David McNevin(banjo), Manus Lunny (bouzouki, guitar), Dave Murphy (keyboards).
Waltons tutorial banjo cd to accompany "50 solo's for Irish Tenor Banjo".
This Cd was too big to post as one, so i post the first half (Gerry O Connor) and the second half (David McNevin) separately.
Well worth a listen..
It probably goes without saying that Gerry and David do an outstanding job demonstrating the tunes on this CD which accompanies the Waltons/Mel Bay 50 Solo's for Irish Tenor Banjo tune book . Banjoists and banjophiles would do well to seek out this recording.
However, the track listing is not very well synchronized with the tunes that follow and there are some clearly misnamed tunes. This fact was perhaps not evident to the original poster of the CD on this site since the tracks are shown here as listed, in some cases incorrectly, on the CD. I have caught a few of these errors, although it is likely I missed some as some of these tunes are not known to me. I will attempt to clean up a few of the mistakes I did find.
Note this is the second half of a 50 tune CD, the other is posted on session.org as “Rattlin' Banjos” (Part 1) one with Gerry O'Connor. The track listing shown on session.org is actually track #'s 26-50 on the CD. For the purpose of clearing up some of the confusication one who owns the CD might have I will be referring to the track number as listed in the CD liner, it should be easy enough for musicians to transpose the numbers.
*Feral O'Gara listed as track #44 is #43 and Collin's listed as #43 is #44. Apparently someone mispronounced/misheard Coen's as Collin's. It's actually Tommy Coens's reel #2
*McGann's Reel track #45 is Golden Keyboard
*Sally Gardens listed as #46 is #47and Three Sea Captain's listed as #47 is #46
The unnamed Hornpipe in G is Murphy's Hornpipe
As for “Mist Covered Mountain” it's clearly not the same tune as the Junior Crehan tune adapted from the Scottish air “Chi mi na mor-bheanna." It seems this tune, like so many others, goes by many names, including and most accurately Mac's Fancy, as noted above, a version of “March of Donald Lord of the Isles to the Battle of Harlaw” a Scottish tune. I suspect the fact that this tune opens up and is paired with the Crehan tune on the De Dannon CD entitled “Mist Covered Mountain” may have given rise to the misnomer. The tune can also be found in JC's ABC tune finder and at least one other tutorial under that name as well. It's also Walton's “101 Fiddle Tunes” collection where it's listed as Phil's Jig. That's all for now.
I, for one would be interested in any other corrections to the list, some of you out there may have.
There are numerous mistakes on the Gerry O'Connor half of this collection as well.
As said above, there are a large number of mistakes in the tune titles on this recording. Here’s a few others, and I’ll add more later, when I’ve time. The numbers below refer to the tracks as listed here. I have the original version on cassette tape, which was how it was released before coming out on CD. I don't think the tracks are all in the same order in both formats.
1 – “Finbar [sic] Dwyer’s” is one of Paddy Fahey’s reels, nothing at all to do with Finbarr Dwyer.
4 – “Roche’s” = “Tripping Up The Stairs” - the reel.
5 – “Peter Street” – better known as “Speed The Plough” .
7 – “McDonagh’s” = “Convenience / Knock At The Door / Olcan Masterson’s”
8 – “Kelly’s” = “Farewell To Erin” [ 2 part reel in “D”].
David McNevin(banjo), Manus Lunny (bouzouki, guitar), Dave Murphy (keyboards).
Waltons tutorial banjo cd to accompany "50 solo's for Irish Tenor Banjo".
This Cd was too big to post as one, so i post the first half (Gerry O Connor) and the second half (David McNevin) separately.
Well worth a listen..
# Posted on October 31st 2003 by Celtic1234
That's wrong
The tune called "The Mist Covered Mountain" by David McNevin on "Rattlin' Banjos" and "50 Solos for Irish Tenor Banjo" is really "Mac's Fancy Jig".
To call that tune as "The Mist..." was an error.
