First Through the Gate
Brian Conway
Irish American
Smithsonian Folkways
Released: 2002
Catalogue Number: SFWCD40481
Barcode: 0093074048122
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Well known in the New York Irish/Celtic community, Conway has won numerous fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. Nothing is missed in Brian Conway's Sligo style of fiddling. From hop jigs to hornpipes, and highlands to slow airs, Conway preserves and passes along the best of the past while melding it with the talent and imagination of the present.
1. The Liffey Banks / The Concert Reel / The Donegal Traveler
2. The Foxhunter / Barney Brallaghan / Comb Your Hair And Curl It
3. The Mullingar Lea / Dowd's No. 9 / The Lass Of Carracastle
4. Up Sligo No. 2 / Contentment Is Wealth / The Scotsman Over The Border
5. The Blackberry Blossom / The Silver Spire / The Dawn
6. The Cuckoo / Flowers Of Spring / Dunphy's
7. The Dairy Maid's Reel / The Reelof Bogie / Langton's Favorites
8. O'flynn's Fancy / Casey's Pig / Jimmy Lyons'
9. Paddy Ryan's Dream / Never Was Piping So Gay / John Mcgrath's
10. Jenny's Welcome To Charlie / Tom Steele
11. An Raibh Tú Ag An Gcarraig? (were You At The Rock?)
12. Martin Wynne's Nos. 1,2,3 And 4 -
13. Minnie Foster's Clog / The Newcastle Hornpipe / Fly By Night No.2
14. Jerry's Beaver Hat / Scatter The Mud / Kitty's Wedding
15. The Spike Island Lasses / Tom Moylan's Frolics
Well known in the New York Irish/Celtic community, Conway has won numerous fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. Nothing is missed in Brian Conway's Sligo style of fiddling. From hop jigs to hornpipes, and highlands to slow airs, Conway preserves and passes along the best of the past while melding it with the talent and imagination of the present.
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Brian Conway - Fiddle