David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 From my album with the band All Hands Around with Roger Burridge on fiddle and Michael Shorrock, bouzouki and guitar. I am playing a Wheatstone (Aeola Model) English Concertina.
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Two reels, Cottage in the grove and All hands Around.
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) A mazurka and two reels. I learned the last tune from box player Sean McGlynn years ago, but never got a name for it so we call it after him, Sean McGlynn's. Anyone else out there playing Irish music on the English system concertina? I would love to hear from you! Edited June 11, 2020 by David Paton typo
wunks Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Delightful! I noticed in some of your links you've played with Tom White On occasion. A new found friend , we've been playing together for contra dances and other stuff. Quebecois, my first fiddle inspiration, hitch hiking in the Northeast Kingdom. love to hear some on EC....?
Ken_Coles Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 9 hours ago, David Paton said: Anyone else out there playing Irish music on the English system concertina? I would love to hear from you! He's not a member here, but if you ever encounter Ken Sweeney there in Connecticut, take a listen. He's great at Irish on English. Keh
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Ken is a long time friend, and was inspired to take up the concertina when we met and played together at a festival in Norfolk, VA. He also restores concertinas, and I am currently playing a Wheatstone that I bought from him!
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Here are some Scottish reels that I played on an album with the late Johnny Cunningham. Using the bellows patterns and accenting the back beat really helps get the rhythmic sound that dance music requires.
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Scottish and Irish Jigs. I use a bellows pattern of "out, out, in" throughout. Takes some getting used to, but make jigs very fun to play!
DickT Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 Nice to hear an English playing Irish; it does not have to be an anglo. Say hello to Roger from me. As a very young lad, showing much talent, he played for our Rapper side in Yeovil back in the late sixties in the days when I bought a 38 key Jeffries for £25 and sold it to someone in Chingford Morris fo £50. Had I but known! Dick (Richard) Trickey. 1
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Dick, I will! Bet you thought that you did well doubling your money on that Jeffries...
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) For some reason the videos I posted in this conversation seemed to get mixed up, but now they are back to normal. Edited June 11, 2020 by David Paton problem resolved
David Paton Posted June 11, 2020 Author Posted June 11, 2020 Scottish and Irish jigs, using the out, out, in bellows pattern on the English Concertina.
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