Andy Renshaw’s seventeen comments

De Dannan call it The Dawn as well. more…

Andy Perkins make some pretty fine banjos. I play one of his lower end models and i love it (short scale Grafton clipper). Having played many banjo I'd say it's as good as anything that is usally many squids more. https://www.andybanjo.com/ more…

To my ear, this is closer to Kevin Burkes rendition. more…

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Feckin' great album, listening to it on loop. Great playing that is dripping in style and grace and not overly arranged. more…

It's Andy McGann mumbling, listen to the album he did with Paul Brady, same thing. Guess it's just a thing he did when he played. more…

What is of interest (to me at least) is the section it is under in Kerr's 2, as it suggests the tune is possibly from the repertoire of African American musicians being in the Negro sand jigs, planation dances and walk rounds section rather than Irish or ... more…

They play the hornpipe peacock's feather in Am rather then the 'usual' Dm. Which is nice. more…

great tune. more…

Kevin Burke plays it in A major I seem to remember, also I wouldn't say his version has more than two parts, for some reason he plays Lucy Farr's fling in reel time and throws that in with this tune for good measure - but not in any consistent way. more…