“Scatter The Mud” is a jig that I learned from the playing of Charlie Piggott, who recorded it on the album The Lonely Stranded Band together with concertina player Miriam Collins and Joe Corcoran on bouzouki.
X:1
T:Scatter The Mud
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Ador
|:eAA BAG|EAA ABd|eAA BAB|dBG GBd|
eAA BAG|E2A AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd:||
eaa g2e|dBG GBd|eaa g2a|bag a2g|
eaa g2e|dBG AGE|GAB dge|dBA ABd|
eaa g2e|dBG GBd|eaa g2a|bag a2g|
eaa g2e|dBG A2E|GAB dge|dBA ABd||
The Moving Cloud is a great reel that I associate with the playing of flute maestro Michel Bonamy. Noel Hill also recorded an amazing version of The Moving Cloud on his album “The Irish Concertina”.
I learned “Billy O’Rourke Is The Buachaill” from my friend Damian Werner, a great flute player from Hawaii who has been living in Co. Clare for many years. He played this tune at a session during the Corofin Trad Fest 2014.
I first learned “Josephine Begley’s” many years ago from Terry Bingham’s album, on which he calls this tune “Mairtin O’Connor’s”. I only found out in February 2021 that this hornpipe was in fact a composition of Frankie Gavin. It is the great flute and concertina player from Laois Tommy Fitzharris who provided me with this information.
