“The Flowing Tide” is a hornpipe that is very much associated with the playing of the legendary Chris Droney, concertina player from Bell Harbour.
RIP Chris Droney (1924-2020).
X:1
T:Flowing Tide (The)
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
K:G
|:G2GB dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAG edBA|
G2GB dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAB G2BA:||
|:G2GB AGED|gfge dBGA|cABG AGEG|cABG AG (3EFG|
DGBd B2AB|cABG AG (3EFG|DGBd gdBG|DGFA G2BA:||
This is a common session which I love very much. I learned “The Drunken Landlady” through various sessions, but it’s really a tune that I associate with the amazing duet album of Noel Hill & Tony Linnane.
“Dowd’s Favourite” is a very beautiful reel which I associate with the playing of Paddy Carty. It is also simply called “Dowd’s” or “O’Dowd’s” and was recorded by Tommy Peoples on his album “The Iron Man”. I am not really sure where I originally learned this tune though, I think it might have been from my friend Damian Werner.
“Around The Fairy Fort” is a barndance composed by Vincent Broderick. I picked it up at a session in McCarthy’s of Coore during Willie Clancy Week 2014, from my friend Samuel König, a great fiddle player from Switzerland. It is usually followed by an other barndance from Vincent Broderick called “The New Broom”, which I also learned at that session.
