If you want a list of recordings of his tunes, pick any "Paddy Fahy/Fahey" tune here on this website and look at the number of recordings it connects to. The list will be quite extensive. He has no commercial recordings as such that I know of , but there are recordings of him going around.
There are no commercial recordings of Paddy Fahey. I know of three recordings of him that you may be able to find if you look hard enough.
One is of him and Paddy Carty and a few others playing in a pub in the 1970's.
Another is a recording of him playing all the tunes he had written by 1995, this was done as part of a thesis on his music by Maria Holohan and is available to hear in University of Limerick. Getting a copy of it is another thing.
The other recording I know of is one that is sometimes played on Clare FM and was made in the 1970's by an American collector. It's archived in an American University.
Listening to Fahey playing his own tunes is quite an experience. He plays quite slowly, often tunes his fiddle down lower than usual and pitches some notes slightly flatter than they would normally be pitched. The Kane Sisters play his tunes a good bit faster than he does. Breda Keville is indeed much closer in spirit to Fahey's style. Her album is one of my favourites in recent years.
There are actually quite a few more recordings of him floating about, Breandan Breathnach recorded him as did others, stuff going back a good while of himself playing a few of his own tunes and a good few not his own as well. The Chris Delaney tape is easy to get if you contact the Uni of North Carolina (it used to be anyway, a few dollar for a cassette copy).
Then there are pub recordings with Carty, John Joe Forde etc. There are a few tunes attributed to him that are not on the Holohan tape.
Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
Hi anyone know much Mr Fahy? What his style is etc.
Has he recorded any albums? How many tunes has he written?
Also has anyone else recorded a bunch of his tunes?
Ta
K
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by Kess
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
If you want a list of recordings of his tunes, pick any "Paddy Fahy/Fahey" tune here on this website and look at the number of recordings it connects to. The list will be quite extensive. He has no commercial recordings as such that I know of , but there are recordings of him going around.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by Kenny
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
The Kane Sisters come to mind. Great tunes
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by leoj
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
I second leoj. The Kane Sisters have recorded loads of Paddy Fahy's tunes. Martin Hayes has recorded at least a few as well.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by Andee
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
Breda Keville is more directly influenced by Paddy Fahey. http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/product.asp?pID=2161&cID=16 They are from the same area of East Galway.
The private recordings of Mr. Fahey are sometimes heard on Clare FM.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by slainte
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
There are no commercial recordings of Paddy Fahey. I know of three recordings of him that you may be able to find if you look hard enough.
One is of him and Paddy Carty and a few others playing in a pub in the 1970's.
Another is a recording of him playing all the tunes he had written by 1995, this was done as part of a thesis on his music by Maria Holohan and is available to hear in University of Limerick. Getting a copy of it is another thing.
The other recording I know of is one that is sometimes played on Clare FM and was made in the 1970's by an American collector. It's archived in an American University.
Listening to Fahey playing his own tunes is quite an experience. He plays quite slowly, often tunes his fiddle down lower than usual and pitches some notes slightly flatter than they would normally be pitched. The Kane Sisters play his tunes a good bit faster than he does. Breda Keville is indeed much closer in spirit to Fahey's style. Her album is one of my favourites in recent years.
Hope that's of help.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by In mourning
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
Oh he's written around 60 tunes, at least there's around 60 notated in that thesis in UL. He's probably written a few more since.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by In mourning
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
There are actually quite a few more recordings of him floating about, Breandan Breathnach recorded him as did others, stuff going back a good while of himself playing a few of his own tunes and a good few not his own as well. The Chris Delaney tape is easy to get if you contact the Uni of North Carolina (it used to be anyway, a few dollar for a cassette copy).
Then there are pub recordings with Carty, John Joe Forde etc. There are a few tunes attributed to him that are not on the Holohan tape.
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by kilfarboy
Re: Paddy Fahy? Paddy Fahy Tunes?
Here's the details of the Delaney archive:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/d/Delaney,Kevin.html
Information about requesting copies:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/pspol/audiovideo.html
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/pspol/remote.html
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by GaryAMartin