I got “The Cavan Reel” at a session with Terry Bingham & Yvonne Casey at McGann’s Pub. Mary MacNamara also recorded it on her album “Blackberry Blossom”, and it is known as Mike Flannagan’s as well.
X:1
T:Cavan Reel, The
T:Mike Flannagan’s
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEFA|
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEDF||
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|G2dG eGdG|efdB AFDF|
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|EFGA Bcdf|edBA FEFA||
I learned “The Further, The Deeper” from the beautiful recording “… Born For Sport” by Paul O’Shaugnessy & Harry Bradley. It was also recorded by Edel Fox and Neil Byrne under the name “Drive The Cows Home”.
I learned “The Jolly Tinker” from Yvonne Casey and Terry Bingham at a session in McGann’s Pub. It is a great 5-part session tune and lately I’ve heard it a lot as part of a set that Kevin Griffin, Noel O’Donoghue and Sean Vaughan play together : Colonel Frazer, The Bucks of Oranmore & The Jolly Tinker.
I learned Martin Wynne’s No. 1 from the Riches of Clare CD back in 2010. It was part of a great set of reels played by Eric and Colm Healy, Kieran Hehir and Seanie McGrath. Martin Wynne was one of the great Sligo fiddlers of the 20th Century and…
