You are brilliant. What a fiddle player. Must say though that the style on the last reel sounded so " Sligo Fiddling" like Kevin Burke. Whatever you call it I love it. The Sligo fiddling has its accents on the the 2 and 4 beats with a reel. Same as you played. They are strong and generally Up bowed. Thank you so much. Pete
Lovely performance. Bill and Erik, the last tune in this set was composed by JOHN BRADY from Ireland circa 1979. SIOBHÁN O’ DONNELL may have liked playing this tune. Sometimes, people name a tune after the performer they hear playing it. This can unintentionally mislead others to think that the performer is the composer. The tune grew popular in the north of Ireland over the years. Perhaps, from there it worked it’s way (through Scotland?) to Cape Breton. It is played predominantly by flautists and fiddlers. It also sounds great on piano.
The second is a varient on King George the IV, the much more common one is typically played like here Natalie MacMaster - King George Medley It is the first song they play.
+Erik Molenaar You're right about Captain Campbell - there are posters here throwing any old name on the tunes, even after someone has already identified them correctly. All part of the wonderful interweb experience. (I don't know anything about the last tune).
I love trying to figure out what the set tunes are......and yes Anna....who recently married, is strikingly beautiful young woman. And a dynamite fiddler
First time I have heard or seen this set played with a capo on the guitar and I must say it's pretty good but I still prefer the drone from the E string in standard for this set
