Traditional Air

LegacyUser

What is your favourite traditional air

Got 2: Raglan Road & Foggy Dew

foxybrowne

an staicín órna (the little stack of barly) agus Paddy's return

billy the squid

the Chulin (sp) or the lonsome boatman.

foxybrowne

lovely tunes alright.

Whiskey Devil

The Lonesome Boatman

that guy

Some friendly advice: If you're in a pub and you see some musicians in the corner playing traditional music. Please don't ask them to play the lonesome boatman. They will pretend they don't know it or never heard of it, and they will do this when you turn your back on them : :rolleyes:

Whiskey Devil

I wouldn't ask in the first place. Lonesome Boatman or not.

Eoghan-psych

that guy wrote:

Some friendly advice: If you're in a pub and you see some musicians in the corner playing traditional music. Please don't ask them to play the lonesome boatman. They will pretend they don't know it or never heard of it, and they will do this when you turn your back on them : :rolleyes:

Yes, absolutely. As a "family get together" musician, I've lost track of the number of times I've been *informed* that I know the tune.

I've been trying to get it for years now, and it'll be years yet before I sully Finbar Furey's reputation by palying it for other people.

An absolutely *mighty* tune though - it's great to play sitting in a small room with good acoustics. One of the few tunes that raises hairs on the *musician's* neck.

annette curtain

yep agree completly, the lonesome boatman wins hands down!!