Band leader for Bracken Rigg Band - a traditional Scottish / Irish fiddle and accordion band (various lineups) based in the North of England (around Doncaster) for some 30 years. http://www.brackenrigg.co.uk/
Mad on Irish and Scottish trad.
Playing regularly for barn dances, the band has also specialised in the Northumbrian tradition of tunes, and in the past have played for old-time, sequence, sing-songs, bier-keller and various other continental accordion genre.
I play on piano accordion, anglo and english concertina, all of which I promote and encourage amongst learners in local sessions and clubs.
For my sins I also sing in a cathedral choir.
Tunes in geoffwright's tunebook: 3
| The Hills Of Alva | reel | November 16th 2009 |
| The Bonny Braes Of Elcho | reel | October 7th 2009 |
| The Heights Of Dargai | slip jig | August 15th 2009 |
| Professor Blackie | reel | April 30th 2009 |
| Trettondedagsmarschen | reel | January 16th 2009 |
| Colin Thomson | October 27th 2009 |
| Carillon Jig | December 8th 2008 |
| Park Hotel | September 27th 2006 |
| Peerless Hornpipe | July 7th 2006 |
| Joanna | The Bismarks | November 16th 2009 |
| Upstream | The Bismarks | November 16th 2009 |
| Borrowed Days | Andrew And Margaret Watchorn | February 6th 2009 |
| The Day Dawn | Boys Of The Lough | January 16th 2009 |
| From Both Sides | Niamh Ni Charra | June 30th 2007 |
| Joe Liddy - the Leitrim Fiddler | April 16th 2009 |
| RTE - The Bloom of Youth | July 6th 2007 |
| Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer | January 14th 2007 |
| The Rose And Crown | October 11th 2005 |
| Royal Hotel | May 18th 2005 |
| Colpitts Hotel | April 26th 2004 |
| Three Horse Shoes | September 24th 2003 |
| George & Dragon | December 15th 2002 |
| Royal Concertinas -Talk On Northern Concertina Bands | October 21st 2009 |
| Charity Barn Dance With Bracken Rigg | August 19th 2009 |
| The 5th Bradfield Traditional Music Festival | August 2nd 2008 |
| Fifth Bradfield Traditional Music Weekend | March 23rd 2008 |
| 4th Bradfield Traditional Music Festival | March 16th 2007 |
| Be afraid, be very afraid | May 12th 2009 |
| BIG jigs | April 8th 2008 |
| Clare concertina recordings | September 10th 2007 |
| Yuong concertina players on bbc1 on Wednesday | July 11th 2007 |
| Historic Irish Concertina Recordings Re-Issue | July 9th 2007 |
| Tunes | Hills of Alva | November 16th 2009 |
| Recordings | Joanna | November 16th 2009 |
| Recordings | Upstream | November 16th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Double Jig Double Duty | November 16th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Be afraid, be very afraid! ........... The Foot Triangle! | November 13th 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Home Ruler | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| The Milky Way | reel | Dmajor |
| Willy Taylor's High Tea | barndance | Gmajor |