Jean Carignan - Crowley's Reel

[wis78rpm]

Nice bit of buck dancing / flat footing.

[1966guygosselin]

Ce tournage ce passe chez mon grand père Arcade a St Agathe De Lotbinière

à l'époque je n'avait que 7 ans maintenant je suis rendu a 44 !!! que de beau souvenir mon pere c'est Alcide Gosselin

[AlexisGuitar94]

Who is Crowley? Aleister Crowley?

[33377766699]

with short neck beer

music and dance in the kitchen

and mini skirt

that was the life in the 70's

[Pgitlitz]

Jean Carignan was a brilliant play! From the first time I heard him play an Irish tune I suspected he must have been a Coleman fan. Both because of the style and the age of the recording.

But naturally Carignan was superb at Quebecois tunes and he could play some American Oldtimey as well.

[banjo234]

You learn something new every day. Thanks Lein 514.

[GingerGrandma]

I was very fortunate. Ti-Jean Carrignan's brother Rudy was married to my mother's sister. We were privileged to hear him play his fiddle, along with Philip Bruno and his accordions at many Christmas celebrations in our home. In the late 70s or early 80s, there was a huge family get together and Ti-Jean and two of his brothers all played fiddle together . It was an awesome celebration. He started out as a young boy playing his fiddle on the streets for coins tossed.

[madmodpo]

@GingerGrandma Philippe Bruneau died three weeks ago. Great musician indeed.

[robingillan]

Fuckin geat my favorite fiddler for what its worth but I did have the edge on ole Jean at the Cambridge session (Eyngerland for all you Yanks oot there)on the tune Woman of the house . Well that is a one off and if Jean had o been there he'd have had the edge on me RIP My Good friend though I never knew yer JEAN CARRIGNAN (If you're still living I appologise

[chrisricker]

Ya Jean was a monster, he died in 1989 I think, I never got to see him in person either :(

[Maginot]

February 16, 1988.

[skara100]

not just french canadian...he is a great irish fiddler too, this is played with style & the 'bonioc' that you get fom irish players...

[banjo234]

Excellent fiddle player. He must have got this from Sean McGuire. He plays it exactly the same way. Amazing a French Canadian can play Irish music so brilliantly in such a traditional style.

[chrisricker]

A lot of Jean Carignan Irish tunes he learned from Michael Coleman records, You should check or the Gael-Linn 2-CD set that is available of Colemans playing, you will be shocked! You can totally see where Sean McGuire got a lot of his tunes as well :D

[shirehorse9]

Listening to Michael Coleman, it amazes me how Canadian he sounds. Fiddlers from regions in Canada play in this style and it's not just Ti-Jean. The style must have been pick up from a specific Irish tradition.

[Pgitlitz]

It was it's the Sligo style. Michael Coleman was the best exponent of the style and though he lived in New York where he started a lineage of players in this style, I have heard that folks back in Ireland waited on shore for ships to dock if they knew they contained a new Coleman recording. He was incredibly popular back on the old sod.

[colomon2]

Indeed, I noticed a few years back that Jean Carignan is frequently closer to Coleman's versions than most modern Irish fiddle players are!

[LeiN514]

Banjo234

30% to 40% of the French speaking Quebecois

Have Irish Ancester

Émile Nelligan Quebec national Poet

Irish Father French Canadian Mother

La Bolduc she was the Quebec first singer/songwritter

her name was Mary-Anna Rose Travers

Again Irish Father French Canadian Mother

[TennesseeShine]

Nice footwork...no frost on his pumpkin!

[vithefiddler]

It's amazing how a little drink will loosen up an old man's joints. ;)

[wellusedtube]

or vice a versa...if you get my jist  :)