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Angeline The Baker

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- Play count: 1473

Size: 2,044kb, uploaded 5/5/2008 12:24:38 PM
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I learned this tune in the early 70's from the late Pat Dunford, a great scholar of traditional music and one of the best open-hand banjo players I ever heard.

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Big Scioty

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- Play count: 515

Size: 2,376kb, uploaded 6/27/2008 10:53:27 AM
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I was moved to learn this tune after hearing Bruce Molsky play it; but any places where my rendering resembles his are places where I got lucky.

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Bile 'em Cabbage Down, Colored Aristocracy

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- Play count: 2335

Size: 7,525kb, uploaded 5/3/2008 3:35:21 PM
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I play fiddle on the first tune, banjo on the second, and guitar on both. I made these recordings in 1976, pretty early on in my fiddling life.

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June Apple

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- Play count: 418

Size: 3,666kb, uploaded 8/18/2008 12:58:03 PM
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This recording was made in 1976--me on fiddle, guitar and banjo.

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Kilarney Boys Of Pleasure

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- Play count: 190

Size: 4,452kb, uploaded 12/14/2008 6:41:21 AM
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I don't know what the boys in Kilarney were up to that inspired the name of this tune; but I'm guessing it was something that I too would enjoy. This is a reel, and it's normally played a lot faster than this. I like it at this speed, and when I'm home alone, I get to play it at whatever speed I want.

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Molly St. George

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- Play count: 201

Size: 6,679kb, uploaded 7/2/2008 8:02:05 AM
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I got this Irish slow air from the playing of Randall Bays, a magnificent player. I would like to have met the girl who inspired this composition.

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Paddy's Return

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- Play count: 245

Size: 1,235kb, uploaded 5/15/2008 5:01:20 PM
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This is the unaccompanied version of this tune from a tune lesson that I'll be putting up at fiddlehub.com within a couple of weeks.

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Sally In The Garden

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- Play count: 330

Size: 4,403kb, uploaded 5/11/2008 3:08:34 PM
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Me on banjo, many years ago. A capella, so to speak. I love this tune . . . on any instrument.

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Silver Spear

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- Play count: 326

Size: 2,480kb, uploaded 6/28/2008 8:50:27 AM
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If you've been to an Irish session just about anywhere, you've heard this one.

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Soldier's Joy

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Size: 1,620kb, uploaded 5/13/2008 8:06:58 AM
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This is the arrangement I put together for the tune lesson on fiddlehub.com. I just put up the tune lesson, so I thought I would upload the tune as well. Beginner to intermediate level. Fiddle & guitar.

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St. Anne's Reel

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- Play count: 1365

Size: 1,613kb, uploaded 11/6/2008 3:57:27 AM
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This is a version of St. Anne's that I designed to introduce playing on two strings at a time. Most of the notes added to the melody are open strings.

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The Frost Is All Over

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- Play count: 182

Size: 2,006kb, uploaded 7/7/2008 8:24:37 AM
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This is a jig I originally learned from the playing of Kevin Burke. That was several years ago, so I imagine I have wandered pretty far from that setting by now.

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Whiskey Before Breakfast

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- Play count: 542

Size: 1,804kb, uploaded 5/4/2008 8:07:03 AM
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This is the arrangement I put together for the tune lesson on fiddlehub.com. Beginner to intermediate level. Fiddle & guitar.

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