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Michael Russell's

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 8th 2002 by Toni Ribas.

This tune has been added to 77 tunebooks.

Also known as Callaghan's, The Clare Jig, The Clare, Fairies Hornpipe, Michael Russell's, Micho Russell's, Micko Russel's Slides, Micko Russell's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Michael Russell's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
A3 A2F ABA F2E|DFA B2A B2A F3|dcd a2g f2d B2A|1 BcA BAB d2d dcB :|2 BcA BAB d3 dz2||
dcd a2g f2d B2A |BcA BcA B2A F3 |dcd a2g f2d B2A |BcA BAB d3 dz2:||

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Michael Russell's sheetmusic
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I first heard this tune in Michael McGoldrick & John McSherry's recording "At First Light". Then I thought it was a lovely lively tune. Later on I heard it again on a RTE TV documentary. From then on, the tune remained dancing in my brain until I learnt it.
I wonder if the CD notes were wrong and the tune is actually named after Micho Russell. I never heard of Michael Russell before. Anyone can put some light in this issue??

# Posted on September 8th 2002 by Toni Ribas

Yes, I'd like to know about that as well!

Zina

# Posted on September 9th 2002 by Zina Lee

The tune you've posted is titled "Micho Russell's" on the Patrick Street "Live" album and "The Eavesdropper" album by Burke/Daly. The same title is given on other tune finder sites for essentially the same slide submitted here. Perhaps the CD's notes writer anglicized Micho's name.

Great tune.

# Posted on September 9th 2002 by K. Leahy

Isn't 'Micho' a diminutive of 'Michael'? His family seemed to favour unconventional diminutives - his brothers were (are?) called Gussie (presumably Augustus) and Packie (Patrick).

# Posted on September 17th 2002 by granama

Yes, Micho, also spelt Micko by some people. This is the first tune in the last set on Dervish's "Playing With Fire". According to the liner notes, Micho Russell was "often heard playing it but it is also known as Callaghan's".

# Posted on December 26th 2002 by Dow

Jackie Daly plays this as Callaghan's Hornpipe on Music from Sliabh Luachra. It is also recorded as The Fairiy Hornpipe on Topic/Free Reed 12TFRS506, "Irish Traditional Concertina Styles". It is played by Michael MacAogain.

# Posted on January 25th 2003 by DanielB

Live recording

I have a live recording of him playing this tune, it goes as follows
Key Amaj
|:A2AA2AABAF2E|DFA{d}B2A{d}B2AF2A|dcda2=gf2d{d}B2A|"1st"BdABABd3dcB:|"2nd"BdABABd3
d2A|:dcda2=gf2d{d}B2A|BdABdA{d}B2AF2A|dcda2=gf2d{d}B2A|"1st"BdABABd3d2A:|"2nd"BdABABd3dcB|
Good luck
Mikea

# Posted on August 13th 2003 by Mikea

?

What I want to know is,why is it called the faeries hornpipe if it's a slide???

# Posted on November 25th 2003 by seisflutes

Micho Russel

Paraphrasing from Fintan Vallely's "Companion to Irish Traditional Music" - Micho Russell was born in 1915 in Doonagore, Co. Clare. He started whistle at 11 and later played flute and sang. He grew up playing house dances and at Doolin area pubs, then pubs in Dublin, which led to radio and television work. He won All-Ireland on whistle in 1973 and toured Europe and the East coast USA. Micho was well known for his unaffected stage presence and great store of Clare tunes. Sadly, he was killed in a road accident in 1994. Many of today's recording artists credit Micho for settings of tunes, and for embodying a melodically simple but rhtymically complex approach to the music.

# Posted on November 25th 2003 by Will CPT

"Micko Russell's Slide" ~ Kevin Burke

You can also find Kevin Burke teaching this on DVD #1 of a pair:

"Learn to Play Irish Fiddle: Polkas, Jigs & Slides" ~ 90 minutes
Homespun Videos / DVDs
ISBN: 1-932964-44-4

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2060

# Posted on June 21st 2006 by ceolachan

"Micho Russell's Slide" ~ # Posted on August 13th 2003 by Mikea

~ see above...
Here's that transcription cleaned up and with the key signature corrected:

X: 2
T: Michael Russell's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
Key Dmaj
|: dcB |\
A2 A A2 A ABA F2 E | DFA B2 A B2 A F2 A |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BAB d3 :|
|: d2 A |\
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BdA B2 A F2 A |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BAB d3 d2 A :|

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by ceolachan

Oops! ~ I forgot to clean up those endings completely... :-/

X: 2
T: Michael Russell's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
Key Dmaj
|: dcB |\
A2 A A2 A ABA F2 E | DFA B2 A B2 A F2 A |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BAB d3 :|
|: d2 A |\
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BdA B2 A F2 A |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BdA BAB d3 :|

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by ceolachan

"Micho Russell's Slide" ~ Submitted on September 8th 2002 by Toni Ribas.

Can't say much for the ABCs for the original submission. Here it is slightly edited. I'll have to add some other takes on this lovely old slide later...

X: 1
T: Michael Russell's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|: dcB |\
A3 A2 F ABA F2 E | DFA B2 A B2 A F3 |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BcA BAB d2 d :|
|: d3 |\
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BcA BcA B2 A F3 |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 A | BcA BAB d3 :|

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by ceolachan

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by Screetch ~

Discussion: Unknown slide..??.
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by FIDDLE4
~ /discussions/display/18100

I learned this one from Kevin Burke's instructional videos, where he plays a really nice version of it. It's become one of my favorite tunes, very lively and beautiful.

Burke does a drone against the D string in the A part when he goes up to the B-A-B-A bit, which I think sounds fantastic. Give it a try and see how it strikes you.

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by Screetch

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by ceolachan

"Micho Russell's Slide" ~ other ways with it

X: 3
T: Michael Russell's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
Key Dmaj
|: dcB |\
A2 A ABA ABA F2 E | DFA B2 A B2 A FGA |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 ^A | B2 A B^AB d3 :|
|: d2 A |\
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 ^A | B2 A B^AB B2 =A FF/G/A |
dcd a2 g f2 d B2 ^A | B2 A B^AB d3 :|

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by ceolachan

In case you're having trouble...

putting ceolachan's submissions above into an ABC converter, you just need to replace the line that says "Key Dmaj" with "K: Dmaj".

Thanks, ceolachan for your work on this interesting tune!

# Posted on June 15th 2008 by muspc

K: Dmaj ~ not ~ Key Dmaj

Sorry folks, that was from the original cut-and-paste of Mikea's ABCs. I repeated it and was blind to the mistake until the last entry, 'other ways'... I should have checked the headers... I still might have missed it. Thanks muspc, appreciated...

# Posted on June 16th 2008 by ceolachan

Nope, I screwed up that one too, 'other ways'. It seems I only corrected it, probably on automatic, with the Toni Ribas repeat... I must be tired... :-/

# Posted on June 16th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Clare Jig" ~ Micho Russell, whistle ~ MP3, transcript, analysis

http://www.rogermillington.com/
http://www.rogermillington.com/tunetoc/clareslide.html

# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by ceolachan

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