Life In The Slow Lane

Release date? Availability?

Is there really a musician called ‘Part Costello’? What happened to the rest of him?

Traditional Irish Music from County Clare, recorded mostly in session setting at Ger Shortt’s Bar in Feakle.
Released in December 2010, all proceeds go to support the Clarecare charity.

You can purchase this CD through Custy’s (see link below)
http://www.custysmusic.com/pid-477-info.html

[Musician names corrected]

And a lovely CD it is. Thanks for making the corrections.

This promises to be one of the best recordings of Irish traditional music for some time, if we go by the combined experience of these four excellent musicians.
Seamus has already recorded and is well known for his welcome and encouragement to newcomers and shy players at sessions.
Paddy O´Donoghue is the father of Cyril, another well known Clare musician, and plays the silver flute.
Pat Mullins, from Enistymon, is not perhaps as well known as the others but his lovely unhurried style of fiddle playing helped to keep alive the only session in Shannon some years ago. He is a stalwart of Willie Week.
Pat Costello, broadcaster, record producer, ceili band drummer, guitarist and singer, first class banjo and mandolin player…..and those are onlty a few of his talents !
There is a thread that runs through the characters and the playing of these four top notch musicians, and that is: humility - a quality often - but not always - found in the best musicians.
By playing at sessions with these four musicians - courtesy of Pat Costello - and learning from them, my own playing improved considerably at an important point in my learning curve.

The second tune of the last track (20) appears to be the “Reel Sam Cormier” by Denis Lanctot:
https://thesession.org/tunes/3788

The first track appears to comprise the following set of tunes:
https://thesession.org/tunes/4875
https://thesession.org/tunes/2996
https://thesession.org/tunes/4384

[ There seems to be a little uncertainty about the tune names. the 1st and 3rd sharing ‘The Raheen’. The 2nd tune is ‘The Trip To Cullenstown’. ]

The third jig of track 2 (listed here as “The Flowers Of Antrim”) appears to be “The Kerry”/“Whistling Postman”/“Charlie Mulvihill’s” Jig in G
https://thesession.org/tunes/588 (G version)
https://thesession.org/tunes/587 (D version)

I recognize the first two reels as from In Good Company, but number three, gorgeous, I have no idea. Can someone please help?

It’s The Roving Bachelor: https://thesession.org/tunes/1608 (thanks to TunePal).

Thankyou, GaryAMartin, for getting back on my query; it’s my first experience getting answers here, and it’s lovely! Sligogirl

Anyone have the names of the tunes in track 10?