Some of my tunes:
Storm Cloud (November 2006)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/6516
The Dragonfly (Double Jig) August 2005
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4850
The Laughing Seagull (Double Jig) August 2005
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4834
Time Has Not Been Kind (Double Jig) August 2005
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4832
Rattle His Bones (Reel) July 2005
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4722
Blencathra (Double Jig) March 2005
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4342
Potted Biography
I had violin and piano lessons as a child so can read music. I waited for years for the job of Lead Guitarist with Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd have the to come up but was held back by lack of talent and the stubborness of both of Jimmy Page and Dave Gilmour in not making way for me! Many years passed.
Around 2002, I stumbled into Scottish and Irish traditional music. On an impulse I bought a mandolin. Early in 2003 I joined the now defunct Carlisle Session Club and started learning traditional tunes in the twice monthly 'workshops'
We established a fortnightly session at the Near Boot in Carlisle (which is still running five years later)).
In July 2003 (and again in 2004) I attended Colm O'Rua's Mandolin/Banjo course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig (the Gaelic College) Skye. This probably the most important step in my continuing learning as it helped me understand how to play traditional music - rather than just reading it or copying others
In January 2004 I got a piano accordion as a 'challenge' (it still is).
In April 2004 I become re-united with the violin (now called apparently called the 'fiddle') after a few decades of neglect.
In August 2004 I saw the group Lunasa play and some mystical force has driven me into getting a Low D Whistle. It's probably a good thing for my neighbours that I can't (yet) afford to buy a set of Uillean Pipes!
In June 2006 Dave Freshwater finally finished building me an Octave Mandola
What next? Actually I think the guitar is a much neglected melody instrument so....
My main likes (vary frequently but) currently include, in the traditional area: Altan, Lunasa, Shooglenifty, the Bothy Band, Croft No.5, Afro Celts, Flook, Michael McGoldrick
Having been weaned on classical notation, I am very impressed by the simplicty and economy of the ABC system for notation and I think the ABC Navigator 2 software package is brilliant - and it's free!
My partner Dawn is also a musician
Tunes in Edgar Bolton's tunebook: 28
| The Wren's | hornpipe | December 31st 2006 |
| Storm Cloud | jig | December 17th 2006 |
| Mazurka La Pleau | mazurka | October 17th 2005 |
| The Dragonfly | jig | August 12th 2005 |
| The Laughing Seagull | jig | August 8th 2005 |
| The Hills Of Glengarry | Aonghas Grant | December 2nd 2007 |
| Six By Two | Emily And Hazel Askew | September 30th 2006 |
| Haven | Flook | November 28th 2005 |
| Tacsi. Ceol | Various Artists | August 20th 2005 |
| Dancing To Jigs And Reels | Various Artists | April 12th 2005 |
| Guitar Alchemist | January 31st 2006 |
| Brampton Live | February 10th 2005 |
| Solfest | February 5th 2005 |
| Daimh | November 16th 2004 |
| Old Crown | March 3rd 2008 |
| Queen Inn | February 22nd 2008 |
| The Near Boot | June 6th 2004 |
| Online petition to save the Brampton Live musical festival | December 3rd 2007 |
| Finger injuries? | August 20th 2005 |
| Discussions | Re: Any one want to start a band? | July 23rd 2008 |
| Tunes | M.Crosbie/L.Plumb decoded | July 23rd 2008 |
| Discussions | ABC Navigator | July 20th 2008 |
| Tunes | Lunasa just played "Tuttles" at Girvan | May 7th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Subdivision of genres within Traditional Irish Music | May 5th 2008 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Buntata's Sgadan | reel | Amajor |
| The Burnt Leg | reel | Edorian |
| Chuir Iad Mise Dh'Eilean Leam Fhin | waltz | Dminor |
| Down The Back Lane | jig | Dmixolydian |
| The Dragonfly | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Dunphy's | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Franc A'Phoill | jig | Dmajor |
| The Hag At The Churn | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Jackie Coleman's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Jig Of Slurs | jig | Dmajor |
| The Laughing Seagull | jig | Dmajor |
| Little Donald In The Pigsty | reel | Dmajor |
| The Man Of The House | reel | Eminor |
| Mazurka La Pleau | mazurka | Gmajor |
| Miss Johnson | reel | Gmajor |
| Muineira De Casu | jig | Gmajor |
| Nighean Donn A Chuiailein Riomhaich | jig | Cmajor |
| Out On The Ocean | jig | Gmajor |
| Over The Moor To Maggie | reel | Gmajor |
| Paddy Ryan's Dream | reel | Aminor |
| The Pigtown Fling | reel | Gmajor |
| Rattle His Bones | reel | Aminor |
| Roscommon | reel | Edorian |
| Storm Cloud | jig | Gdorian |
| Time Has Not Been Kind | jig | Aminor |
| Triplets For Breakfast | reel | Dmajor |
| Tuttle's | reel | Ddorian |
| The Wren's | hornpipe | Amixolydian |