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Click on the pic for a cracking version of Paddy Ryan's Dream.


Jimmy Power (1918 - 1984) was an Irish fiddle player who lived in Scotland and England for a long time working as a carpenter on building sites. He  recorded some albums as a solo artist and is also on compilations with titles like "Paddy in the Smoke" and "Music from The Favourite" (the Favourite being a famous Irish pub in London during the 60's and 70's).

I had one of his records in the early 80s and used to struggle along trying to play some of the tunes.

Here's one  Whelan's/ The Trip to Sligo   ( on here the title of the second tune is given as The Old Lark in the Morning. That may be its more common name, but on the record I'm sure it was The Trip to Sligo)

Whelan's is very similar to Morrison's and very difficult to play without getting them confused.

I tried these tunes out using the You Tube slowing down facility and it worked really well.

More Tunes here.

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