<![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Heaton%2C+Shannon+&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:17:06 -0700 burnsref@bc.edu (The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music) Boston College Libraries Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Jimmy Neary's Polka]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/554

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Another tune from the repertoire of fiddle master Johnny McGreevy. It is played on this recording by the talented flute player Shannon Heaton, who at one time lived in Chicago but now resides in Boston. Thanks, Shannon, for taking the time to travel up to Maine to record for this project. Lovely playing.

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<![CDATA[Humours of Ballyhaunis]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/483

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The 'goings on' or happy and fun times in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, give this slip jig its name. I first heard the tune played by the talented musical Quinn family from New York. A version of the tune may be found in O'Neill's great collection of Irish music. A tune well worth playing and worth its weight in gold: on this track performed for us by Shannon Heaton.

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<![CDATA[Grandfather's Thought]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/435

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This hornpipe from Julia, John, and Billy Clifford is played here for us by Shannon Heaton on flute. The tune may be found on an LP that the Cliffords recorded during their years in London, England, entitled The Star of Munster Trio, Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 2.

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<![CDATA[Top of the Bow]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/625

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Flute player Shannon Heaton wrote 'Top of the Bow' for her friends Emerald and Eden, two fiddle-playing sisters. They had their fiddles out in the car, learning a tune on the way to a gig. However, after realizing that their playing had left little marks in the car's ceiling, they decided that it's best to use just the very tip-top of the fiddle bow when playing in the car...

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<![CDATA[Old Wheels of the World (Johnny McGreevy's version)]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/658

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Some of the lovely variations in Shannon Heaton's playing of this reel came from Johnny McGreevy, the Chicago fiddle master. They were given to Shannon by the one and only Liz Carroll, who also comes from that City by the Lake.

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<![CDATA[Henry Savage's Favourite]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/413

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I first heard this tune on a long-playing record titled Music from the Glens, featuring the musical Quinn family from New York. Mr. Louis Quinn, father of this talented family, was a fiddle player who came to America from South Armagh. Mr. Quinn probably heard this tune growing up in that beautiful part of the county, an area well-known for Irish music and céilí dancing. The tune gets its name from Henry Savage, who came from a long lineage of fiddle players in that area. Here, Shannon Heaton plays her interpretation of this barndance. I am very grateful to Shannon and her husband Matt, who so generously took time from their busy schedules to come all the way from Boston to spend time with Sandy and me, for playing such delightful music for this project.

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<![CDATA[Quinn Family, The]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/414

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Shannon and Matt Heaton give vibrant life to a barndance which I first heard on the long-playing record Music from the Glens. The album featured the talented Quinn family from New York, hence the title I've given the tune to honour this musical clan led by Mister Louis Quinn of County Armagh.

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<![CDATA[Dennis Watson's]]> https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/686

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Dennis Watson from County Roscommon, now living in Chicago, is a flute player and piper. Shannon Heaton recorded this tune, her own composition, on her recent CD The Blue Dress. She plays it again for this collection and dedicates it to Dennis Watson.

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Séamus Connolly
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