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'''LARRY REDIGANS/REDICAN'S (REEL) [1]'''. AKA - "[[Rattigan's]]." Irish(-American); Reel. G Major (Flahery, Miller, Mulvihill/Mulvihill): F Major (Mulvihill/Greenall). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch, Flaherty, Mulvihill): AA'BB (Miller). A c. 1960 composition of Irish-American fiddler and banjo player, Larry Redican (1908-1975). Though he was born in Dublin, Redican's parents hailed from Boyle, Co. Sligo, and were both flute players. Redican, however, chose the fiddle and studied with Frank O'Higgins in Dublin before he emigrated to the United States in 1928. He worked for much of his life for the cosmetics company Estee Lauder in New York. Redican was a member of the New York Céili Band. Shares similarities with "The Early Breakfast," "Miss Lyon's Fancy," "Over the Hill," "Rags and Tatters," "Up Against the Boughalauns." Sources for notated versions: flute player and piper Charlie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloonshanville, near Frenchpart, County Roscommon) [Flaherty]; Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England)[Mulvihill]. | '''LARRY REDIGANS/REDICAN'S (REEL) [1]'''. AKA - "[[Rattigan's]]." Irish(-American); Reel. G Major (Flahery, Miller, Mulvihill/Mulvihill): F Major (Mulvihill/Greenall). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch, Flaherty, Mulvihill): AA'BB (Miller). A c. 1960 composition of Irish-American fiddler and banjo player, Larry Redican (1908-1975). Though he was born in Dublin, Redican's parents hailed from Boyle, Co. Sligo, and were both flute players. Redican, however, chose the fiddle and studied with Frank O'Higgins in Dublin before he emigrated to the United States in 1928. He worked for much of his life for the cosmetics company Estee Lauder in New York. Redican was a member of the New York Céili Band. Shares similarities with "The Early Breakfast," "Miss Lyon's Fancy," "Over the Hill," "Rags and Tatters," "Up Against the Boughalauns." Sources for notated versions: flute player and piper Charlie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloonshanville, near Frenchpart, County Roscommon) [Flaherty]; Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England)[Mulvihill]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland'''), vol. 1; No. 45 (appears as "Rattigan's"). Cranitch ('''Irish Fiddle Book'''), 1988; No. 155 (appears as "Rattigan's"). Flaherty ('''Trip to Sligo'''), 1990; p. 151 (appears as "Rhattigan's"). Miller ('''Fiddler's Throne'''), 2004; No. 190, p. 120. Mulvihill ('''1st Collection'''), 1986; No. 91, p. 24 and No. 234, p. 63. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Green Linnett SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned by Brian Conway from Donegal fiddler Denny McLoughlin, "while on a bus ride to Listowel, County Kerry for the 1973 Fleadh Cheoil"). Jimmy Keane (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."</font> | ||
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See also listings at:<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info []<br> | |||
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LARRY REDIGANS/REDICAN'S (REEL) [1]. AKA - "Rattigan's." Irish(-American); Reel. G Major (Flahery, Miller, Mulvihill/Mulvihill): F Major (Mulvihill/Greenall). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch, Flaherty, Mulvihill): AA'BB (Miller). A c. 1960 composition of Irish-American fiddler and banjo player, Larry Redican (1908-1975). Though he was born in Dublin, Redican's parents hailed from Boyle, Co. Sligo, and were both flute players. Redican, however, chose the fiddle and studied with Frank O'Higgins in Dublin before he emigrated to the United States in 1928. He worked for much of his life for the cosmetics company Estee Lauder in New York. Redican was a member of the New York Céili Band. Shares similarities with "The Early Breakfast," "Miss Lyon's Fancy," "Over the Hill," "Rags and Tatters," "Up Against the Boughalauns." Sources for notated versions: flute player and piper Charlie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloonshanville, near Frenchpart, County Roscommon) [Flaherty]; Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England)[Mulvihill].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 1; No. 45 (appears as "Rattigan's"). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1988; No. 155 (appears as "Rattigan's"). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 151 (appears as "Rhattigan's"). Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 190, p. 120. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 91, p. 24 and No. 234, p. 63.
Recorded sources: Green Linnett SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned by Brian Conway from Donegal fiddler Denny McLoughlin, "while on a bus ride to Listowel, County Kerry for the 1973 Fleadh Cheoil"). Jimmy Keane (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info []
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