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Con Cassidy vol. 2: traditional fiddle music from Donegal (disc 1)

By Con Cassidy

Added by gr8oss .

  1. The Ship In Full Sail
    Rogaire Dubh
  2. The Sligo Maid
  3. The Speaking Waltz
  4. Con: Professional Story
  5. Pigeon On The Gate
  6. Dublin
  7. Biddy From Sligo
  8. The Ewe With The Crooked Horn
  9. Mhalaidh Gharbh (reel)
  10. Trip To Sligo
  11. The High Level Hornpipe
  12. The Woman Of The House
  13. Drowsey Maggie
  14. The Morning Star
  15. The Watchmaker
  16. Polka Gan Ainm
  17. The Centenary March
  18. A Military Band
  19. Tripping Upstairs
  20. The Night I Spent Down At Brady’s
  21. Reel Gan Ainm
  22. Reel Gan Ainm
  23. The Green Groves Of Erin
  24. A Military Band
  25. Mhalaidh Gharbh (highland)
  26. The Marsaillaise March
  27. The Braes Of Maas
  28. Boulavogue
  29. The Boyne Hunt
  30. The Fermoy Lasses
  31. Seán Sa Cheo
  32. The Old Copperplate
  33. Last Night’s Fun
    Cahir Rua
  34. The Yellow Heifer

Three comments

Re: Con Cassidy vol. 2: traditional fiddle music from Donegal (disc 1).

Cairdeas na bhFidileiri CNF013, 2022. (http://www.donegalfiddlemusic.ie) UPC/EAN: 5391519683057. Two-disc set with extensive biographical and recording notes by Rab Cherry and Dermot McLaughlin. Support musicians: Seán Chon Johnny (guitar); Dermot Byrne (accordion).

Re: Con Cassidy vol. 2: traditional fiddle music from Donegal (disc 1).

Oddities on Disc 1
1#2 Rogaire dubh: actually Connaughtman’s rambles
16 Polka gan ainm: sounds like a polkafied version of “My love is like a red, red rose”, hence the linkage.
19 Tripping upstairs: could not find this tune on The Session. Compare with Alan Ng’s sound samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1975
27 Braes of Maas: check samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1791
Disc 1: 18, 24; Disc 2: 8 All of the “Military band” marches on this album are the same tune, with different orchestration; not found on The Session.

Re: Con Cassidy vol. 2: traditional fiddle music from Donegal (disc 1)

Another oddity is the tune called “Pigeon on the Gate” on track 5; it’s certainly not the one we know. Does anyone know it? It’s lovely.