Hi all,
Thanks for all the great suggestions. I have
a nice volume of songs to choose from. I do think that Mick’s version of Inisheer is the
winner tho. My little band is in the process of recording a new c.d. and I wanted to play
a beautiful song of my choosing to my “boss”
with some harmony already figured out, so
I could bring something new into the band,
instead of him always choosing our material.
Thanks again everyone.
A few of my other favourites:
The Coulin
Anach Chuain
The Fairy Child
Cheers 
Gerry
The Southwind - beautiful, simple, but with many variations possible
The Water is Wide is another favorite.
You can find the sheet music to both on the site that Loren mentioned above.
Happy Whistling!
Steve
This is not an air, but could pass for one and it’s beautiful and easy. It’s an old hymn called “O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”. Played on a low D it is in the key of E minor. I can email you the sheet music if you’re interested. I’m at stewart@raex.com
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Would someone please post an mp3 of The Lonesome Boatman to Clips and Snips? I heard it somewhere a while back, but I don’t have a recording of it. I just remember I liked it. Thanks,
Tony
My Favorites:
From Melbay’s 110 Irelands Best Slow Airs.
- Eamonn a’ Chnoic
- The Fair Maid of Wicklow
- Tabhair Dom Do Lamh (Give me your hand)
From JC’s ABC Tunefinder
- An Feochan (Gentle Breeze) by Tommy Peoples
- The Sunset Reel
- Star of County Down
By Ear Only - see MP3.com
- The Black Cat by Lothlorien
All of these are pretty easy otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to learn them.
Find the one that touches your heart and …
Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
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Hate to admit it, Green Beer Irish Pretender that I am, but I love “Danny Boy”
Anna,
so… you love Danny Boy?
Humm… not that I pretend to know you, but I would have never…
Well, you know what they say:
“Beware of the sheep in a wolf’s clothing”
S.
I recently heard a lovely rendition of Wild Mountain Thyme for low whistle. You can hear it at http://www.verinet.com/~ktcrumb/tunes/index.php3 though the site seems to be down at the moment.
Good on you Anna…I love it as well and I dont care if the folk police forbid this at sessions.Maybe an interesting topic would be songs and tunes we hate to love.peace 
Mke
On 2001-09-05 21:56, Otter wrote:
Anna,
so… you love Danny Boy?Humm… not that I pretend to know you, but I would have never…
Well, you know what they say:
“Beware of the sheep in a wolf’s clothing”S.
Actually, it was the hundred dollar poker chip that Irish biker gave me during the rally for playing “real” music that I liked more than the song, but what the hay?
Theres this slow air called “Protected by Angels” by Paddy and the Chieftains and I like it a lot. It can be found on the “Babe:Pig in the City” soundtrack (and only there hence its obsurity). I think it is a rearranged version of a trad slow air and this rendition is probably within top 3 if not tops on my slow air favourites. I urge you guys to take a listen to it if possible.
I may have many favourites for dance tune whistlers but Paddy Maloney is my favourite airs player. He plays in such a sincere way, not corny or phoney sincere, but in a heartfelt manner. Not a single note of pretenciousness. I think thats probably what Martin Hayes means when he mentioned “the lonesome touch”.
Ok, I am not sure whether this is the right artist or not, but I am sure I heard this first on mp3.com.
“Caioneadh C Chulainn” (Don’t have a gaelic fon’t to make that look exactly right)
Now if someone want’s to tell me how that’s pronounced, I would be grateful!!
I THINK that it was played by a gentleman of the name Brian Dobson. Don’t quote me though.
This is one of the MOST beautiful slow airs I have EVER heard, and it is a simple tune to play, while sounding wonderfully intricate.
Ok enough slobering over it there! I really like it, the recording I have is in high D, but it does transition down to low D very nicely.
I can send you the clip if you like, I don’t think the author would mind since it was on mp3.com at one time.
Take care,
John