Joe Fitzgerald (Accordion, singing) - Episode 38 - The Blarney Pilgrims Podcast

The great Joe Fitzgerald, of east Clare and Melbourne. On first hearing his mother play the melodeon. On drovers, the bush, and working with his father. On lost players: Mick Minogue, Mrs Brady, Mrs Purcell and Frank MacNamara. Growing old and the curative power of music and song.

In this episode Joe plays:

The Stone of Destiny /The Trip to Cullenstown.
Miss McLeod’s Reel
The Foxhunter’s Reel.
Andy’s Gone With Cattle
And finishes with a slow air which we don’t have the name of.

As always, the episode is only a click away:

Website: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/38
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3823LvI
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/2TaM6Na
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2SZCZQv

You can hear Paddy, Joe’s brother, talk about their childhood and the role of music in their household here, in Episode 14: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/14

And Eileen O’Brien and Mary MacNamara’s full episode here: https://blarneypilgrims.fireside.fm/4

Enjoy!
Darren & Dom

A lot of great music there.

I discovered this podcast some week ago when you posted an episode and I subscribed.
Thanks a lot ;)

Totally enthralling episode! Joe is a treasure from a bygone age, as he evokes the London pub music scene in the early 60s and following the emigration path to employment, generating “sparks from a ditching shovel not a computer”. And of course some tunes as well.
Mustard members owe it a listen, and if you are into podcasts, subscribe and maybe even become a patron— because Darren and Dom are doing a real service to the ITM community.

jond,I second that.

This was a great episode! Does anyone have the name of the slow aire played at the end?