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'''RAKES OF DRUMLISH [2], THE.''' Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Drumlish is in County Longford, not far from the home of the tune’s composer, fiddler Paddy Reynolds [http://irishecho.com/2011/02/ceol-famed-n-y-fiddler-paddy-reynolds-dead-at-age-84-2/] (1920-2011). According to New York writer, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Don Meade, it was the only reel composed by Reynolds (who was long a resident of Staten Island, N.Y., and very influential in the mid-20th century Irish music scene in New York City). Some hear in it a reworking of the slip jig of the same name (“[[Rakes of Drumlish (1)]]”), but if so it is quite distanced. [[File: | '''RAKES OF DRUMLISH [2], THE.''' Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Drumlish is in County Longford, not far from the home of the tune’s composer, fiddler Paddy Reynolds [http://irishecho.com/2011/02/ceol-famed-n-y-fiddler-paddy-reynolds-dead-at-age-84-2/] (1920-2011). According to New York writer, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Don Meade, it was the only reel composed by Reynolds (who was long a resident of Staten Island, N.Y., and very influential in the mid-20th century Irish music scene in New York City). Some hear in it a reworking of the slip jig of the same name (“[[Rakes of Drumlish (1)]]”), but if so it is quite distanced. [[File:Reynoldsiii.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Paddy Reynolds]] | ||
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RAKES OF DRUMLISH [2], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Drumlish is in County Longford, not far from the home of the tune’s composer, fiddler Paddy Reynolds [1] (1920-2011). According to New York writer, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Don Meade, it was the only reel composed by Reynolds (who was long a resident of Staten Island, N.Y., and very influential in the mid-20th century Irish music scene in New York City). Some hear in it a reworking of the slip jig of the same name (“Rakes of Drumlish (1)”), but if so it is quite distanced.
Source for notated version: New York fiddler Tony DeMarco [Black].
Printed sources: Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 75, p. 39.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]