For me its now 15 years!... blimey im old! for young Jimbo he started as a kid and then gave it up! ... came back to it about 6 years ago and we got to play together to develop the style with a lot of influence and help from Saul Rose the Melodeon Legend! Derek
Still enjoying this, I never did mange to get close but still practice and play at 70, Whitby in a few months, will be at the Banter workshop..hope you are both keeping well.
@MissSaltarelle ... OOOps .. walked past you in the Gordon hotel sunday afternoon (in the Chiltern 100 green jacket) ..i believe! .. (beer was taking over :-) ... i played with Jimbo @ the Good Intent session on Sat night! We def need to plan things better next time!
These videos are a real joy! Congratulations and thank you both for sharing your talent on this forum. I kinda wonder how long have you both been playing the melodeon? I guess many years in a row according to your performances? By the way, did I mention you look like The Man in Black (be it more in Blue Jeans)?...LOL... Daniel
Fantastic playing! I am enjoying learning to play and your music inspires me. I bought a Hohner Pokerwork D/G and it sounds so nice. 'Tom 'O' Vickers' sounds very much like "I'll Go and Enlist for a Sailor" are they the same tune?
The 2 tunes learnt from the playing of Saul Rose, first tune is a variant of “go enlist for a sailor” and the second tune Knifes Edge again from the playing of Saul , the tunes are used in Chiltern 100’s Morris dance called “Shevington Moor” and you can hear us playing it for the dance side in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8yik_Kh0K_Y.html , Saul Rose was one of the initial musicians from the side who we learnt from.
Not all traditional songs are Irish! England has a rich and particularly beautiful heritage of folk music - check out Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Pentagle etc. Who all performed beautiful English folk.
@@magenta6754 The various Albion Bands are perhaps the only folk band from the 'classic period' to play English songs and tunes. All the ones you mention have Irish songs/tunes in the mix.
