Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Blue Idol by Altan

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Artist NameAltan
Album TitleBlue Idol
MusiciansNot identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)], with Donal Lunny (bouzouki, keyboards, bodhrán), Paul Brady (vocals), Jim Higgins (bodhrán), James Blennerhassett (bass), Liam O'Flynn (pipes), Dolly Parton (vocals), Harry Bradley (flute), Anna Ní Mhaonaigh (vocals), Steve Cooney (bass), Richie Buckley (saxophone), Neil Martin (cello).
Source and
other information		Narada 72438-11955-2-9, 2002. Recorded June-Aug. 2001 in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Includes printed lyrics and translations into English for all songs.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
3619		 Song Daily Growing (compare The Bonny Boy / The Trees They Do Grow High)
21 Tune Info
3620		 Song Uncle Rat
31 Tune Info
3621		 JigD Roaring Water (composed by Ciaran Tourish and Mark Kelly)
41 Tune Info
3622		 Song Pretty Young Girl, The / An Cailín Deas Óg
51 Tune Info
3623		 JigD [untitled] (1st in set The Blue Idol on A BI)
2 Tune Info
3624		 JigD Blue Idol, The (also in G)
3 Tune Info
251		 JigD Butcher's March, The / The Butchers' March / The Butcher's Jig / The Butchers of Bristol / The Lark's March / The Gander at the Pratie Hole / The Bog of Allen / Bogs of Allen / Along with the Girls I'd Like to Be / The Boys of Clones / Bloody Oul' Hag, Is It Tay You Want? / Brendan Begley's Jig (also with parts reversed and with more parts)
61 Tune Info
3625		 Reel Nine Pint Coggie, The (1st in set The Trip to Cullenstown on A BI) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Sean Maguire's #1741)
2 Tune Info
89		 Reel Ash Plant, The / The Ashplant / The Ash-Plant / The Ash Plant No. 1 / An Maide Fuinnseoige / Planda na Fuirseoige (appears within song Keeper of the Game on MSHtn 1) (also singled, also in F# Minor) (compare Rogha Thomáis Uí Dhubhda / Tom Dowd's Favorite and Morning Dew #2512)
3 Tune Info
3035		 Reel Trip to Cullenstown, The / The Raheen (2nd in set Raheen Medley on KB UC) (composed by Phil Murphy)
71 Tune Info
3626		 Song Cuach mo Lon Dubh Buí (composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (melody only))
81 Tune Info
2915		 Reel Mother's Delight (as Untitled on JD 4) (compare #2896 and more remotely Col. McBain #361)
2 Tune Info
3627		 Reel Mother's Delight (2nd in set on A BI)
3 Tune Info
1480		 Reel Ormond Sound / Paddy O'Brien's / Saving the Hay (composed by Paddy O'Brien the elder, of Tipperary)
4 Tune Info
3628		 Reel Well-Bred Foal, The / Mike Hoban's Reel (composed by Mike Hoban)
91 Tune Info
3629		 Hland Low Highland, The (1st in set)
2 Tune Info
3269		 Hland Moneymusk / The Monnymusk (also in G, also in Major) (compare as reel #1336 and compare Fermanagh Highland #2110)
3 Tune Info
2791		 Hland Donegal Lassies / Duncan Davidson / Ducan Davidson (also as strathspey)
4 Tune Info
652		 Reel Flowing Bowl, The / The Wild Irishman / The Old Wild Irishman / The Glenties Reel / The West Clare (2nd in set Donegal Reels on DD HR) (also with parts reversed, also in A) (Donegal setting included here)
101 Tune Info
3630		 Song Sea-Apprentice Boy, The / The Sea Apprentice / The Apprentice Boy / The Apprentice Boy in Love / The Sailor Boy
111 Tune Info
3631		 Air Sláinte Theilinn / A Health to Teelin (composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
121 Tune Info
3622		 Song Pretty Young Girl, The / An Cailín Deas Óg
131 Tune Info
363		 JigSl Comb Your Hair and Curl It / Coleman's No. 2 / Coleman's No. 2 Slip Jig / Coleman's Hop (also in A)
2 Tune Info
1031		 Reel Killarney Boys of Pleasure, The / Doherty's Reel / Doherty's / Johnny Doherty's Reel / Docherty's Reel / O'Doherty's / Doherty / Gweebarra Bridge / The Gweebarra Bridge Reel / Ril a' Sean Nós (compare Clan Ranald #331 and Sweat House #4948)
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