I live in Northern California and like to play in sessions whenever I can. This usually involves a lot of motoring.
I was introduced to Irish Traditional Music in May 2000 by a co-worker friend. I had worked with her for years and was totally unaware that she played the fiddle at session and dances. Until one day, when substitute hosting a bluegrass show on KZYX, our public radio station, I mispronounced "Ceili" in an announcement for an upcoming dance event. My friend immediately called the station to correct my pronounciation error.
"O.K. smarty," I said to my (now former) co-worker friend, thinking her call was a tad pedantic, "how do you know?"
"I'm the fiddle player..." she replied.
Thus it begins.
Tunes in Laughtonb's tunebook: 37
| Timmy's Reel | May 31st 2006 |
| Smyth's Pub | April 16th 2003 |
| Friday Harbor 2004 | March 29th 2004 |
| Recordings | Francie Brearton's on Track 11 | November 30th 2009 |
| Tunes | Which Finbar Dwyer's? | November 18th 2009 |
| Recordings | FInbar's on track 4: | November 18th 2009 |
| Tunes | The Flooded Road To Glenties | July 25th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Some "essential" hornpipres for Irish sessions | June 16th 2008 |