One row melodeon recordings
G. Don Howell
Irish and English music:
Johnny Connolly (majority of recordings)
Paul Brock (some)
William Sullivan
John Kimmel
Oscar Wood
Katie Howson
Does anyone know of other artists who play the single row melodeon
exclusively ( or majority)
and availability of recordings? The genres can be English, Irish,
Qeubecois, NewFoundland, etc. I'm not interested in Cajun artists.
I would also pay a good price for recordings of
the following:
John Kimmel
William Sullivan
Alfred Montmarquette(Qeubecois)
Regards,
Don Howell
USA
jo77
Delores Kane's aunt
playing the single row and I've seen her on video and boy can she maek
it hop :)
I own an old Hohner - it is I believe pre ww 2 .It came from the Kane
family,
hope that helps
PS Yes to Kimmell - wooooohoooooo
Nigel Gatherer
> Does anyone know of other artists who play the single row melodeon
> exclusively (or majority) and availability of recordings? The genres
> can be English, Irish, Qeubecois, NewFoundland, etc...
How about Scottish? Topic have a CD called "Melodeon Greats" which feature
some of the Scottish single-row and two-row melodeon players from the
first thirty years of this century. The Wyper Brothers, who first started
recording in about 1903, are featured alongside Pamby Dick, James Brown,
William Hannah, Peter Leatham, etc. I don't have the catalogue number, but
perhaps a websearch will help.
--
Nigel Gatherer, Edinburgh
gath...@argonet.co.uk
I.G.
Doherty of Mountcharles, Co. Donegal, who died at 84 last February. He
made only one solo recording, "Take the Bull by the Horns" (Green
Linnet, 1993) but can also be heard on the 1991 benefit recording "The
Rights of Man: The Concert for Joseph Doherty" (Green Linnet) and on the
Nimbus recording of the UCC 1991 Traditional Irish Music Festival "Dear
Old Erin's Isle."
Han Speek
Most of the players on "Melodeon Greats" use 2-row boxes, some even more
rows - the Wyper brothers, Peter and Daniel, use 19-key C/C# boxes.
So that album's not too relevant for what Don wants.
A few names that he might want to add to his list would be Bobby Gardiner
(at least on his latest album, "The Clare Shout") and Brendan Begley, who
has been using the melodeon a lot lately (check out "We Won't Go Home 'Til
Morning", on the Kells label).
He may also want to keep an eye out for Tom Doherty's only album, "Take The
Bull By The Horns", which features very powerful old-style Irish melodeon.
Should be available from Green Linnet.
Han.
--
H. Speek, B.Sc. H.S...@el.utwente.nl
MESA Research Institute http://www.ice.el.utwente.nl/~han/
Univ. of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
Brian
Brian
Nigel Gatherer
> Most of the players on "Melodeon Greats" use 2-row boxes, some even more
> rows - the Wyper brothers, Peter and Daniel, use 19-key C/C# boxes.
> So that album's not too relevant for what Don wants.
That's perhaps true, but I'm sure there are some one-row players on that
LP. I may be wrong. The front sleeve features two one-rows by the look of
them, although I can't see any reference to the photograph.
Lee Thompson-Herbert
G. Don Howell <polk...@webtv.net> wrote:
>I am aware of the following artists who play the single row melodeon in
>Irish and English music:
>
>Johnny Connolly (majority of recordings)
>Paul Brock (some)
>William Sullivan
>John Kimmel
>Oscar Wood
>Katie Howson
John Kirkpatrick, current God of the English Melodeon.
In fact, Kirkpatrick advocates playing rasty-sounding pokerwork Hohner
boxes instead of the fancier italian ones. He says the sound is closer
to what the Dead Old Guys played.
--
Lee M.Thompson-Herbert KD6WUR l...@crl.com
Member, Knights of Xenu (1995). Chaos Monger and Jill of All Trades.
"There are some people who will argue whether the flames are blue
or green, when the real question is that their arse is on fire."