Reels are “The Fisherman’s Farewell” [ more commonly called “The Belharbour” ], followed by “The Piper’s Despair”.
lovely
`The first one would be a pretty much a stock tune around here since the Laictín Naoifa recorded it. And going by the name of The Sailor’s Return most of the time.
Always feel sorry for people who have to subject themselves to the Comhaltas dress-code.
Great music! It is a pitty that there are so few recordings available of Tommy Guihan.
Love his playing very much! Thanks for the link,
Best, Moritz
He did appear on a number of Comhaltas tour recordings during the 80s. I have at least three here, there’s tapes floating about as well. Not to mention CDs like the Roscommon one.
Beautiful playing. Thanks, Kenny. Something interesting going on about his flute.
Hj and tuning barrel are from a different flute than the center and foot joint?
Came across the above, quite by chance.
Marvelous playing. I want to thank you, kenny for calling my attention to Tom Guihan. I had not heard his playing before.
Kenny, please forgive me if I move slightly off topic. Julia has noted a mismatch between the HJ/tuning barrel and the balance of the flute. It does appear to be a graft on, and is notable in that the tuning slide is nearly fully closed. I wonder if his accompanist is fully tuned up to A=440Hz?
Guihan’s bio says his first flute was sold to him by Packie Duignan for 2 pounds. His current flute (presumably the one in the clips) was supplied by Seamus Tansey. . .!
Bob
Another clip with Tom Guihan, this time accompanied by Patsy Hanley and John Wynne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCU07LkzSvE Two lefties and one rightie. . .you can note the same mis-match ot the HJ/Tuning barrel and body. You can also see that Tom has wired a pickup to the HJ.
Bob
[quote=“an seanduine”]Another clip with Tom Guihan, this time accompanied by Patsy Hanley and John Wynne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCU07LkzSvE Two lefties and one rightie. . .you can note the same mis-match ot the HJ/Tuning barrel and body. You can also see that Tom has wired a pickup to the HJ.
John Wynne also has a pickup or a lead of some kind; can’t see if Patsy does or not.
Thank you for these! I’m a Guihan fan, too. IIRC, I first heard him on “The Mountain Road” CD. Great recording.