This was on the Topic label, recorded in 1974. This is John Kelly Senior, the father of fiddlers James and John. Someone was asking in the "Discussions" section about recordings with no accompaniment, well, here you have it. 24 tunes on solo fiddle or concertina. 2 tunes [ "The Bunch Of Rushes" and "The Ivy Leaf" ] are played on both instruments. A great recording of a master.
Ditto on that, another great Topic recording... It is too bad that the value in these is not realized in re-releases, other than compilation albums. Many folks, myself included, have been pests with the hope of seeing these back on the 'available' list...
My copy of a copy of a copy of this recording includes the tunes listed here, along with 15 other tracks - mostly single tunes rather than sets. Some of these are Humours of Carrigaholt, Mickey Callaghan's Jig, Spike Island Lassies, Mary Brennan's Favorite, Salamanca. It is all solo unaccompanied. Does anyone know of another John Kelly recording that would have included these tracks?
He did Humours of Carrigaholt and Mikey Callaghan's on Seoda Ceoil on Gael Linn and Mary Brennan's is on Ceol an Clair, so these might be your sources. Both of these are VA though the former is mostly split between Kelly and Willy Clancy, both playing solo unaccompanied.
"Ceoltoiri Cualann":
Sean O Riada
Paddy Moloney ~ uileann pipes and whistle,
Michael Tubridy ~ flute
Martin Fay & John Kelly Sr. ~ fiddles
Sonny Brogan & Eamon de Buitlear ~ accordions
Ronnie McShane ~ bodhran and bones
Later ~ Peadar Mercier ~ ~ bodhran and bones
& singer Sean O Se
After that ~
"Ceoltoiri Laigheann":
John Kelly Sr. with Eamon de Buitlear & Mary Bergin
& also ~
"The Castle Ceili Band"
John Kelly Sr. (Sean O'Ceallaigh)
with Sean Keane, Bridie Lafferty and Michael Tubridy
I know what I want on my Christmas list. I have all of these on LP, and I have high appreciation of the music of then Kellys, father and son, and have had that pleasure in person too. How glad I was to see that these recordings are being made available to inspire others as they have me...great stuff...
John Kelly
This was on the Topic label, recorded in 1974. This is John Kelly Senior, the father of fiddlers James and John. Someone was asking in the "Discussions" section about recordings with no accompaniment, well, here you have it. 24 tunes on solo fiddle or concertina. 2 tunes [ "The Bunch Of Rushes" and "The Ivy Leaf" ] are played on both instruments. A great recording of a master.
# Posted on November 26th 2004 by Kenny
Ditto on that, another great Topic recording... It is too bad that the value in these is not realized in re-releases, other than compilation albums. Many folks, myself included, have been pests with the hope of seeing these back on the 'available' list...
# Posted on November 27th 2004 by ceolachan
My copy of a copy of a copy of this recording includes the tunes listed here, along with 15 other tracks - mostly single tunes rather than sets. Some of these are Humours of Carrigaholt, Mickey Callaghan's Jig, Spike Island Lassies, Mary Brennan's Favorite, Salamanca. It is all solo unaccompanied. Does anyone know of another John Kelly recording that would have included these tracks?
# Posted on January 8th 2006 by Matt Harris
He did Humours of Carrigaholt and Mikey Callaghan's on Seoda Ceoil on Gael Linn and Mary Brennan's is on Ceol an Clair, so these might be your sources. Both of these are VA though the former is mostly split between Kelly and Willy Clancy, both playing solo unaccompanied.
# Posted on January 9th 2006 by edl
John Kelly 1912 - 1989
A fine teacher and player, one with a relaxed tempo and always a welcome, a tradition his sons carry on in his absence. There is more on the man here:
http://www.iol.ie/~ronolan/kelly.html
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/sites/CCE/archive/billeog/jkelly.htm
# Posted on March 30th 2006 by ceolachan
"Ceoltoiri Cualann":
Sean O Riada
Paddy Moloney ~ uileann pipes and whistle,
Michael Tubridy ~ flute
Martin Fay & John Kelly Sr. ~ fiddles
Sonny Brogan & Eamon de Buitlear ~ accordions
Ronnie McShane ~ bodhran and bones
Later ~ Peadar Mercier ~ ~ bodhran and bones
& singer Sean O Se
After that ~
"Ceoltoiri Laigheann":
John Kelly Sr. with Eamon de Buitlear & Mary Bergin
& also ~
"The Castle Ceili Band"
John Kelly Sr. (Sean O'Ceallaigh)
with Sean Keane, Bridie Lafferty and Michael Tubridy
Submitted on July 20th 2004 by Kenny.
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1113
# Posted on March 30th 2006 by ceolachan
"John Kelly: Irish Traditional Concertina & Fiddle Music" ~ RE-RELEASED!!!
"John Kelly: Irish Traditional Concertina & Fiddle Music"
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 04
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar04
& also available in a 6 CD set ~
"The Clare Set"
The definitive 6-CD archive of Concertina Traditions of Co Clare
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/anclar-06
I know what I want on my Christmas list. I have all of these on LP, and I have high appreciation of the music of then Kellys, father and son, and have had that pleasure in person too. How glad I was to see that these recordings are being made available to inspire others as they have me...great stuff...
# Posted on August 8th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Clare Set" ~ #4
1.) "The Russell Family"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/544
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 01
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar01
2.) "Bernard O'Sullivan & Tommy McMahon: Clare Concertinas"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/188
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 02
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar02
3.) "Chris Droney: The Flowing Tide"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1739
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 03
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar03
4.) "John Kelly: Irish Traditional Concertina & Fiddle Music"
5.) "Tommy McMahon & Bernard O'Sullivan: Irish Traditional Concertina Music of County Clare"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1847
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 05
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar05
6.) "Irish Traditional Concertina Styles"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1738
Free Reed Records & Music ~ FCLAR 06
http://www.free-reed.co.uk/fclar06
# Posted on August 8th 2007 by ceolachan
Discussion: Clare concertina re-releases on Free Reed ~ 4 w/extras
# Posted on August 8th 2007 by bc_box_player
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/14707
All 6 recordings include EXTRA TRACKS the LPs do not have!!!
They are marvelous!!! ~ Highly recommended!!!
# Posted on August 29th 2007 by ceolachan