Button Accordion The Wild Rover

I recently acquired an Irish Button accordion, also known as a Melodeon. I have always loved the sound of it, and Patrick "Paddy" Yorke, of the Willie Lynch Band, (the very first guests on my popular TV show, "Christy")
has been my inspiration for having the desire to learn how to play. I've only had it about a month or so, so I'm not real proficient on it yet, but with practice, I think I'll be ready for a rowdy Irish pub. :D Thank you to the folks at Melodeon.net, I got quite a lot of useful information from that website, and thank you to all of the Irish Button accordion players who share their talents with us on YouTube.

I am playing a vintage Hohner Pokerwork in the key of G/C And thank you for watching!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Irish Button Accordion
• melodeon
• Wild Rover
• Irish pub songs
• Irish songs
• music
• Ireland
• Dublin
• Willie Lynch
• Paddy Yorke

[Dotsirammi]

Awesome!Start your world tour here in Finland ok?:)

[NJKatwoman]

@Dotsirammi LOL!! And I know that you've been hankering to hear me play the five string banjo, so I bought one off of Ebay. Problem is, I got what I paid for, the thing will need some work to make her playable. In the meantime, I will attempt to entertain you with my melodeon. :D

[jennifergwaine]

You've only had it for a month. I am soooooo impressed!!! You didn't even have to look at the buttons! I also liked your drivers license at the end. Hehe

[NJKatwoman]

@jennifergwaine Thank you, Jennifer! :D

[mcrockett2001]

Wow Christy! Didn't you just buy that? Didn't take you long to learn it.

[NJKatwoman]

@mcrockett2001 Hi Matthew! Every chance I get, I'm a squeezing the bejeebers outta that thing! lol! I had to take a 34 hour restart the other day, so I worked on "Whiskey in the Jar" all day. That will be a fun sing along to do, and I'll play more than just one verse next time. :D

[AmericanTrucker4Life]

woman of many talents.

American Trucker

[SpeakingMyMindNow]

Interesting. I knew you needed to find something to do on that truck...lol Good Job.

[westsidemonster]

just awsome..love that sound and the song,haven't heard that song in a long time..

[RobWilsonII]

That is awesome Christy. You always get the coolest instruments. That song makes want to go drink a pint. ...... Cheers.

[Newfieguy89]

Love it!! Reminds me of good ol' Newfie music!! You'd love that Christy. Look it up here on Youtube!!

[BestDriverJobs001]

Woohoo! I was ready to sing with you!

[strawberryrhubarbpie]

Wow that was awesome can't believe you've only been playing that for a month!

[Bevoin1970]

Crikey that was awesome considering your not expert at playing it, you did a damn sight better than I ever could.. Good on you !! :-)