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First Through The Gate

By Brian Conway

  1. The Liffey Banks
    The Concert
    The Donegal Traveler
  2. The Foxhunter’s
    Barney Brallaghan
    Comb Your Hair And Curl It
  3. The Mullingar Lea
    Dowd’s #9
    The Lass Of Carracastle
  4. Up Sligo #2
    Contentment Is Wealth
    The Scotsman Over The Border
  5. The Blackberry Blossom
    The Silver Spire
    The Dawn
  6. The Cuckoo
    Flowers Of Spring
    Dunphy’s
  7. The Dairy Maid’s
    The Reel Of Bogie
    Langton’s Favorite
  8. O’Flynn’s Fancy
    Casey’s Pig
    Jimmy Lyons’
  9. Paddy Ryan’s Dream
    Never Was Piping So Gay
    John McGrath’s
  10. Jenny’s Welcome To Charlie
    Tom Steele
  11. An Raibh Tu Ag An gCarraig
  12. Martin Wynne’s #2
    Martin Wynne’s #1
    Martin Wynne’s #3
    Martin Wynne’s #4
  13. Minnie Foster’s Clog
    The Newcastle
    Fly By Night #2
  14. Jerry’s Beaver Hat
    Scatter The Mud
    Kitty’s Wedding
  15. The Spike Island Lasses
    Tom Moylan’s Frolics

Five comments

Andy McGann and Felix Dolan show up on a number of tracks. Nice smooth Sligo playing.
This is out on Smithsonian Folkways. It’s nice to see them putting out good new material.

B Conway

I just got my mits on this one, excellent stuff. Brian is a real artist.

First Through the Gate

Excellent CD. My favorite. I think this will be a true classic!!

Kitty’s Wedding is a jig on Brian’s album

Kitty’s wedding on this album is a jig in the key of A. It’s difficult for me because of the high c on the e string of the fiddle. I can’t seen to find any notation for it, although it’s an easy tune to learn by ear.

Re: First Through The Gate

I recently obtained a copy of this wonderful recording and felt obliged to correct the order of the first two tunes he plays in the Martin Wynn’s set. ( I can never keep them straight in my head, so a forgivable error!)

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