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Tony O'Rourke The Maid At The Well (1996)
Musicians: \nTony O'Rourke - Guitar, Banjo\nMartin Austin - Rythmn Guitar\nKathleen Cranage - Piano
This folk cd contains 16 tracks and runs 48min 23sec.
Freedb: be0b5510

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: Music

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: music songs tracks folk Folk

1. Tony O'Rourke - Paddy Kelly's / Pip Murphy's (02:49)
   Two tunes that I learnt from concertina player Catherine Custy during her visit to Australia in 1994.
2. Tony O'Rourke - Mist Covered Mountain / Bernie Cunnion's (03:47)
   I learnt both of these tunes on the banjo but they adapted well to the guitar.
3. Tony O'Rourke - Maud Miller / Galway Rambler / Morning Star (03:05)
   Three popular single reels. The unusual chord pattern in the last reel had its genesis in Martin Trio.
4. Tony O'Rourke - Swedish Jig / Caliope (03:15)
   Both of these jigs are played in "dropped D" (D A D G B E).
5. Tony O'Rourke - Congress Reel / Eileen Curran (02:50)
   Both A minor reels but played in an A Major tuning ( E A C# E A E )! By fingering the 3rd. fret of the C# string, I effectively neutralize the Major.
6. Tony O'Rourke - The Essence of Spring (02:46)
   I composed this tune sometime around 1980 although the name for it was suggested to me by a music aficionado during my brief visit to Tasmania in 1994.
7. Tony O'Rourke - Golden Castle / Gan Ainm (03:03)
   These hornpipes are "banjofied" versions of a recording made by Josephine Marsh, a fine accordion player from Clare.
8. Tony O'Rourke - Daniel O'Connell / Fahy's / The Maid at the Well (03:32)
   I've changed the keys of these three to suit the guitar, C Major / D Minor / F Major.
9. Tony O'Rourke - Bellharbour Reel / The Corner House (02:40)
   Two of my favourite reels, they seem to go well together.
10. Tony O'Rourke - Green Fields of America / Flower of the Flock (02:30)
    This was the first set I ever played in open D ( D A D F# A D ) tuning. This tuning adds unusual texture to these often played tunes.
11. Tony O'Rourke - Eavesdropper / Blackthorn Stick / Dan Collins (03:29)
    Some old favourites that I think everyone would have heard.
12. Tony O'Rourke - Chief O'Neills / Silver Spire (03:48)
    Chief Francis O'Neill was a police chief and tune collector and responsibile for "O'Neills Music of Ireland", the source of many of the tunes on this recording. The Silver Spire is a recent addition to Irish music repertoire.
13. Tony O'Rourke - Pat Murphy's Meadow (02:31)
    Of course Ireland is well known for its sentimental ballads and I couldn't resist doing just one.
14. Tony O'Rourke - Hardiman the Fiddler / Give Us a Drink of Water (02:39)
    A couple of jigs from the aforementioned O'Neill's collection.
15. Tony O'Rourke - Padraig na Carra / The Maid in the Meadow (02:58)
    The guitar is tuned to open A ( E A C# E A E ). The first tune was learnt from Arty McGlynn and the second is an adaptation of the reel "Green Fields of America", but it is here played as a jig, an idea I heard from banjo player Kevin Griffin.
16. Tony O'Rourke - McDermott's / The Rising Spring (02:32)
    I play these reels on my higher pitched banjo ( C G D A ) instead of the regular \n(G D A E ).