ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 2 - John Whelan on Button Accordion
A selection of slip jigs from the O’Neill Collection, played by one of North America’s greatest exponents of the button accordion, John Whelan, living in Milford Connecticut. The slip jigs are “Hunting the Hare”, “The Swaggering Jig” (which is this week’s Tutorial), followed by “Hardyman the Fiddler”
- Date
- Feb 19, 2007
- Tune
- Hunting the Hare, The Swaggering Jig, Hardyman the Fiddler
- Created By
- Willie Fogarty
- Source
- ComhaltasLive
| Performers/Subjects | Instruments |
|---|---|
| John Whelan | Button Accordion |
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Programme: ComhaltasLive #197
- ComhaltasLive #197 (Full Programme)
- ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 6 - Donal Regan and Eileen Gannon
- ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 5 - Pádraig Swift on Flute
- ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 4 - Dean Warner on piano accordion
- ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 3 - Pádraig O'Neill and Lindsay Moynagh
- ComhaltasLive #197 Segment 1 - Fiddle/Guitar

Great stuff give us some more. Any DVDs of John Whelan? Where is John actually from?\Back in the late 70s. I played lots of his music and loved it.
Maggie