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Padraig O'Keefe's

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 24th 2003 by daithic.

This tune has been added to 96 tunebooks.

Also known as Padraig O'Keefes, Padraig O'Keeffe's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
All Ireland Champion Musicians Singers And Dancers On Tour Of Australia by Na Ridiri
Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
Cóisir: House Party by Máire O'Keeffe
Ceol Cill Na Martra by Connie O'Connell
Different State by Paudie O'Connor
Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
Fonnchaoi by Verena Commins And Julie Langan
For The Sake Of Old Decency by Cathal McConnel And Len Graham
Gleanntan by Sliabh Notes
Happy Hour by Donal Murphy
In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh by Jackie Daly And Seamus Creagh
Little Fires by Hanz Araki
Live At Martyrs' by Gan Bua
Music For The Sets - Volume 6: Face The Hob by Various Artists
Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
Mysterious Ireland by Various Artists
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
Out In The Night by Fisherstreet
Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
Sé by Lunasa
Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
Second Album by Boys Of The Lough
Sessions From..... by An Teach Beag
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
Spellbound by Sharon Shannon
Stockton's Wing by Stockton's Wing
Taking Note by Meitheal Cheoil
Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
The Fiddle, The Voice by Nancy Conescu And Gerry Harrington
The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
The Night Of The Fair: Traditional Irish Music From Sliabh Luachra by Dan Herlihy And Friends
The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990 - 2005 Disc 1 by Sharon Shannon
The Star Spangled Molly by De Danann
Traditional Irish Music (traditional Music Session From Belfast) by Various Artists
Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry by Jimmy Doyle And Dan O'Leary
Unheard by Eddie Clarke

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Sharon Shannon's Blackbird

This is a set beginning with Padraig O' Keefe's Slide and flowing into the Happy one-step a cajun type of tune.

# Posted on July 24th 2003 by daithic

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# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by Liammcg

Sharon Shannon's blackbird

is sharon's version a slide?

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by stevequincy

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

It sounds like a relation of Kathryn Tickell's tattoo.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by nicholas

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

Em, its two tunes, the first is a slip jig i think (not sure really!) and the second is a cajun one-step.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by tnoumarap

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

I thought the Blackbird was one of Pádraig O'Keefe's slides but this would need some checking out.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Bannerman

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

Is it Plane - Is it a bird - No it's not a slide, and this may sound Irish, but you could dance a 'Slow Quickstep' to it. Whatever it turns out to be..it's one bloody awful tune...Sorry.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Free Reed

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

The melody is very close to the Gullane Slide which was associated with Pádraig O'Keefe and was recorded by Johnny O'Leary

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Bannerman

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

slide it is

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Saint

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

Im with Free Reed.....AWFUL!!

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Liammcg

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

I don't think I'd go so far as saying it's awful (taking it for what it is I think it's quite pleasant) but I definitely don't want to hear it played in trad sessions - over the years I think I've only ever heard it introduced two or three times which is more than enough!

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Bannerman

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

I don't think much of it as a tune either, I'd far rather hear or play the other blackbird tune,(the set dance).

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by cathycook

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

or the hornpipe as played by concertina virtuouso Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Bannerman

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

The first part of this set is a slide, in fact, it's this one: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1844

and unless you've got something against slides in general I'm wondering what the problem is (disregarding the Cajun thing that's the second tune).

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by boxist

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

ha, i never thought i'd get so many responses on this one, i think its a catchy tune and a good effort to change up an old tune.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by stevequincy

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

I dont like it,I prefer the other two blackbirds therslow air and the set dance.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by anon

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

Osharpd - Your link which is the first tune in the set, is a slide, no doubt about that, but I can't see how the last tune in the set could be played as a slide. The tempo is wrong surely, and is that not the tune in question that is titled 'The Blackbird'. ???? Like some on here I too prefer the Blackbird Hornpipe or the Blackbird Set Dance.

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by Free Reed

Re: Sharon Shannon's blackbird

"Blackbird" is simply the name Sharon Shannon gave to this track, which is a mashup of two tunes -- Padraig O'Keefe's (a slide) and The Happy One-Step (which is, um, something else entirely). It doesn't make sense to talk about the track or set as if it's a single tune.

Lunasa, among others, does the same thing -- they give names to sets. Doing so doesn't mean that name applies to all (or even any) of the tunes in the set.

And, just as some performers mash up different tune types in a single track (jig to reel, anyone?), her playing the first tune as a slide doesn't mean the second one should be played or danced as a slide. (God, I hope no one would try that.)

# Posted on August 6th 2007 by boxist

This thread was moved

If some of the comments above seem a bit odd, it's because all but the first comment were part of a thread on the main discussion board that was moved to this tune-specific page.

# Posted on August 7th 2007 by boxist

Blackbird

Yeah, what do you know, I love it!

# Posted on November 28th 2007 by Accordionstu