TOMMY POTTS: THE LIFFEY BANKS
Tommy Potts: fiddle
This classic 1972 release is the only commercially available recording by this famous Dublin fiddle player, whose unusual approach to traditional music, while breaking the "rules," has earned him a reputation of musical genius among his peers. An exceptional document.
Rating: ****
Price: $21.99
Contents:
1. Reel: The Liffey Banks
2. Air: The Blackbird
3. Reel: O'Dowd's
4. Air: Billy Byrne of Ballymanus
5. Reel: Rakish Paddy
6. Slip Jig: The Butterfly
7. Crowley's Reel
8. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
9. Reel: The Star of Munster
10. Air: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
11. Hornpipe: The Fisherman's Lilt
12. Reel: My Love is in America
13. Air: An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig?
14. Reel: The Long Hills of Mourne
15. Slip Jig: Top it Off
16. Reel: Patsy Touhey's
17. Lullaby: The Ship Comes Home
18. Reel: Ryan's Rant
19. Air: The Dear Irish Boy
20. The Falcarragh Reel
21. Jigs: Garrett Barry's Favourite / The Gander at the Prattie Hole / The Rambling Pitchfork
22. Air & Reel: The Parting Glass / Bunch of Keys
