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: 30
| Timmy's Reel | May 31st 2006 |
| Smyth's Pub | April 16th 2003 |
| Friday Harbor 2004 | March 29th 2004 |
| Discussions | Re: Some "essential" hornpipres for Irish sessions | June 16th 2008 |
| Recordings | Old Maids/Pretty Girls Of MayoOf Galway | January 4th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Plodding with an iPod | November 28th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Talking while playing accordion | November 27th 2007 |
| Discussions | Learning Tunes with an iPod | November 27th 2007 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Frieze Breeches | jig | Dmajor |
| The Monaghan | jig | Eminor |
| The Roaring Barmaid | jig | Gmajor |
| Spórt | jig | Dmajor |
| The Gold Ring | jig | Gmajor |
| Muireann's | jig | Bminor |
| Aaron's Key | jig | Bminor |
| Hawthorne Hedge | jig | Dmajor |
| Across The Black River | jig | Bminor |
| Ryan's | polka | Dmajor |
| Toss The Feathers | reel | Dmixolydian |
| The Curlew | reel | Bminor |
| The Reel With The Burl | reel | Edorian |
| The Glasgow | reel | Dminor |
| The Kerryman's Daughter | reel | Cmajor |
| The Torn Jacket | reel | Dmajor |
| The Drunken Landlady | reel | Edorian |
| Down The Broom | reel | Adorian |
| The Otter's Holt | reel | Bminor |
| The Humours Of Lissadell | reel | Edorian |
| The Tap Room | reel | Eminor |
| The Flax In Bloom | reel | Dmajor |
| The Boys Of Ballysodare | reel | Gmajor |
| Jenny Picking Cockles | reel | Dmixolydian |
| Money Musk | reel | Amajor |
| Laington's | reel | Amajor |
| Molly Ban | reel | Edorian |
| Kilfenora | reel | Dmajor |
| Gerdie Commane's | reel | Edorian |
| The Funky Reel | reel | Dmixolydian |