Annotation:Paddy Kelly's Reel (2)

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PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [2]. AKA and see "O'Brien's Fancy." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AABB (Miller). East Galway fiddler Paddy Kelly played with the renowned Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band, whose recording hey-day was in the 1940’s. Philippe Varlet finds the tune on a 78 RPM record by button accordion player George Ross who recorded it in the 1950’s under the title “O’Brien’s Fancy.” He suspects that Paddy O’Brien’s name became attached to the the tune as O’Brien played with Kelly in the Aughrom Slopes for a time, and may have picked up the tune then. X:1

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 166, p. 87. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 228, p. 139.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly ﷓ "Is It Yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995).

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