“Jim Coleman’s Reel” is not a tune I have heard very often. I learned it from James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule on their album “Traditional Music of Ireland”. Seamus Tansey also recorded a nice version of this reel.
X:1
T:Jim Coleman’s
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
|BAeA BAeA|B~E3 G2GA|BAeA (3Bcd ef|gedB BAA2|
BAeA BAeA|B~E3 G2GB|A2eA fAef|gedB BAA2||
|e~a3 bgaf|gedB GABd|e~a3 bgaf|gedB BAA2|
e~a3 bgaf|gedB GABd|e~A3 f~A3|gedB BAA2||
A reel I like very much, “George White’s Favourite” is a tune that I associate with Christy Barry, Terry Bingham and James Devitt. It was also recorded by Hugh & Colm Healy on their album “Macalla na hÓige”, for which particular set they were joined by Noel O’Donoghue and Eric Healy.
A classic jig here in County Clare, “The Battering Ram” is a tune I learned through various sessions. This jig is very much associated with legendary Clare concertina players such as Elizabeth Crotty, Tommy McMahon, Bernard O’Sullivan, etc.
This is a version of the famous jig “The Cliffs Of Moher” that I got from my friend Chrisophe Guillemot, a great fiddle player and harpist from Brittany who spent a few summers in Doolin.
