I don’t remember where I got this slide, “An Chóisir”, exactly, but I think it was during one of my visit to Dingle in West Kerry.
Séamus Begley & Steve Cooney play a great version of that tune on their legendary album “Meitheal”.
X:1
T:An Chóisir
T:Johnny O’Leary’s
R:Slide
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:Bmin
|:F2B BAB d2e faf|e2e efe c2e a3|
F2B BAB d2e faf|1 e2d B2A B3 G3:|2 e2d B2A B3 d2e||
|:f3 efe ded c3|BAB c2B A2F F2E|
F2B BAB d2e faf|1 e2d B2A B3 d2e:|2 e2d B2A B3 G3||
“Her Lovely Hair Was Flowing Down Her Back” is a hornpipe I first learned from The Mulcahy Family on their wonderful album “Notes From The Heart”. I came across this tune many times and in different keys, so I transcribed two keys below, Aminor and Bminor. I think it is also played in Gminor sometimes.
“John Dwyer’s” is a popular session tune composed by John Dwyer of the famously musical family of west Cork (John is a brother of Finbar,
“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”.
