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

By Con Cassidy


  1. Una Gave Me This Tape
  2. Crossing The Oily River
  3. Pull Down The Blind
  4. Teelin
  5. The Humours Of Scariff
  6. Alec McConnell’s
  7. The Galway Hornpipe
  8. Military Band
  9. Return To Camden Town
  10. Farewell To Ireland
  11. Doodley Doodley Dank
  12. That Side Is Finished
  13. Fergal O’Gara
  14. The Low Highland
  15. Teelin
  16. Last Night’s Fun
  17. Alec McConnell’s
  18. Con Cassidy’s
  19. The Connachtman’s Rambles
  20. The Rakes Of Clonmel
    Old Man Dillon
  21. Con Cassidy’s
  22. Petronella
  23. The Flogging Reel
  24. The Salamanca
  25. Teelin
  26. Sporting Paddy
  27. The Derry Hornpipe
  28. The Friendly Visit
  29. Highland Gan Aimn
  30. How Much For The Cutlass
  31. Frank Cassidy’s
  32. Now This Tape Is Finished
  33. Dear Tobacco

Two comments

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

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 musician: Dermot McLaughlin (fiddle).

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

Oddities on Disc 2
1, 12, 32 are speech.
4, 15 Teelin march: could not find this tune on The Session. These tracks are the same tune with different orchestration. Compare with Alan Ng’s sound samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/7560
6, 17 Alec McConnell’s waltz: not found on The Session. These tracks are the same tune with different orchestration. Compare with Alan Ng’s sound samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/7102
21 Con Cassidy’s barndance: not found on The Session.
25 Teelin polka: identified on Traditional Tune Archive as Teelin polka (2) https://tunearch.org/wiki/Teelin_Polka_(2). Compare sound samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/4722/
30 How much for the cutlass: A version of “Maggie Cameron”.
31 Frank Cassidy’s jig: : not found on The Session. Compare with Alan Ng’s sound samples at https://www.irishtune.info/tune/6466
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.