Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Gurney, Dan]]> Gurney, Dan (accordion) (composer)]]>
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Moving further along in years, my wife Sandy and I visited Sir Jimmy's hometown of Auchtermuchty, Scotland in the hope of meeting the maestro. Deciding that an unannounced visit might be intrusive, we continued on our journey.

This introduction to Dominick McCarthy's Irish Barndance may seem unusual; nevertheless, it seems appropriate to write about Sir Jimmy in order to write about his equally talented son Jimmy Shand Jr., accordionist, composer, and accordion tuner. On a recent visit to Auchtermuchty with my friends Drs. Jim and Cindy Polo, we were welcomed into the beautiful home of Jimmy Shand Jr. and his lovely wife Margaret. Jimmy had invited us, and on that trip I did not hesitate to knock on the door of the Shand residence. The kind warm hospitality that we received from Mr. and Mrs. Shand will now also be embedded in my mind. Music, stories, photographs, and holding Sir Jimmy's accordion were special treats on that occasion. 

And then our conversation turned to Jimmy Jr.'s music compositions. I told Jimmy that Dominick McCarthy from Clara in County Offaly had played the barndance for me over thirty years ago. Mr. Shand told me that he did not have any recollection of the tune. Upon giving Jimmy Jr. the sheet music, he began to whistle, and with a twinkle in his eye he smiled as the tune instantly came back to him. He was delighted to be reminded of this tune while saying it would be a welcome addition to his forthcoming book, Jimmy Shand, Jr. Music Compositions.

Unforgettable memories all around. Thank you, sir, for your composition and for the welcome that you and Margaret gave to Cindy, Jim, and myself. Jimmy, I hope you never stop playing and composing!


]]> Murphy, Gráinne (fiddle)]]> Murray, Alan (guitar)]]> Shand, Jimmy, Jr. (composer)]]>
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A few days later, after my friends had returned home, a fax came to my house with a tune written on manuscript paper. It was a jig that the ladies had composed while up in my attic. They had somehow found their way up there. Unfortunately, on the day the fax arrived my machine was running low on ink. The lines on the paper all ran together on the tune's second part, and I was unable to make it out. At Sandy's suggestion, I sat at the kitchen table to compose a temporary replacement for it.

I next met the ladies a year later at the Northeast Heritage Music Camp, and we began to play the jig, but with a few surprises and laughs as our two competing second parts clashed against each other! I had to explain to them what had happened to their original second part, and my addition was demoted to a third part. We recorded it with help from Ken Perlman on banjo and Pete Sutherland on piano, two fellow teachers at the camp. Thanks, ladies, a nice gift, better than 'anything' from a shop.]]> Webb, Jeannine (fiddle) (composer)]]> Bérubé, Alice (fiddle) (composer)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) (composer) 33682623]]> Perlman, Ken (banjo) 30890496]]> Sutherland, Pete (piano) 28388860]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Peoples, Tommy ]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Gavin, Larry]]> Ryan's Mammoth Collection. It is played here in fine style by the talented Gráinne Murphy.]]> Murphy, Gráinne (fiddle)]]> Murray, Alan (guitar)]]>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.]]> Gallagher, Rita ]]> ]]> More info.]]> Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Penny whistle music]]> Nugent, Emmet]]> his own tune in this collection). The young Nugent twins are well-placed to carry on the great family legacy of Irish music.]]> Nugent, Larry (whistle) (composer)]]> Broaders, Pat (bouzouki)]]>
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