TAMMY SULLIVAN’S. Canadian, Reel (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel "Tammy Sullivan's" and its companion piece "Jerry Sullivan's Strathspey", were composed by Cape Breton musician J.P. Cormier for members of the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass Gospel group with roots in Alabama, but who toured extensively. Jerry Sullivan (1933-2015) played guitar and sang baritone, while his daughter Tammy Sullivan (d. 2017) played bass and sang lead.
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Recorded sources : - Rounder RO 7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996. Learned from J.P. Cormier, “who played it in {MacMaster’s} kitchen one afternoon”). BCD003, J.P. Cormier & Hilda Chiasson-Cormier - "Return to the Cape" (1995).
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
