“The Five Mile Chase” is a great session tune, and it usually comes after “The Boys of Ballisodare“. I associate this set with Christy Barry and James Devitt.
X:1
T:Five Mile Chase, The
R:reel
M:4/4
K:G
G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dG (3Bcd|egfa gedB|
G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dG (3Bcd|egfa ~g3f||
gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|g2bg agef|gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|egfa ~g3f|
gabg efge|dedB BABd|~e3f edBd|egfa gedB||
I learned Johnny Leary’s Jig from Terry Bingham, at a workshop during the Russell Memorial Weekend 2013. It is a nice tune that you hear every now and then in sessions, but not too often.
“The Humours of Slip Jig” is a slip jig very much associated with Donegal music. I learned it from accordion player Dermot Byrne, who is now based in Clare.
“The Gaelic Club” is not a common session tune, but I’ve loved playing it for many years now. I learned it from Hugh & Colm Healy’s album “Macalla na hÓige” and it was also recorded in 2015 by my friends Tom Delany and Caroline Keane with their band FourWinds.
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