Monty's fling

Jimmy Mullarkey ceili band playing in Sydney in 2008, when I was playing the reels on tenor banjo at 120 bpm!

Mossy Banks, Humours of Lisadell

I had a go at playing this old song on a D/G  melodeon with a latin backing loop.

Quizas, Quizas, Quizas

Got a name for it now: Ray's Classic is by the late Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter and was named after Ray Leask’s Ford Consul Classic. Fiddlers like playing it in A major.

unknown tune from Windermere pub session

The theme to Händel's 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' played on a D/G melodeon, accompanied by cello.

Queen of Sheba

A barndance recorded in Oct 2015 at a noisy session in Nobber, Co. Meath featuring a lively 90-year old box player named Tom Duff.

[The tune was composed by Maurice Lennon and he calls it Master Shanley's hornpipe]

Tom Duff's barndance

Dick Cribb and One Wet Afternoon are Australian dance tunes learnt from old tapes held in the NLA. Played in C on a C/F Erica melodeon.

Dick Cribb And One Wet Afternoon

The Eagles song played as a waltz on the D/G melodeon, for a change.

Hotel California (waltz)

A lively old tune written in 1901 by Neil Moret and popularised by Sousa. I play it on an old Hohner one row melodeon in G. The song refers to a town called Hiawatha Kansas, but other corny lyrics were written later.
I learned it from the playing of Sally Sloane on a 1950's recording.

Hiawatha cake walk

Interesting Am jig that I'd like to learn - only played once through on the recording.

low Am jig

An informal session recording of the Yellow Wattle tune, slowed down about 10% for learning purposes.

Yellow Wattle

Brian's final blow with the Mac Jazz Band on Wednesday morning, December 2019

Basin St Blues - Brian Dec 2019

Copied from a 78rpm record by The Bohemian Orchestra recorded in about 1933.

evalina mazuka

A tune I composed on the mandolin a while ago.

dogbox

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