THADELO’S SLIDE. AKA and see “Tarrant's (Slide).” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Named for Sliabh Luachra musician Thadelo Sullivan (Tim Sullivan). Source Johnny O’Leary said: “He used to play that on the concertina and the ten-key accordeon. ‘Twas lovely. They’d be hopping that night off the ground” [Moylan].
Additional notes Source for notated version : - accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan].
Printed sources : - Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 76, pp. 43-44.
Recorded sources : - Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977. Appears as “Tarrant’s”).
See also listing at : Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
