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||
“John Kelly’s Concertina Reel” is great tune that I got from Denis Liddy at a session in McCarthy’s of Coore during the Willie Clancy Week back in 2014. I was familiar with this reel, associate with John Kelly Senior, through Tim Collins & Brian McNamara’s wonderful album “Reed Only”, and my good friend Tom Delany recorded it with concertina player Caroline Keane on their album “Never Say Good Bye, Say Good Luck” as well.
“Scatter The Mud” is a jig that I learned from the playing of Charlie Piggott, who recorded it on the album The Lonely Stranded Band together with concertina player Miriam Collins and Joe Corcoran on bouzouki.
I learned this polka from the playing of Brendan Begley & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. It is the opening track, “Dhá Pholca Dálaigh” on their great album “A Moment of Madness”.
