor
Hendon Road reel Dminor
Her Long Dark Hair Flowing Down Her Back hornpipe Dmajor
Herve's reel Bminor
Hip Agus Hop mazurka Eminor
The Hound Of Ulster reel Eminor
The Hurricane reel Amajor
If You Will Not Have Me, You May Let Me Go three-two Bminor
The Independence hornpipe Gmajor
James And The Giant Peach jig Aminor
Julia Delaney's reel Ddorian
The Kesh jig Gmajor
Kishor's Tune polka Dmixolydian
The Lads Of Laoise reel Eminor
Light Foot reel Edorian
The Lilting Banshee jig Adorian
The Longford Tinker reel Dmajor
Loophead Lighthouse reel Bdorian
Lucky Thirteen slip jig Eminor
Maggie's Pancakes reel Dmajor
The Maids Of Mt. Kisco reel Adorian
The Malbay Shuffle reel Gmajor
Mamallapuram Monsoon reel Eminor
The Mason's Apron reel Amajor
The Mathematician hornpipe Dmajor
McFadden's Handsome Daughter reel Amajor
McGoldrick's reel Dmajor
Miss Kate Minogue slip jig Bminor
Mom's jig Adorian
The Moonlit Grove reel Bminor
Morrison's jig Edorian
The Moving Cloud reel Gmajor
Music For A Found Harmonium reel Dmajor
Na Maithe Mora waltz Gmajor
Northern Frisk three-two Aminor
Not Safe With A Razor reel Adorian
O'Boobigan's hornpipe Gmajor
The Old Lancashire Hornpipe three-two Dmajor
Once In A Blue Moose reel Dmajor
The Orphan jig Eminor
Paddy Fahey's reel Ddorian
Palmers Gate reel Eminor
The Paper Bird reel Eminor
The Phrygian Whistle reel Gmajor
Pressed For Time reel Amixolydian
Quark Soup polka Edorian
Rathlin Island reel Adorian
Return To Camden Town reel Cmajor
The Roaring Barmaid jig Gmajor
Sevens reel Edorian
The Siesta reel Amajor
The Silver Spear reel Dmajor
Simon Thoumire's jig Gmajor
Snowy Monday jig Dmajor
The Sporting Days Of Easter reel Dmixolydian
St. Elmo's Fire reel Aminor
Stormy Blues reel Dminor
Strange Journey reel Bminor
Take A Message To Julie reel Edorian
Tanteeka reel Amajor
Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's hornpipe Eminor
Through The Roof slip jig Bminor
Toss The Feathers reel Dmixolydian
Tourish's Tour Around The Box reel Cmajor
The Trip To Herve's reel Dmajor
The Trip To Pakistan reel Eminor
The Trip To Windsor reel Amajor
Tripping Up The Stairs jig Dmajor
Tumbledown jig Eminor
Tuttle's reel Ddorian
The Twirly Haired Girl reel Amixolydian
Two Nice Eyes reel Amixolydian
Waterman's jig Eminor
The Whiz slip jig Gminor
The Windy City reel Edorian
The Wizard's Walk reel Eminor
Wrong Foot Forward slip jig Eminor
Xylospongia slide Adorian

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