Black Velvet with John McSherry -- Glentown

Black Velvet with John McSherry -- Glentown

In January 2005 Black Velvet played several concerts with uilleann piper John McSherry. This special program was a tribute to the work and music of Donal Lunny, and included several pieces from various stages of his musical career, as well as some of the band's music.

This set of reels was learned from Donal Lunny's band Coolfin.

Miss Monaghan - Trad. Arr. Lunny
The man of the house - Trad. Arr. Lunny
The green fields of Glentown - Tommy Peoples, arr. Lunny
The mountain lark - Trad. arr. Lunny

Black Velvet:
Shani Kombelis -- Flute
Michael Greilsammer -- Fiddle
Ehud Nathan -- Bouzouki
Itay Abramovitz -- Keyboards
Nitzan Shachar -- Bodhran, Percussion

John McSherry -- Pipes, Low Whistle
Dina Lurie - Fiddle

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Black
• Velvet
• Traditional
• Irish
• Music
• John
• McSherry
• Donal
• Lunny
• Coolfin
• Ehud
• Nathan
• קטיפה
• שחורה

[shoel]

I didn't know there was such a good Irish band in Israel?

I lived here in J'lem for two years and now I am leaving in 10 days, too bad I did not meet you guys...

[paidushko]

Thanks shoel, if you come to Tel Aviv you can still see us, even if not the whole band, at Molly Bloom's Irish pub on Monday and Wednesday.

All the best,

P.

[franklymike]

This is my last comment on this series of songs. But I am reminded still of the Bothy Band. These are great. What memories

[paidushko]

Thanks again, franklymike, and see you in Madrid.

[JackFenderOne]

Here's a careful comment - I love your Greenfields of Glentown BUT in B and C part first half bar - wrong notes and wrong chord spoils it. Listen to Peoples - it's the crux of the whole tune. Great playing - well done. I've played in Murphy's Tel Aviv. Keep up the ceoil!!!

[paidushko]

Well, I have finally managed to listen to the Tommy Peoples recording of Glentown. I see your point, there is a slight difference in the first bars of parts B and C and this leads to a different chord. But with all due respect to Tommy Peoples, such things happen when tunes pass from one musician to another. I don't think they are wrong notes, it's merely an interpretation. Anyway, the band attempted to reproduce Coolfin's version, and I suppose, if it was good enough for Donal Lunny...

[paidushko]

Uh, yeah, I'm sure they also know Hevenu Shalom Aleichem. Why do you ask? Would you like them to play in your Bar Mitzvah?...

[virtualrabbi]

Uh, yeah, but do you guys know Hava Nagila?