Annotation:Anything for John Joe

ANYTHING FOR JOHN JOE. Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (Breathnach, Moylan): D Major (Cranitch, Tubridy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch, Tubridy): AAB (Mallinson): AA'B (Breathnach, Moylan). A reel from the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. Source Johnny O'Leary usually paired this tune with "Johnny When You Die (1)," calling the pair "The Sliabh Luachra Reels." See also "Lisheen Reel (2) (The)" (Ríl an Lisín).

Source for notated version: fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Gneevgullia, Kerry) [Moylan].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ 3), 1985; No. 164, p. 76. Cranitch (The Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 82. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 6, p. 3. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 296. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2), 1999; p. 17.

Recorded sources: Cladagh Records CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford – "The Star above the Garter" (1969).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]