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Follies of Youth, The

06-11_The_Follies_of_Youth-Strathspey.pdf
Another young player who contributed to this project is Sean Gavin from Detroit, son of fiddle player and teacher Mick Gavin from Meelick, County Clare. Here Sean plays the flute on one of his own compositions, a strathspey that somehow must have…

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Banks of the Shannon, The

10-21_The_Banks_of_the_Shannon-Reel.pdf
The reel played on this track by Catherine McEvoy was one that Paddy O'Brien and I had considered recording with Charlie Lennon for The Banks of the Shannon mini-LP that we made in the 1970s. I'm not exactly sure why we did not record it. Then,…

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Fourpenny Bit, The

10-17_The_Fourpenny_Bit-Reel.pdf
Another tune that Larry Gavin sent to me is this reel. Larry found it in 'The Bible' of Irish music, the O'Neill's 1001 collection of tunes. It is played here for us by the great Catherine McEvoy with accompaniment by her nephew, Paddy McEvoy, on…

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Dennis Watson's

10-15_Dennis_Watsons-Reel.pdf
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…

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Edenderry, The

09-29_The_Edenderry-Reel.pdf
Larry Gavin sent this tune to me on a tape over thirty years ago. Getting a tape of music from Ireland, and more especially from Larry, was always special. I was always assured of getting a new tune or two from my good friend. On this track we hear…

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Séamus Connolly's

09-11_Seamus_Connollys-Reel.pdf
I am so honoured that my great friend, the prolific composer Bob McQuillen, wrote this tune for me. 'The Professor', as I call him, is a special person in my life and I have for many years admired his compositions and music. Bob is heard playing his…

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North Road, The

09-10_The_North_Road-Reel.pdf
My young friend Meghan Mette composed this reel. I was delighted that she asked me to play it with her, along with Nicole Rabata on flute and Kevin McElroy on mandolin. She tells us how the tune came about: 'I wrote this tune for Séamus first…

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Michael Relihan's

09-03_Michael_Relihans-Reel.pdf
A lovely tune that came from the playing of John Kelly, the fiddle and concertina master from west County Clare. John had a storehouse of unusual tunes and was ever so generous in handing them down to other interested musicians. Michael Relihan was a…

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Mary of the Grove

08-30_Mary_of_the_Grove-Reel.pdf
A slightly different version of this reel may be found in The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. On this track, we again hear Kevin Crawford giving us a lovely performance.

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Night Above the Abbey, The

08-27_The_Night_Above_the_Abbey-Reel.pdf
A tune composed by Sean Gavin when he was nineteen years old. The tune is in honour of good musical times that were had at the famed Abbey Pub in Chicago, a traditional music hub for many years. Sean plays his creation on flute (he is a…

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Molly, Put the Kettle On

08-25_Molly_Put_the_Kettle_On-Reel.pdf
Joanie Madden gives us her interpretation of a tune I first learned from Larry Gavin. It also appears in O'Neill's 1001. I temporarily mislaid the recording Joanie made for me, so the tune almost didn't make it into this collection. I'm glad I found…

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Ballina Lassies, The

08-15_The_Ballina_Lassies-Reel.pdf
I can picture Jimmy Noonan with his eyes closed and his shoulder going up and down as he plays this tune with accordionist Dan Gurney. When Jimmy moves like this playing his flute, it is a visible sign that he is 'in the groove', giving the music the…

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Old Wheels of the World (Johnny McGreevy's version)

08-11_Old_Wheels_of_the_World_McGreevys-Reel.pdf
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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Frank Neylon's

08-05_Frank_Neylons-Reel.pdf
Flute player Frank Neylon lived in Boston when I arrived there in 1977. I loved listening to his beautiful, distinctive North Clare style of playing, and to the unusual tunes that he had brought with him to America. This is another of the tunes that…

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Bríd Donnelly's

07-30_Brid_Donnellys-Reel.pdf
I first heard this reel played by Bríd Donnelly, a fine flute player with The Pride of Erin Céilí Band from County Fermanagh. My friend Nicky McAuliffe calls it 'The West Clare', but I'm sure the musicians in West Clare would be…

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Johnny's Welcome Home

07-16_Johnnys_Welcome_Home-Reel.pdf
Billy Clifford recorded this tune for me that night long ago in Tralee, County Kerry. The memories of that evening remain with me always, especially delightful when I listen to the tape Billy and his mother made for me that evening so long ago. What…

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Cathal's Reel

07-11_Cathals_Reel.pdf
The revered traditional music group The Boys of the Lough performed in Boston in the late 1980s. At a house gathering that same evening, their flutist Cathal McConnell played this tune for me. The tune is performed for us on this track by Catherine…

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Leamanagh Castle

07-07_Leamanagh_Castle-Reel.pdf
Flute player Frank Neylon had a repertoire of fine tunes associated with his native Kilnaboy in north County Clare. Frank was living in Boston, Massachusetts, when I arrived there from Ireland in the 1970s. He was well-known and respected by all as a…

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Top of the Bow

05-22_Top_of_the_Bow-Reel.pdf
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…

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Peggy Monaghan's

05-17_Peggy_Monaghans-Reel.pdf
Peggy Monaghan was Sean Nugent's sister, and he honoured her with this fine reel. It is played here by his son Larry Nugent. Thanks, Larry, for the tunes!

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