Jim Williams’s sixty comments

Sweet. Thanks for this. more…

It is indeed a "fantastic jig" thanks for posting it. more…

Hi Rozz, please let us know when/if it starts up again. You should still have my email. Thanks, Jim. more…

I feel for you Keelin. As I said, the one you have there is very similar to the one I have. The scroll looks slightly different and not as well formed as mine but that means nothing. It was common practice to pinch nice scrolls and put them on named fiddl... more…

Couldn't agree more Sunnybear. It's easy to fall into the trap of buying fiddles using your eyes and not your ears. more…

This is a great album and it's a shame the record company screwed up the track listing. However, the correct listing with alternative tune names can be found here: more…

I have an MP3 of it played by Carlos Nunez, the Galician piper. more…

Yes Jimmy is in Manchester now. Funnily enough he was on last Saturdays (7th of May) "Ceili House" on RTE. more…

Ian, can you remember the surname of the Banjo player that used to play with Joe Holland at the sessions at the Irish club in Port Talbot? I know his first name was Tommy, but I'm damned if I can remember his second. It's been buggging me lately that I ca... more…

Charles Kennedy's dad is a fiddler. Wrote a tune for him when he was made leader of the Lib Dems. Nothing to do with Trevor's initial post of course, but a trad link to the impending election, non the less. more…