“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.
X:1
T:Gaelic Club, The
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Amin
|:cBA AGE|ABA ABc|BAG BdG|Bdg GAB|
cBA AGE|ABA c2d|e2e dcB|cAA A2B:||
|:ceg gec|ceg dBG|ceg gec|BGG GAB|
cBA AGE|ABA c2d|e2e dcB|cAA A2B:||
“I Buried my Wife and Danced on top of her Grave” is a popular session tune. I associate this jig with fiddle player Martin Hayes as I have always loved his version on his first album.
I learned this reel from Terry Bingham’s album, but it is also a tune I associate with Sean Vaughan, a great accordion player from Kilmaley who plays in Doolin often. It was also recorded by John Williams on his first album. He plays it after “Thadey Casey’s” and this is a set I play regularly.
“The Abbey Reel” is a popular session tune that I learned from a session with Terry Bingham, Yvonne Casey & Stéphane.
