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  • Creator is exactly "Byrne, Laura (flute)"

Martin Woods' Reel

01-16_Martin_Woods_Reel.pdf
A fine fiddle player from County Clare was Martin Woods. I had the honour of playing with him often in the early 1960s. Both of us were members of a céilí band known as The Lough Derg. That was so long ago! Martin Woods had fine old…

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Lame Crowley

05-31_Lame_Crowley-Jig.pdf
I knew that Billy McComiskey, Laura Byrne, and Donna Long, with their superlative musicianship, would be the right people to play this tune. I learned it many years ago from my long-time friend Mr. Larry Gavin. Billy was curious as to where the jig…

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Dan Sullivan's

01-31_Dan_Sullivans-Jig.pdf
Another tune recorded by Dan Sullivan and his band, it is played on this recording by Billy McComiskey (accordion), Laura Byrne (flute), and Donna Long (piano). Their relaxed style brings out the beauty of the melody.

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Harvest Field, The

04-07_The_Harvest_Field-Fling.pdf
I had a scratchy old 78 RPM recording of a band from Boston and could barely identify the tune they were playing. I believe the person playing the accordion on the track was Billy Caples, a well-known Boston accordion player and teacher. I sent it to…

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