I have liked this tune for a long time - it is one of the few I have managed to learn by ear, and a recent request propelled me to transcribe it (with some help). I can find no information for it on the web - does it go by another name somewhere? How do I search for a tune by its content?
X:1
T: The Old Conwy
D: The Blue Horses on Phil Beer’s ‘The Fiddle Collection’
S: Transcribed by DrPhill
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:80
K:Am
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I’m guessing this is an “unplugged” version of the tune “Banks of Conwy” from the Bluehorses’ (note: one word) album “Cracking Leather Skin and Bone”, Track 5. Likely penned by the band themselves?
Interesting; my copy of ‘Cracking Leather Skin and Bone’ does not have ‘Banks of Conwy’ on it. Track 5 is ‘Farewell to JK’ - another lovely tune that I had forgotten about until your response prompted me to check.
Could there be several versions of that CD? Mine was bought from the band when they were still gigging pubs around south and west England. Still with Emily Grainger as second fiddle. Is ‘Farewell to JK’ missing from ‘your’ version of the album? A loss if it is - that’s my favourite track on the album.
You are right about Bluehorses as one word.
But if those are the only references we can find, then perhaps you are right, and it is likely penned by the band. I was wondering if it was a ‘rebadged’ version of an older tune.
[Edit]I have the early version - that track appeared on the remaster, according to the website.[/Edit]