“Jack Rowe’s” is an old Clare reel that I associate with the playing of Peader O’Loughlin and Maeve Donnelly, it is the opening tune on their classic album “The Thing Itself”.
X:1
T:Jack Rowe’s
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
|:A2AF GFED|EGAB c2BA|GBdg egdB|GBAF GFED|
FAAF GFED|EGAB cABA|GBdB A2BA|1GEDE G2 (3EFG:|2GEDE G2 (3Bcd||
|:g2ge f~d3|efge fedf|e~B3 efge|fdef g2gf|
gbag e2ge|dBBA BAGF|GBdB A2BA|1GEDE G2 (3Bcd:|2GEDE G2 (3EFG||
“The Abbey Reel” is a popular session tune that I learned from a session with Terry Bingham, Yvonne Casey & Stéphane.
“Tatter Jack Walsh” is a tune I learned from the playing of Micho Russell and his brother Gussie. They recorded it as a tin whistle duet on the LP “The Russell Family” back in 1975. There is also a nice variation of the second part that I learned from Noel O’Donoghue.
I don’t remember where I got this slide, “An Chóisir”, exactly, but I think it was during one of my visit to Dingle in West Kerry.
Séamus Begley & Steve Cooney play a great version of that tune on their legendary album “Meitheal”.
