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Tune ID#1239 (Road to Garrison)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Road to Garrison about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording KC 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Road to Garrison, The / Road to Garrison / Maurice Lennon's / The Godfather / The Godfather Reel (3rd in set Brian Rooney's on JCt 5; 2nd n set Up Sligo and Leitrim on NH 3) (the composer's title is The Road to Garrison according to an e-mail to me from his agent Sandra Tucker, 3 July 2006) (composed by Maurice Lennon)
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Discography cd

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.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19959#1
[KC 1] Kevin Crawford. 'D' Flute Album. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (flute).
~199617#1
[SBw] Folan and Davey. Skin and Bow. Declan Folan (fiddle), Junior Davey (bodhrán).
~199913#1
[BRny 1] Brian Rooney. The Godfather. Brian Rooney (fiddle). For this tune: with John Carty (banjo).
~200310#1
[MSHtn 1] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Dearga. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, vocals, bodhrán, dobro, electric guitar). For this tune: with George Keith (fiddle).
~20057#3
[JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). For this tune: (guitar).
~20091#3
[PoNY] Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan. Pride of New York. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Brian Conway (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Dolan (piano).
201415#2
[LfAllChk] Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen. Life Is All Checkered. Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar), Laura Feddersen (fiddle).
~201613#2
[NH 3] Noel Hill. Live in New York. Noel Hill (concertina). For this tune: (C#/G# concertina?).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Whistler at the Wake
JCt 5
Gatehouse Maid
PoNY
Blackbird
LfAllChk
Doctor Gilbert
NH 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Torn Jacket
KC 1
Road to Cashel
SBw
John Brennan's
BRny 1
Maids of Mitchelstown
MSHtn 1

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As reel #818 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1995