Surly uilleann piper in Glasgow. Living a parody of http://www.phdcomics.com.
Currently looking for good sessions, good coffee, good beer, excuses to travel to the Scottish Highlands and random European cities, and new and ingenius ways to make my life needlessly complicated.
I'm also interested in single malt whiskys, real ales, ontology, climbing things, and Your Mom.
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the night sky..."
~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road, 1957
Tunes in TheSilverSpear's tunebook: 28
| The Long Notes | Brian Kelly, Jamie Smith, And Collette O'Leary | February 3rd 2008 |
| Bottlenecks And Arm-breakers | Session A9 | February 3rd 2008 |
| Dagda | March 2nd 2009 |
| Session killed due to noise complaints! | October 19th 2009 |
| The dangers of folk music competitions | July 20th 2009 |
| It's like Riverdance meets Shaun of the Dead | July 3rd 2009 |
| Canine punter doesn't like the whistle | June 21st 2009 |
| Help! Tuesday Glasgow sessions wanted | June 10th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: THE GOOD SERVANTS - A novel by a trad musician... | November 23rd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Tunes useful for learning various "ornaments" | November 23rd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Tunes useful for learning various "ornaments" | November 22nd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Tunes useful for learning various "ornaments" | November 22nd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Tunes useful for learning various "ornaments" | November 22nd 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Mo Ghile Mear | hornpipe | Dmixolydian |
| The Blarney Pilgrim | jig | Dmixolydian |
| The Swallowtail | jig | Adorian |
| Patsy Geary's | jig | Dmajor |
| The Trip To Sligo | jig | Eminor |
| The Gander In The Pratie Hole | jig | Dmajor |
| The Frost Is All Over | jig | Dmajor |
| Garrett Barry's | jig | Gmajor |
| Jim Ward's | jig | Gmajor |
| Strike The Gay Harp | jig | Dmajor |
| Niel Gow's Lament For His Second Wife | jig | Dmajor |
| Allistrum's March | jig | Dmajor |
| The Stolen Purse | jig | Gmajor |
| The Banshee | reel | Gmajor |
| The Musical Priest | reel | Bminor |
| Are You Ready Yet? | reel | Eminor |
| The Silver Spear | reel | Dmajor |
| The Dunmore Lasses | reel | Eminor |
| The Sailor's Bonnet | reel | Dmajor |
| Julia Delaney's | reel | Ddorian |
| The Green Fields Of America | reel | Gmajor |
| Brenda Stubbert's | reel | Adorian |
| Trim The Velvet | reel | Gmajor |
| The Old Bush | reel | Dmixolydian |
| The Humours Of Scarriff | reel | Ddorian |
| Grian Ri | reel | Dmajor |
| Garech's Wedding | slip jig | Eminor |
| Si Bheag Si Mhor | waltz | Dmajor |