Irish Traditional Music Archive

CMC-18856
Collection
1957

CD-R dubs of reel-to-reel recordings made by Cairbre McCann in NYC, 1957. Letters from Cairbre McCann to Elaina Solon containing background information and comments on the recordings.

McCann, Cairbre

Cairbre McCann Collection. CDR 4. Domestic field recordings, New York, 1957 [sound recording] / Seán McGuire ; and other performers

CMC-18856/259757
Item
April 1957 ; May 1957

Part of Cairbre McCann Collection

Performers:
McGuire, Seán, fiddle, guitar;
O'Beirne, Lad, piano, fiddle;
Redican, Larry, banjo, fiddle;
Reynolds, Paddy, fiddle;
McCann, Cairbre

Running Order:
1. The mathematician [hornpipe] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
2. The golden eagle [hornpipe] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
3. The sunshine hornpipe / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
4. The fly-by-night [hornpipe] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
5. [The maids of Castlebar, reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
6. [Bonnie Kate, reel ; Jenny's chickens, reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
7. Andy Conroy's reel / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
8. The sally gardens [reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
9. Music in the glen [reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano
10. [The high level, hornpipe ; Farrell O'Gara, reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Lad O'Beirne, piano [tape speed varies, tape breaks during this track]
11. [title unintelligible, reel] / Seán McGuire, fiddle
12. An chúilfhionn [air] ; [Seán sa cheo, reel] ; [untitled reel] ; [untitled hornpipe] / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; Larry Redican, banjo
13. [The game of love, reel] / Larry Redican, banjo
14. [Martin Wynne's no. 2, reel] / Larry Redican, banjo
15. [The maids of Castlebar, reel] / Larry Redican, banjo
16. [The maid behind the bar, reel] / Larry Redican, banjo
17. [Seán sa cheo, reel] / Larry Redican, banjo
18. [The humours of Westport, reel] / Paddy Reynolds, fiddle ; Larry Redican, fiddle ; Seán McGuire, guitar
19. [The pigeon on the gate, reel] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Seán McGuire, guitar
20. [The Graf Spee, reel] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Seán McGuire, guitar
21. [untitled hornpipe] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Seán McGuire, guitar
22. [The dawn, reel] ; [untitled, reel] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; [unidentified, fiddle] ; Seán McGuire, guitar
23. [untitled hornpipe] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Seán McGuire, guitar
24. Speech about performers / unknown performer, speech in English