At The Racket Group

John Carty Banjo, Séamus O'Donnell Saxophone, Brian McGrath Keyboard, & Jim Murray Guitar. Barn Dance "Far Away From Home" & two reels "Sally Gardens" & "The Sligo Maid". The barn dance was a favourite of the late & great fiddle player Michael Coleman

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Music

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• Irish Traditional Music
• Saxophone
• Banjo
• Reels
• Barn Dance
• Irish Music

[theblackwatersession]

Any ideas where you can get the sheet music for far away from home?

[clarebannerman]

@theblackwatersession Try "the session.org" They may be able to help you.

[Glenfinnan1745]

A saxophone playing trad??? That can't be right. . . . .and yet. . ..it works a treat.

You'll excuse me now. I have to to tweak my expectations and expand my horizons a bit.

[oldflute]

Great playing on C melody sax (I'm pretty sure). The great flute player and composer, Josie McDermott, was also supposed to have played sax back in mid-century.

[headstocktailstock]

yet another class act from ''the bannerman'' as we've all come to expect / enjoy!! thanx Mike slan go fol!!

[thissong4you]

What fun, Michael. Beautiful music, always love the banjo, and Séamus O'Donnellon the saxophone is such an unexpected treat. Thanks!

[absonus]

I think the sax works ,Clare.Sensitive playing.

[theblackwatersession]

Thanks for the reply but doesn't seem to be there!

[bellz180]

Never saw a Sax playing trad either..worked brilliantly here!! :)

[johnnym19591]

A discussion of this vid on a trad music forum I lurk on reckoned that the sax can potentially drown out the other instruments, but coupling it with a banjo works.

If you look hard elsewhere on youtube you will find Seamus O'Donnell's uncle, Tony Howley also playing sax, accompanied by Tom Cussen on banjo, and a piano thrown in too.

[zoedaria]

Unbelievable!!!one of the best!!!