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Paddy Kelly's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 6th 2003 by Graham Guerin.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Also known as The Daisy Field, Paddy Kelly's Reels.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
Accordion Music From The Soul by Finbarr Dwyer
An Bhabog Sa Bhadog by Kevin Crehan
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
Caise Ceoil by Lynn Saoirse
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
Drops Of Spring Water by Comhaltas Concert Tour 2004
Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Lynn Saoirse
Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
Galway's Own by Joe Burke
Hangin' At The Crossroads by Ceili Bandits
I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
Instrumental by Franz Sanger And Susan Frances
Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Carty
Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
Loozin Air by Garry Shannon
Memories Of Clare by Bobby Gardiner
Music From The Coleman Country by Lynn Saoirse
Overneath by Slide
Rogha Órdha by Lynn Saoirse
Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
Strayaway by Caoimhin Vallely
The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
Threads Of Time by Cherish The Ladies
Tippin' Away by Damien Connolly And Pete Mancuso
Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast by Lynn Saoirse
Traditional Irish Sessions by Lynn Saoirse
Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Warming Up by Martin Mulhaire, S�amus Connolly And Jack Coen
When First I Went To Caledonia by Tony Cuffe

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I usually play this tune before "The New Custom House", which is another Paddy Kelly composition, as played by Joe Burke on his "Bucks of Oranmore" album.

# Posted on November 6th 2003 by Graham Guerin

The Daisy Field

That's the correct title. Go to this duplicated version for more of my comments on the tune:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5127/comments

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by PaddyCmusic

No. You're wrong, Paddy. That's a completely different tune. And this is not the Daisy Field.

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by slainte

Sorry, this is indeed the Daisy Field. But I don't think the other one is a duplicated version.

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by slainte

Archive Information

I was down at the archive today and found some recordings of the tune which I did not previously know of (Brendan Larrisey, Joe Burke). I also found the tune on Tim Collins' album "Dancing on Silver".

Larrisey and Burke have under the title "Paddy Kelly's" and Joe says that Paddy Kelly never named his tunes. He says that The New Customs House title just became attached to the tune which Paddy wrote. Having said that, I heard elsewhere that Paddy wrote St. Ruth's Bush and intentionally named it in honour of the place in question (it is renowned for some battle or something). So I don't know where the Daisy Field title originated but Tim Collins and Paddy Canny call the tune that so whether its legitimate or not, it is accepted it seems.

I only got through 50% of the material in the archive today so I'll try and get through the rest in the future.

# Posted on January 16th 2008 by PaddyCmusic

The minor variation

On Athena Tergis' album, there's the G major reel and then a G modal reel and then it goes back to the G major. Is this the same tune with a variation or is the more modal tune the drunken tinker?

Majorly confused here.

Thanks!

# Posted on May 6th 2008 by buyseps

I just answered my own question but now have another one

So that more modal bit is just another version of Paddy Kelly's. But is that a common variation? I'm taking this to competition this weekend and am wondering if I should do the minor variation.

Thanks again!

# Posted on May 6th 2008 by buyseps

Paddy Kelly's

The 4 part "Paddy Kelly's" on Athena's album is either a completely different setting or a different tune. It's in G and has the same myxolidian sound but otherwise the melody is very distinct from the tune here. The sheet music for the daisy field here makes it "g major" with some f naturals and on the other page http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5127/comments
it's described as "g minor". I'm not sure either notation does it justice. I've always thought of it very much as a modal tune with a lot of "nyah"; Paddy Canny's version is (of course) very nice indeed.

# Posted on May 14th 2008 by t.b.

Paddy Kelly's

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3221

Athena Turgess was in Aberdeen some years ago as part of Niamh Parsons' band. She played the above reel - which I posted - as part of a solo. I spoke to her very briefly in a session afterwards, and it was me who told her that the reel she played was Paddy Kelly's, which I'd heard played by Joe Burke and Finbarr Dwyer. She hadn't known the title, and therefore composer. I haven't heard her CD, but I'm assuming this is the tune she recorded.

# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Kenny

My iTunes library has 13 tracks containing tunes called Paddy Kelly's. The ones that match the tune given here are:
Josephine Marsh Band
Ceili Bandits
Damien Connolly
I also have 4 tracks containing tunes called The Daisy Field, each of which is this tune:
Paddy Canny
Mike & Mary Rafferty
Tim Collins
Kevin Crehan

Most, but I don't think all, of the other 10 Paddy Kelly's I have, are http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3221. These include:
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule (the eponymous album)
Keville/Weir/Dhonaile
Carberry
Tergis
Jesse Smith
Mary MacNamara

Yet a third Paddy Kelly's is played by Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon, and by Joe Burke (Celtic Souls). A fourth one is played by Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule (Traditional Music of Ireland) and Tony Cuffe (Caledonia). I don't know whether either of these are in the database here.

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by GaryAMartin

Here's another P. Kelly's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8261

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by slainte

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8261 is the third and fourth ones I referred to above. Turns out they're the same, but with enough differences in the mode to confuse me. On the other hand, the Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule recording has yet a different Paddy Kelly's (starting a set with a Johnny Doherty tune).

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by GaryAMartin