Versions of the Foxc Chase

Uilleann Pipes
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How many versions of the Fox Chase have been released on commercial recordings (i.e. not YouTube, internet, etc) and who has recorded it commercially.

So far I know of 2 versions by Seamus Ennis (on the Foxchase album and on Forty Years of Irish Piping). Liam O’Flynn has a version (with orchestral accompaniment) on Out to Another Side. David Power has a version on My Love is in America. I think there’s a version of it on the Chieftains 2 (called the Fox Hunt)

Did Felix Doran and Leo Rowsome record versions of it? Anyone else?

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Yes, Leo Rowsome recorded it on the King of the Piper’s CD.

I think that’s the only other version I have from my CDs.

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Felix Doran definitely - he added all sorts of extra animal sounds for fun - The Fox Chase on the album Last of the Travelling Pipers.

Leo Rowsome’s version is on the album King of the Pipers.

There’s a very different version by Eoin Ó Riabhaigh on his album Tiomnacht/Handed On.

That’s what I can think of off hand.

djm

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tommy martin also recorded it..

i think brian mcnamara may have as well, but my cds are way over there across the room… soooo lazy.

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Leon Rowsome also recorded it on an LP.

The Fox Chase album by Seamus Ennis which someone cited is now part of a double CD set called The Best of Irish Piping.

Ian

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What I get on my computer searching for “Fox Chase”:

The Red Fox Chasers - Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe
Fox Chasers - Eighth Of January
Elzie Este - Fox Chase
Skirtlifters - Fox Chase
Walter Red Parham - Fox Chase
Ted Gossett’s Band - Fox Chase
David Power - Fox Chase
Eoin O’Riaghbagh - The Fox Chase
Finbar Furey - The Fox Chase
Leo Rowsome - The Fox Chase
Leon Rowsome - The Fox Chase
Liam O’Flynn and Catherine Ennis - The Fox Chase
Seamus Meehan - The Fox Chase
Robert Van Dijk - The Fox Chase
Seamus Ennis - The Fox Chase
Seamus Ennis - The Fox Chase
Seamus Ennis - The Fox Chase
Mick O’Briain - The Fox Chase
Mickey Doherty - The Fox Chase
David Power - The Fox Chase
Eoin O’Riabhaigh - The Fox Chase
Leo Rowsome - The Fox Chase
Seamus Ennis - The Fox Chase
Geoff Wooff - The Fox Chase
Liam O’Flynn - The Fox Chase
Noah Beavers - Fox Chase (GDAD)
Seamus Ennis - The Fox Chase (rec 1958)
Henry Whitter - Henry Whitter’s Fox Chase
MICHAEL & JOHNNY DOHERTY - SEILG A MHADAIAIDH RUAIDH (The Fox Chase)
Red Fox Chasers - Stolen Love
? - TennesseeMtFoxChase

Not all on commercial recordings of course, or necessarily Irish music. Some multiple takes, too.

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Tommy Martin recorded it on ‘Shady Woods’

… and Mikie Smyth on ‘The Wild Keys’ …

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Its also on the Piper’s Rock, but I don’t remember who the musician is on that track. my CD is up stairs, too lazy to go look :slight_smile:

-g

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It’s Eoin O’Riabhaigh on the Piper’s Rock.

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Mikey Smyth also recorded “The Fox Chase” on his “The Wild Keys” CD. There’s a cracking good version of “The Fox Chase” by Kevin Rowsome in the SCUPC archives as well.

-No E

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And now one on Youtube by Liam O’Flynn.
(I know you said not Youtube, but it’s a good 'un.)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EQU84O8xZlE

Mukade

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OK Mukade, go to the back of the class!! (There’s always one, isn’t there …) :wink: