Started musical life as a drummer in a Pipe Band/Fife & Drum/Brass Bands then Ceili and Dance Bands. Started playing a two row Black Dot in about 1953. Played for a time in Ceili Bands. London based for over thirty years and played the pub and club scene on both instruments. Also played with a London based Scottish Band before packing up the box and going off playing drums with various jazz and middle of the road outfits. Now in my seventies, I moved back to Ireland in the nineties. I teach both Box and Drums, I play a Shand Morino 3 row. mostly for pleasure.
Tunes in Free Reed's tunebook: 30
| Party Piece | November 14th 2009 |
| Harmonica Player Extraordinaire | October 17th 2009 |
| Ceil House from Tullamore | August 22nd 2009 |
| Yuck! | August 12th 2009 |
| Dear! Oh Dear! Oh Dear! | July 22nd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Ladies and Gentlemen: The Irish Harp | November 21st 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Ladies and Gentlemen: The Irish Harp | November 21st 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Is trad music becoming too academic | November 21st 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Is trad music becoming too academic | November 20th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Ladies and Gentlemen: The Irish Harp | November 20th 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| After The Battle Of Aughrim | polka | Adorian |
| The Cashmere Shawl | reel | Adorian |
| Catalina | waltz | Dmajor |
| The Cordal | jig | Dmajor |
| Crested Hens | waltz | Dmajor |
| The Czar Of Munster | reel | Aminor |
| The Dancing Dustman | jig | Gmajor |
| The Drunken Sailor's | hornpipe | Gdorian |
| The Four Courts | reel | Dmajor |
| The Holly Bush | reel | Dmixolydian |
| The Humours Of Bandon | jig | Gmajor |
| The Humours Of Swanlinbar | reel | Cmajor |
| The Independence | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| John Doherty's | mazurka | Gmajor |
| The Kesh | jig | Gmajor |
| The Killavil Postman | barndance | Dmajor |
| Lanigan's Ball | jig | Eminor |
| The Little Cascade | reel | Edorian |
| March From Delsbo | polka | Dmajor |
| The Morning Lark | jig | Dmajor |
| New Centenary | reel | Amajor |
| O'Kanes | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| O'Neill's March | polka | Eminor |
| The Pigeon On The Gate | reel | Edorian |
| Pride Of The West | jig | Gmajor |
| The Silver Pin | mazurka | Dmajor |
| The Sunset | reel | Dmajor |
| Tralee Gaol | polka | Gmajor |
| The Twelve Pins | reel | Gmajor |
| Where Lilies Bloom | polka | Gmajor |