Annotation:Jean's Reel

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 JEAN'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. F Major (transposed to G Major by Natalie MacMaster). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Scottish accordion player and bandleader Bobby MacLeod (1925-1991), of Tobermory, Mull, one of his best-known tunes. It was composed in honor of his wife, Jean Macleod, of the Mishnish Hotel Tobermory.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Martin & Hughes (Ho-re-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 7.  Recorded sources: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993. Learned from Sharon Shannon). Green Linnet SIF-104, John & Phil Cunningham - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet SIF-3036, John & Phil Cunningham - "Silly Wizard: Live in America" (1986). Philo 1153, Sharon Shannon - "Sharon Shannon." Phil Cunningham (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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