“John Kimmel’s” is a jig I learned from my friend Geneviève Lambert, an accordion player in Switzerland. It is also known as “The Jig of Dead” and is associated with John J. Kimmel, famous accordion player in America in the early 1900s.
X:1
T:John Kimmel’s
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:Emin
|:EB,E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBG|FAG FED|
E2E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBA|1 GEE E2F:|2 GEE E2B||
|efg B2B|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|ABG FED|
gfg ~B3|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|AFD E2f|
gfg B2B|dBA BAB|gfe dBG|ABG FED|
EB,E GEG|BGB e2f|gfe dBA|GEE E3||
“The Flogging Reel” is one of my favourite tunes. I don’t remember where I learned it from but I associate it with the great banjo player from Doolin, Kevin Griffin.
This is a true Doolin classic. “The Boy In The Gap” is a reel that is very much associated with Micho Russell. He used to play it after another fine reel, “Seán Sa Cheo”, but these days you hear them the other way around most of the times.
I learned ”The First House in Connaught” from a one of Doolin’s legends, concertina player Packie Russell. It is an old favourite amongst concertina players in County Clare and has been recorded by Paddy Murphy, Tom Carey and Dympna O’Sullivan among others.
