The Juke Box II

Ah, Saint Patrick's Day is it. Well it's time for some ceol agus craic then.

I love how Liz Doherty puts her tunes together. This one starts with a strathspey, which is unusual in Ireland but she's from Donegal, a very rich county with a legacy of guys going off to work in Scotland and trading tunes. The Strathspey has that sort of stutter-step derived it's said from the cadence of Gaelic, there having been lyrics to the tunes in the days of yore .... and my...

Nice jam here -- set of reels called "Mutt's Favourite".

 
Big Boston-based ensemble called Childsplay: Rattlin' Roarin' Willie/The High Drive:

 
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