“Jim Coleman’s Reel” is not a tune I have heard very often. I learned it from James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule on their album “Traditional Music of Ireland”. Seamus Tansey also recorded a nice version of this reel.
X:1
T:Jim Coleman’s
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
|BAeA BAeA|B~E3 G2GA|BAeA (3Bcd ef|gedB BAA2|
BAeA BAeA|B~E3 G2GB|A2eA fAef|gedB BAA2||
|e~a3 bgaf|gedB GABd|e~a3 bgaf|gedB BAA2|
e~a3 bgaf|gedB GABd|e~A3 f~A3|gedB BAA2||
“Johnny Boyle’s” is a slide I learned from the playing of Derek Hickey and Liam Flanagan, on the compilation album from the Corofin Trad Festival. Apart from being an amazing accordion player, Derek is a real gentleman and it is always such a treat to see and hear him at festivals.
“The Glen Road To Carrick” is a great reel from Donegal which I learned from the playing of James Cullinan and Dermot Byrne. They played an amazing concert at the Corofin Trad Fest back in 2013, and I learned this tune afterwards. They actually recorded it a good few years ago (1987!) for a TG4 program (see the video).
I learned “The Killarney Boys of Pleasure” a good few years back on the tin whistle from my good friend Johannes Perritaz, a great flute player from Switzerland. This reel is quite common in sessions around Clare.
