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FORGET ME NOT [1]. AKA and see "Crehan's Reel,"Gerry Cronin's Reel," "Larry Redican's Reel (3)," "Martin Rocheford's (1)," "Miss Ramsey's." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB: AA'BB' (Connolly & Martin). Composed by New York City fiddler and composer Larry Redican, born in County Roscommon, in honor of the visit to America by musician Paddy O'Brien in 1969. Redican also composed "Lough Key (2)," "Let's Dance" and "O'Brien's Trip to America" in O'Brien's honor, as well.

Redican came to New York via Dublin and Toronto, and became an icon of the New York Irish music scene in the mid-20th century. Redican died on stage at Mineola, Long Island, playing for a céilí.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 34-35. Treoir, vol. 2, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1970; p. 11.

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

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