Australian. Whistle player since 1978 after hitching in Ireland as a 19 yo and being blown away when I heard my first real session at the Phoenix in Cork. I've been fooling with the flute for about 8 years. I've always lived a long way from any regular session. ( One night I drove an 800km round trip to Alice Springs to hear a midweek Andy Irvine concert!!!) I met my French wife at Milltown during Willie Clancy week '84 We have 4 kids 13 -24 and now live on the magnificent NSW North Coast. There are occasional house sessions but nothing regular as other ITM tragics are fairly thin on the ground here.
Recently formed a band and have great fun playing all kinds of stuff with some talented mates. I'm a bit of a lurker and I enjoy some of the discussions. The tune archive here is a great resource!
July 2006 update- Hey! we now have a (fairly) regular pub session only 25km away. Hooray! Here's my band's website. We've only just got it up. http://oz.headland.googlepages.com/home
The session is no more. July 2007
Also a new myspace http://www.myspace.com/ozheadland
October 2008 Have a beautiful new Davy Stuart cittern that I'm learning to drive.
Tunes in cabers's tunebook: 27
| Alex Burke's | jig | September 12th 2004 |
| Davy Stuart Bouzouki stolen . | November 22nd 2007 |
| The rest of a half learnt reel.. please | October 19th 2007 |
| "Plectrum Banjo" capo and string question. | June 20th 2007 |
| Different tunes from the same source? | May 19th 2007 |
| Old and battered whistles. | June 13th 2006 |
| Tunes | Thanks Noel | February 5th 2011 |
| Discussions | Re: Mandolin, Mandola, Octave Mandolin sound comparisons | May 19th 2010 |
| Discussions | Re: Liam Clancy RIP - End of a era. | December 8th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Looking for a low(ish) whistle | November 26th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: 8 string vs. 10 string bouzouki | November 21st 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Swallowtail | jig | Adorian |
| The Sligo Maid | reel | Adorian |
| The Abbey | reel | Adorian |
| The New Mown Meadows | reel | Adorian |
| The Boys Of Malin | reel | Amajor |
| The Walrus | reel | Amixolydian |
| The Otter's Holt | reel | Bminor |
| Paddy Fahey's | reel | Cmajor |
| Paddy Fahey's | reel | Ddorian |
| Calliope House | jig | Dmajor |
| The Cameronian | reel | Dmajor |
| Sonny Murray's | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| Miss Monaghan | reel | Dmajor |
| The Virginia | reel | Dmajor |
| The Kilfenora | jig | Dmajor |
| The College Groves | reel | Dmajor |
| The Little Hills Of Offaly | reel | Dmajor |
| Dinny Delaney's | slide | Dmixolydian |
| The Yellow Wattle | jig | Dmixolydian |
| The Old Bush | reel | Dmixolydian |
| The Tarbolton | reel | Edorian |
| Whelan's | jig | Edorian |
| Paddy Fahy's | reel | Gmajor |
| The Woman Of The House | reel | Gmajor |
| Greig's Pipes | reel | Gmajor |
| The Steampacket | reel | Gmajor |
| Up To Your Knees In Sand | reel | Gmajor |