danfran’s five comments

Composed by ... Verena Commins! more…

For what it's worth, this tune is in the Goodman manuscript, vol. 1 (1861), under the title "Fasten the Leg in Her". Check it out: http://goodman.itma.ie. more…

I remember Kevin playing this tune in the early 80’s, and I seem to remember him saying then it was a practice tune for pipers. I bet he made up the name! more…

While we're adding to the list of recordings one must listen to, I heartily recommend Yann-Fanch Perroches and Fanch Landreau's "Dhou a Dhou" (it's spelled something like that): it's the most excellent fiddle & box CD I've heard in any genre. Also the ba... more…

According to Peter Cooper, this tune was composed by Michael Gorman. more…