My name is Robert and I live in Darkest Africa... Cape Town, South Africa in fact. For my midlife crisis, I have taken up Irish music on the tin whistle.
I have been playing since May 2004 and have become completely obsessed. I sometimes call in sick just so I can play my whistle. If I get fired, so be it: at least I'll have the music.
I only have 58 whistles and 3 flutes, but my next shipment should be here in 4 to 6 weeks.
(If you're ever on this side of the world and you feel like playing some tunes, feel free to contact me and I'll introduce you to our session)
Tunes in Shrog's tunebook: 29
| The Devil's Dream | reel | April 5th 2007 |
| Ar An Imeall | reel | February 17th 2007 |
| The Long White Bridge | jig | February 6th 2006 |
| The Kanturk Jig | December 15th 2006 |
| Legacy | The Dunne Family | August 18th 2007 |
| Rolling Wave | December 11th 2007 |
| Three Unknown Tunes | April 4th 2007 |
| Online resources for anything but the whistle... | March 2nd 2007 |
| Name these tunes! | October 14th 2006 |
| Is its identity known? | January 12th 2006 |
| Discussions | Rolling Wave | December 11th 2007 |
| Recordings | Legacy | August 18th 2007 |
| Tunes | April 25th 2007 | |
| Tunes | April 5th 2007 | |
| Tunes | The Devil's Dream | April 5th 2007 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Banshee | reel | Gmajor |
| The Boyne Hunt | reel | Dmajor |
| The Bucks Of Oranmore | reel | Dmajor |
| Cooley's | reel | Eminor |
| Dick Gossip's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Doon | reel | Dmajor |
| The Earl's Chair | reel | Dmajor |
| Farewell To Erin | reel | Adorian |
| Farrel O'Gara's | reel | Dmajor |
| Father Kelly's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Flogging | reel | Gmajor |
| The Foxhunter | reel | Gmajor |
| The Gravel Walks | reel | Adorian |
| The Green Gates | reel | Gmajor |
| Jackie Coleman's | reel | Dmajor |
| Jennie's Chickens | reel | Bminor |
| The Longford Collector | reel | Gmajor |
| The Longford Tinker | reel | Dmajor |
| The Maid Behind The Bar | reel | Dmajor |
| Maud Millar | reel | Gmajor |
| The Mountain Road | reel | Dmajor |
| The Musical Priest | reel | Bminor |
| The Old Copperplate | reel | Adorian |
| The Salamanca | reel | Dmajor |
| The Sally Gardens | reel | Gmajor |
| The Silver Spire | reel | Dmajor |
| Speed The Plough | reel | Dmajor |
| The Trip To Durrow | reel | Dmajor |
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | reel | Dmajor |