Recorded in 1971 on the Belfast "Outlet" label. A great selection of tunes by a player whose music - and especially his own compositions - I've always admired.
The first reel on track 2 is sometimes called "The Holly Bush".
"Paddy Murphy's Wife" on track 5 is the reel by that name which appears in O'Neill's, and not the other reel by the same name which I posted a while back.
The "Paddy Fahy's" on track 8 is Paddy's best -known jig.
"The Laughing Reel" was composed by L.Dwyer, according to the sleeve notes. [ May or may not be a misprint ? ]
"The Copper Beech" was composed by F.Dwyer.
I'll try to post these slightly obscure tunes in the near future, but they are very much box tunes, with "low" notes and lots of "flats" and "sharps" where you might not expect them.
PaddyC asked me about some of the tune titles, some of which I changed :
track 3 - "Lad O'Beirne's" is listed as "Reevey's" - [sic].
track 6 - "The Hunter's House" is also listed as "Reevey's", who composed it.
track 9 - "The Drunken Tinker" is listed as "Cosgrave's".
The track listing I posted came from the Outlet cassette tape, and the track order is slightly different from that on the LP record.
Finbarr Dwyer
Recorded in 1971 on the Belfast "Outlet" label. A great selection of tunes by a player whose music - and especially his own compositions - I've always admired.
The first reel on track 2 is sometimes called "The Holly Bush".
"Paddy Murphy's Wife" on track 5 is the reel by that name which appears in O'Neill's, and not the other reel by the same name which I posted a while back.
The "Paddy Fahy's" on track 8 is Paddy's best -known jig.
"The Laughing Reel" was composed by L.Dwyer, according to the sleeve notes. [ May or may not be a misprint ? ]
"The Copper Beech" was composed by F.Dwyer.
I'll try to post these slightly obscure tunes in the near future, but they are very much box tunes, with "low" notes and lots of "flats" and "sharps" where you might not expect them.
# Posted on September 16th 2005 by Kenny
Titles
PaddyC asked me about some of the tune titles, some of which I changed :
track 3 - "Lad O'Beirne's" is listed as "Reevey's" - [sic].
track 6 - "The Hunter's House" is also listed as "Reevey's", who composed it.
track 9 - "The Drunken Tinker" is listed as "Cosgrave's".
The track listing I posted came from the Outlet cassette tape, and the track order is slightly different from that on the LP record.
# Posted on March 3rd 2007 by Kenny
Paddy Fahy's Favourite on track 5 is in fact Kitty in the Lane. I've put in Fahy's Favourite as an alternative title in the tune section.
# Posted on March 30th 2007 by PaddyCmusic