“The Daisy Field” is a reel composed by Paddy Kelly (It is very often simply called Paddy Kelly’s) that I got from Thierry Masure and is one of my friend JB’s favourite tune.
X:1
T:Daisy Field, The
T:Paddy Kelly’s
C:Paddy Kelly
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmaj
|:dGG2 dGBd|c=FF2 c=F (3ABc|dGG2 dGBG|BdcA GABc|
d~G3 dGBd|c=FF2 cFAc|d~G3 DGG2|AdcA G2 (3ABc:||
|:dggf g2ag|=fdcB A=F (3ABc|dggf g2gf|defg a2gf|
dggf g2ag|=fdcB A=FAc|dGG2 D~G3|BdcA G2 (3ABc||
I learned “Fanning’s Jig” from the playing of Jackie Daly, who recorded it on his album “Many’s A Wild Night”. The ABC says it is in E minor but it really is a G / E minor tune. I recorded this tune as part of a set of jigs I did for the #quarantunes challenge on Facebook, see video below.
“Castletown Connors” is a jig I learned while I was working at Magnetic Music Café, my first ever job in Doolin. It actually featured on a compilation album from The Irish Folk Festival 2001, which I enjoyed listening to while working, and was played by the band Na Dórsa (feat. Paul Bradly, Martin Quinn, Tiarnán Ó Duinnchin among others). I’ve always liked this tune and you hear it in session every now and then.
“Apples in Winter” has been one of my favourite jigs for a very long time. I first learned it from a session recording I made of Yvonne Casey, Terry Bingham and my friend Stéphane.
