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MEMORIES OF EDDIE IRWIN. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009) in honor of piano accompanist Eddie Irwin (1940-1997). Irwin was born in Cambridge, Mass., to an Irish-American father and a Cape Breton mother (of Irish heritage). He was a much sought after accompanist to the Cape Breton expatriate and visiting musical community in Boston.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 125, p. 48.

Recorded sources:

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