where I can get some sheet music for Gerry Owen that isn’t “band music?”
Anna,
Look in a Fife and Drum music book, such as Ralph Sweet’s “Fifer’s Delight.” That will have it, and much more besides.
Thanks, Neil! Appreciate it! Was trying to play it with a banjo player here during the motorcycle rally! I’m beginning to think all those banjo jokes have a point to them somewhere!
Anna,
I have a copy of this as an abc file. The ABC2Win program will convert it to regular sheet music. I can make a small .bmp file (about 500k) of it and send to you via e-mail as an atachment if you want.
Blaine
OK, i’ve got to ask. What is a “band” version? To me that conjures up the image of a full fledged arrangement and I’ve only seen a few of those for traditional tunes. Incidentally, the tune most frequently goes by the names Gary Owen or Garry Owen. Look at JCs tune finder for the word “Owen” and you’ll get lots of hits.
Steve
The band version is the one I heard the 7th Cavalry play here recently! Didn’t see a real score, just a pile of sheet music-ish stuff under a snare drum somewhere! Of course the streets were rife with horse manure at the time, so we can assume I had heatstroke, too!
Try Greg’s Wandering Whistle website at
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/
It’s one of my favorites and has a tune with the spelling of GaryOwen
BTW Greg, thanks for the website and the obvious work you’ve done there. I’m originally from there; graduated from Pasadena Senior High a long long time ago. My parents still live in Trinity, Texas. Maybe we’ll meet some day. Is the Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant still in business and serving up good folk music?
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Peace
Namasté
jim
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On 2001-08-10 19:29, Anna Martinez wrote:
The band version is the one I heard the 7th Cavalry play here recently!
A fife and drum band? Someone else recommended the Fifer’s Delight as a source for Garry Owen. I think Ralph Sweet put that book together and he is a former fifer in a fife and drum band. All the music is suitable for whistle, fiddle or even banjo.
Steve
Jim: You’re more than welcome for all the work..I like to try to give back what little I can, and in truth, it doesn’t really cost me anything but time 
It’s a labor of love..i could probably auto-generate a ton of tunes from ABC format..and, in fact, that’s what I used to do. But I think it’s the little things that count
It’d be neat to meet some day..I live pretty far from Pasadena these days, though I did grow up there (Sam Rayburn…bitter PHS rivals.hah!).. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, give me a whistle 
Greg
(I’ve never heard of the restaurant you mention..i’ll have to see if I can’t look it up!)
On 2001-08-10 19:39, livethe question wrote:
BTW Greg, thanks for the website and the obvious work you’ve done there. I’m originally from there; graduated from Pasadena Senior High a long long time ago. My parents still live in Trinity, Texas. Maybe we’ll meet some day. Is the Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant still in business and serving up good folk music?
Greg,
Went back over an email from a mailing list I am on and found a recent reference to Anderson Fair. It’s roughly near what was at one time called the “Montrose” area. Don’t know how it’s changed since I’ve been gone. I was wondering if someone around there might have some idea of Celtic happenings in Houston.
Anyway,I caught a blues guitar player and singer in Wisconsin a few months ago. He is now living in Austin. His schedule shows:
Peter Keane Fri, Nov 16 Anderson Fair Houston,TX (713) 528-8576
He puts on a good show. Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant (it wasn’t really a restaurant, it was a folk club) and Sand Mountain were at the heart of the folk music scene in the early to mid 70’s. I’ve been gone since 77. If I don’t make it down around Christmas I will be there next May and will give you “whistle”
On 2001-08-10 21:55, livethe question wrote:
one time called the “Montrose” area. Don’t know how it’s changed since I’ve been gone. I was wondering if someone around there might have some idea of Celtic happenings in Houston.
I’m aware of the area…Just hadn’t heard of the establishment. The big established sessions seem to be at Mucky Duck and Slainte’s, and general celtic stuff at Garden in the Heights (celtic harvest festival is there in a couple of days). However, I did find Anderson fair’s website at http://www.andersonfair.com/
They seemed to be closed for the summer, and their old schedule looks more ‘indie’ than ‘celtic’.