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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2007

Music: Teetotallers Reel/Fairy Dance
From Aly Bain's 1985 TV series Down Home
I've seen Mark's white painted fiddle on display at the Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame :)

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  • stephane is(was) a gypsy fiddler. aly is an irish fiddler. mark is an american fiddler. I saw the show on tv that mark credits with starting him on the fiddle; it was doug kershaw(got to make a living he's a louisiana man)who broke every hair on his bow:)

  • Aly isn't Irish, he's Scottish (from Shetland Islands), so I guess you could describe his native musical heritage as Celtic (with a touch of Norse Viking! :)

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  • there is a series of bluegrass albums that is very good called "ultimate pICKIN 1 and 2" where they do this tune really well.

  • @smorgantc ...i saw her once and thought it was awful... mark is much better as well as more expressive!

  • great rendition of temperance reel!

  • Aly's a great artist - his music is his life and he loves it best.

  • Got remember this was a;most 25 yrs ago when mark was still a big kid. He has come so far in those years. Both great talents..

  • I absolutely LOVE mark oconnor. I also like Bain a LOT. but the absolute BEST rendition of Fairy Dance? Natalie Mcmaster. bar none.

  • It's interesting to see the change in style between generations. Aly plays with more emotion, where as O'Connor plays technically superb. Someday down the road, there will be some kid who puts both of them to shame. It's exciting to think about.

  • Aly Bain isn't an Irish fiddler - haha what a crime! Aly is fae Shetland in Scotland an aw!

  • he's so humble; met him at auldbrass.

  • ajk240/murphycline, the temperance was played in Ireland as The Teetolar's years before it made it across the Atlantic. I think it's commonly played Shetland sessions.

    The Fairy Dance certainly is, being originally form Scotland (and supposeldy composed by Scottish fiddler Neil Gow).Aly included it in a book of 50 tunes with sheet music and accompaniyng cassette that he published for sutdnets about 20 ears ago,

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