Jimmy Power - Irish Fiddle Player

Jimmy Power was one of the finest Irish Traditional Fiddle players. He was also one of the most familiar and best-respected figures on the London-Irish music scene of the 1970s. His exceptional repertoire was developed playing for dancing in English pubs and at the grueling feisanna competitions. Power was a very individual player with a unique style embracing short, sharp bowing and plenty of trebling. Power is accompanied on all tracks by Reg Hall, and on one track by Gerry Wright on bodhrán on this fine 1976 album.  Tunes like Tommy Potts' version of 'The Rambling Pitchfork', and Michael Gorman compositions 'The Strayaway Child' and 'The Mountain Road' are played with an obvious relish for the subtleties of variation that are available to the precise and imaginative fiddle player, and the tune selections in general are fresh and interesting.

1. Tommy Potts' Rambling Pitchfork/The Strayaway Child [Jigs]

2. The Chorus/McKenna's [Reels]

3. Jockey to the Fair/Miss Brown's Fancy [Set Dances]

4. Coleman's Favourite/The Promenade [Hop Jigs]

5. Dwyer's/The Harvest Home [Hornpipes]

6. Jackie Coleman's/The Castle [Reels]

7. The Nine Points of Roguery/The Crib of Perches [Reels]

8. Whelan's/The Lark in the Morning [Jigs]

9. The Mountain Road [Reel]

10. Follow Me Down to Limerick/Hardiman the Fiddler [Slip Jigs]

11. Youghal Harbour [Set Dance]

12. The Walls of Liscarroll [Jig]

13. The Jug of Punch/The Moving Bogs of Powelsborough [Reels]

14. Statia Donnelly's [Waltz]/Statia Donnelly's [Jig]

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Jimmy Power - Irish Fiddle Player