Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 978 (John Kelly's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Slide32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of John Kelly's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 3 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
John Kelly's / John Kelly's Slide / Tim Griffin's Slide / Tim Griffin's Jig / Bridgie McGrath's (also in C, also as single jig) (compare Captain Jinks included here in book R)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~197312#1[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).View album details
~19742#2[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. View album details
19753#1[JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle).View album details
20025#3[BBg 2] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #249 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #58 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #13 in volume 2 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 148 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As slide #14 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #287 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #67 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #100 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As slide #13 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1927
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