Bruce Abbott Music Originals
Raphoe
Categories: Celtic
From the album Pop Songs, Poetry & Other Flights Of Fancy.
Description: Verse-Chorus structure, key of G.
Description: Verse-Chorus structure, key of G.
Recording Info: Recorded using whistle in D.

Raphoe | |
File Size: | 55 kb |
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About this piece: In the summer of 2002 my wife Lisa and I did a home exchange with a family from the town of Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. Leslie Brown with whom we exchanged was a fiddle player and regular participant in Raphoe's Thursday night music sessions at the Diamond Bar. She informed the session's leaders, Christy Murray (whistle) and Conor Porter (guitar) along with her neighbor Stuart Dunlop (bodhran & bones), that we would be coming to the sessions for the two weeks we were in Raphoe. We were warmly welcomed and invited to join in with the group of 20 or so musicians from ages 8 - 80+. I had my regular flute with me and could barely keep up with the tunes as they flew by at brisk tempos.
I was so impressed with Christy's whistle playing that during the first session we attended I asked him where I might buy one. He directed me to the local music store which I visited the next day. They had a display of whistles made both in Ireland and the U.S. Having come all that way I decided on one made in Ireland. At the next week's session I proudly showed Christy my new acquisition to which he commented, "It's lovely, now you're going to need one to play!" A month after we returned home I received in the mail from them a new Susato D whistle, made in the U.S.! This tune was inspired by and written during my time in Raphoe and the whistle they sent me is the one on this recording. |
In the back room of the Diamond Bar
Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland |
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Bruce
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Enjoy!
Bruce
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