AngusF’s fifty comments

Hunter’s Purse more…

I had my second inoculation 8 weeks ago. After about 5 days it became agonizingly painful which lasted about 10 days and has continued since though it is diminishing. It seems to be called SIRVA (Shoulder Injury as a Result of Vaccine Administration) caus… more…

From a previous topic, Allan’s Irish Fiddler had 2 volumes of piano parts called Allan’s Irish Pianist parts 1 & 11 to accompany Allan’s Irish Fiddler. They are available from:- more…

One of the names of the tune for ‘The Hash O’ Drumdelgie’ is ‘The Humours of Limerick,’ a jig from R.M. Levey’s “First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland” (1858). If you hunt for it you may come across Tommy Reilly playing it on the… more…

Beaten to it - Ship in Full Sail more…

I developed trigger finger in my left hand ring finger (the one next to my little finger to be absolute as I have never worn a ring). It never interfered with my playing (tenor banjo & domra) or caused me pain but it was a bloody nuisance. I had a ste… more…

That is a photo of Michael Allen on the front cover (he wrote it according to the script). more…

Just listened to the version I posted all these years ago. It wasn’t supposed to sound like that. First part is in Bb major & second part is in F major. more…

This was written by Brendan McGlinchey. As I liked his stuff and had seen a mention on the internet of this tune in an American magazine (‘The Fiddler’ I think it was called) along with an interview he had given on his recovery from a stroke, I ordere… more…

Here’s what he used to look like. more…