Annotation:Master Crowley's (1)

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MASTER CROWLEY’s [1]. AKA and see "Bluebells (The)," "Crowley's Reel (3)," "Miss Patterson," "Miss Patterson's Slipper," "Shark's Favorite." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Flaherty): AABB (Cranitch). An early recorded version was from the playing of fiddler Hugh Gillespie, originally from County Donegal, who was a student of Micheal Coleman in New York. This reel was the first of two he recorded in May, 1937, under the title "Master Crowley's Reels."

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 1), 1974; No. 44. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 71, p. 152. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 77. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 4.

Recorded sources: Claddagh CC13, Tommy Potts - "The Liffey Banks." Decca 12105 (78 RPM), Hugh Gillespie (1937). Green Linnet 1026, James Keane - "Roll Away the Reel World." Ossian OSS 006, Matt Cranitch - "Give it a Shtick." RMCD4321, Roger Landes - "Dragon Reels." Topic 12T364, Hugh Gillespie - "Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music." James Keane (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Hugh Gillespie's recording at the Comhaltas Archive [2] and at Juneberry 78's [3]



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