One of the most frequently asked questions on this site is, "can you recommend tunes to learn so I can play in a session?"
I bought a CD the other day and it's a cracker. Galway's own Joe Burke. It may well get the prize for the worst cover ever, but I digress. Looking at it in the shop I recognised only four of the 27 tunes on the slieve notes so I thought it must be worth its knockdown £1.99. But when I got it home I discovered I knew every one, inside out and back to front. It's not that I have other names for them, it's just that every one is such a session gem, they are just part of the fabric of this diddley thing.
Anyway, my point is: Next time a beginner asks for a list of tunes, they'd do much better being told to get this CD than being given a list of abstract names and a bunch of abcs and horrid midi nonsense.
(it's in the rcording section, but does anyone know when it was recorded?)
I agree, Michael, but unfortunately you won't always be directed to the correct dots in the notation by "clicking " on the tune name.
"Lambert's" goes to "The Rambling Pitchfork" in Dm, the 4-part "Knocknagow" jig isn't in this database yet, it's a different "Paddy Kelly's" [again, I don't think the 4-part reel Joe plays has been posted yet, but I mean to soon ], and "Morrison's" will take you to the jig. That's only the 1st 3 tracks - I haven't time to look at the rest.
Recorded in 1971, Michael. By the way - if the CD has the same cover as the LP, I think the geezer with his back to the camera is Sean Maguire, and his Mrs. is on the left, one Josephine Keegan. Outlet were careful with the bawbees, because they also photographed Joe & Maguire together on the same occasion for a sleeve for a duet LP which must have come out around the same time. They're all wearing the same clothes!
Kenny, on the cover of the CD I've got is the most dreadful coloured pencil drawing of a Paulo Soprani box playing decapitated torso with what looks like broken fingers. I wish I had the record.
As a big fan of Joe Burke's playing, I'm happy to have this album. A lot of the tunes seemed to be titled incorrectly but that's not a big deal I suppose. I've learned not to take the contents on the back of a CD case too seriously.
Sorry for the delay in answer to your question Kenny but here are some corrections.
Tk. 1: Lambert's is actually The Rambling Pitchfork.
Tk. 3: Morrison's is the common tune Maude Millar (in G).
Tk. 4: The first tune is indeed Jackson's Jig but it is also followed by The Tar Road to Sligo
Ok, not as many as I had made it out to be. Mostly the tunes were under alternative titles with which I was not familier.
Frequently asked questions?
One of the most frequently asked questions on this site is, "Can you recomend tunes to learn so I can play in a session?".
Well you can't go wrong with these for starters
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by llig leahcim
frequently asked questions: No 97
One of the most frequently asked questions on this site is, "can you recommend tunes to learn so I can play in a session?"
I bought a CD the other day and it's a cracker. Galway's own Joe Burke. It may well get the prize for the worst cover ever, but I digress. Looking at it in the shop I recognised only four of the 27 tunes on the slieve notes so I thought it must be worth its knockdown £1.99. But when I got it home I discovered I knew every one, inside out and back to front. It's not that I have other names for them, it's just that every one is such a session gem, they are just part of the fabric of this diddley thing.
Anyway, my point is: Next time a beginner asks for a list of tunes, they'd do much better being told to get this CD than being given a list of abstract names and a bunch of abcs and horrid midi nonsense.
(it's in the rcording section, but does anyone know when it was recorded?)
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by llig leahcim
OK in theory
I agree, Michael, but unfortunately you won't always be directed to the correct dots in the notation by "clicking " on the tune name.
"Lambert's" goes to "The Rambling Pitchfork" in Dm, the 4-part "Knocknagow" jig isn't in this database yet, it's a different "Paddy Kelly's" [again, I don't think the 4-part reel Joe plays has been posted yet, but I mean to soon ], and "Morrison's" will take you to the jig. That's only the 1st 3 tracks - I haven't time to look at the rest.
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by Kenny
Re: frequently asked questions: No 97
Michael, what's the actual title of the record, Joe Burke's recorded several
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by Cath
Re: frequently asked questions: No 97
"Galway's Own" on the "Outlet" label.
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by Kenny
Re: frequently asked questions: No 97
Thanks Kenny
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by Cath
Galway's Own
Recorded in 1971, Michael. By the way - if the CD has the same cover as the LP, I think the geezer with his back to the camera is Sean Maguire, and his Mrs. is on the left, one Josephine Keegan. Outlet were careful with the bawbees, because they also photographed Joe & Maguire together on the same occasion for a sleeve for a duet LP which must have come out around the same time. They're all wearing the same clothes!
# Posted on June 17th 2004 by Kenny
Galway's own
Kenny, on the cover of the CD I've got is the most dreadful coloured pencil drawing of a Paulo Soprani box playing decapitated torso with what looks like broken fingers. I wish I had the record.
# Posted on June 20th 2004 by llig leahcim
Galway's Own
As a big fan of Joe Burke's playing, I'm happy to have this album. A lot of the tunes seemed to be titled incorrectly but that's not a big deal I suppose. I've learned not to take the contents on the back of a CD case too seriously.
# Posted on January 3rd 2007 by PaddyCmusic
Which tunes are titled incorrectly ?
# Posted on January 3rd 2007 by Kenny
Corrections
Sorry for the delay in answer to your question Kenny but here are some corrections.
Tk. 1: Lambert's is actually The Rambling Pitchfork.
Tk. 3: Morrison's is the common tune Maude Millar (in G).
Tk. 4: The first tune is indeed Jackson's Jig but it is also followed by The Tar Road to Sligo
Ok, not as many as I had made it out to be. Mostly the tunes were under alternative titles with which I was not familier.
# Posted on February 6th 2007 by PaddyCmusic