# Posted on August 19th 2008 by Galego Man
Many mistakes in the tunes listed
It probably goes without saying that Gerry and David do an outstanding job demonstrating the tunes on this CD which accompanies the Waltons/Mel Bay 50 Solo's for Irish Tenor Banjo tune book . Banjoists and banjophiles would do well to seek out this recording.
However, the track listing is not very well synchronized with the tunes that follow and there are some clearly misnamed tunes. This fact was perhaps not evident to the original poster of the CD on this site since the tracks are shown here as listed, in some cases incorrectly, on the CD. I have caught a few of these errors, although it is likely I missed some as some of these tunes are not known to me. I will attempt to clean up a few of the mistakes I did find.
Note this is the second half of a 50 tune CD, the other is posted on session.org as “Rattlin' Banjos” (Part 1) one with Gerry O'Connor. The track listing shown on session.org is actually track #'s 26-50 on the CD. For the purpose of clearing up some of the confusication one who owns the CD might have I will be referring to the track number as listed in the CD liner, it should be easy enough for musicians to transpose the numbers.
*Feral O'Gara listed as track #44 is #43 and Collin's listed as #43 is #44. Apparently someone mispronounced/misheard Coen's as Collin's. It's actually Tommy Coens's reel #2
*McGann's Reel track #45 is Golden Keyboard
*Sally Gardens listed as #46 is #47and Three Sea Captain's listed as #47 is #46
The unnamed Hornpipe in G is Murphy's Hornpipe
As for “Mist Covered Mountain” it's clearly not the same tune as the Junior Crehan tune adapted from the Scottish air “Chi mi na mor-bheanna." It seems this tune, like so many others, goes by many names, including and most accurately Mac's Fancy, as noted above, a version of “March of Donald Lord of the Isles to the Battle of Harlaw” a Scottish tune. I suspect the fact that this tune opens up and is paired with the Crehan tune on the De Dannon CD entitled “Mist Covered Mountain” may have given rise to the misnomer. The tune can also be found in JC's ABC tune finder and at least one other tutorial under that name as well. It's also Walton's “101 Fiddle Tunes” collection where it's listed as Phil's Jig. That's all for now.
I, for one would be interested in any other corrections to the list, some of you out there may have.
There are numerous mistakes on the Gerry O'Connor half of this collection as well.
# Posted on November 1st 2008 by Chef Paul
More corrections....
As said above, there are a large number of mistakes in the tune titles on this recording. Here’s a few others, and I’ll add more later, when I’ve time. The numbers below refer to the tracks as listed here. I have the original version on cassette tape, which was how it was released before coming out on CD. I don't think the tracks are all in the same order in both formats.
1 – “Finbar [sic] Dwyer’s” is one of Paddy Fahey’s reels, nothing at all to do with Finbarr Dwyer.
4 – “Roche’s” = “Tripping Up The Stairs” - the reel.
5 – “Peter Street” – better known as “Speed The Plough” .
7 – “McDonagh’s” = “Convenience / Knock At The Door / Olcan Masterson’s”
8 – “Kelly’s” = “Farewell To Erin” [ 2 part reel in “D”].
# Posted on November 5th 2008 by Kenny
More tune titles...
More common alternatives to titles given …..
Track 2 = “The Tipperary “ = “The Derry Hornpipe”
Track 6 = “Harding’s” = “The Dusty Windowsill”
Track 12 = “Sonny Brogan’s” = “Humours Of Drinagh”
Track 13 = “The Silver Vale” = possibly better known as “Burke’s
Track 16 = “Bill Harte’s” = “Pull The Knife And Stick It Again”
Track 17 = “The Strand” = “Mary Shore”
Track 23 = Crehan’s : Can’t place this, possibly “Gerry Cronin’s”
Also - Track 9 = “Peacock’s Feather” link here goes to the D minor hornpipe instead of the D major tune of the same name.
# Posted on November 7th 2008 by Kenny
Another Correction
The Galway Hornpipe is actually Pay the Reckoning.
# Posted on September 8th 2009 by dlunney