“Jack Rowe’s” is an old Clare reel that I associate with the playing of Peader O’Loughlin and Maeve Donnelly, it is the opening tune on their classic album “The Thing Itself”.
X:1
T:Jack Rowe’s
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
|:A2AF GFED|EGAB c2BA|GBdg egdB|GBAF GFED|
FAAF GFED|EGAB cABA|GBdB A2BA|1GEDE G2 (3EFG:|2GEDE G2 (3Bcd||
|:g2ge f~d3|efge fedf|e~B3 efge|fdef g2gf|
gbag e2ge|dBBA BAGF|GBdB A2BA|1GEDE G2 (3Bcd:|2GEDE G2 (3EFG||
“The Galtee Ranger” is a reel which I learned from my good friend Stéphane. It was recorded by Mary Bergin and also by Kevin Crawford on his album “In Good Company”, and it is sometimes called “Callaghan’s” as well.
I learned “The Hunter’s Purse” from Adam & Dave Shapiro’s CD “Cape To Clare”. Adam & Dave are two brothers from South Africa, who came to Ireland for the music and based themselves around Doolin. Adam is the fiddle player with “Fiddle Case” and still lives in the area and it is always a great pleasure to meet him for tunes!
“Jim Coleman’s Hornpipe” is named after Michael Coleman’s brother who was, as far as I know, a flute player. I heard this tune played by the great banjo player from Doolin, Kevin Griffin, during a session at Gus O’Connor’s Pub. However, I actually learned it later John Wynne’s album “With Every Breath”.
