Annotation:John Kelly's Slide (1)

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 JOHN KELLY'S SLIDE [1] (Sleamhnán Sheáin Uí Cheallaigh). AKA and see "Tim Griffin's Slide," "Ab's Slide (2)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time) or Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Kerry? D Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Breathnach): AABB (Black, Brody, Mallinson, Taylor, Tubridy): AA'BB' (Moylan). Fiddle and concertina player John Kelly was born in the district of Rehy West, County Clare, in 1912. Cowdery (1990) remarks he was strongly influenced by other Clare musicians including piper Willie Clancy, and by the traveling piper Johnny Doran. Kelly made Dublin his home in 1945 and by 1959 he had become one of the founding memberrs of Sean O' Riada's group "Ceoltoiri Chualann." After that group broke up in 1969 he and fellow "Ceoltoiri Chualann" alumnus Eamonn de Buitlear formed a similar group, called "Ceoloiri Laighean." The tune is recognizably based on the identifying strain of the ballad "Boyne Water (1)."  Source for notated version: fiddler John Kelly (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]  Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 246, p. 131. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 47, p. 22. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 148. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 58. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 71, p. 29. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 287, p. 166. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 14 in slide section (appears as untitled tune). Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 35. Treoir, vol. VII, No. 2. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 28 (appears as "John Kelly's Jig," set as a single jig). Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipes Club), vol. 2; 13.  Recorded sources: Gael-Linn Records CEF 018, John Kelly & Willie Clancy - "Seoda Ceoil I" (1968). Island 9379, Chieftains- "Chieftains 3." Shanachie 79023, "Chieftains 3" (1973. Learned from Denis Murphy).  See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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