ComhaltasLive #240 - 2: James Keane and “Fingal”
A ComhaltasLive favourite, here is a selection of reels from the band “Fingal”, with James Keane on button accordion, Randal Bays on fiddle and Daithí Sproule on guitar. This music was recorded at the Comhaltas North American Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2007. The reels are: “Land of Sunshine” (composed by Martin Mulhaire), “Capel St.” and “Hughie Travers’ Reel”. Note that Jame si playing the Castagnari Keanebox accordion — more information at
This clip originally appeared in ComhaltasLive Programme #212, highlighting music from the Convention.
- Date
- 20 Jan, 2008
- Tune
- Land of Sunshine/Capel Street/Hughie Travers' Reel
- Created By
- Willie Fogarty
- Source
- ComhaltasLive
| Performers/Subjects | Instruments |
|---|---|
| James Keane | Button Accordion |
| Randal Bays | Fiddle |
| Daithí Sproule | Guitar |
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Programme: ComhaltasLive #240: More 2007 Highlights
- ComhaltasLive #240: More 2007 Highlights
- ComhaltasLive #240 - 6: Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) and Danny O'Mahoney (accordion)
- ComhaltasLive #240 - 5: Some reels from Five Fleadh Fiddlers
- ComhaltasLive #240 - 4: Erin McGeown (Fiddle) and Deirdre Murray (Guitar)
- ComhaltasLive #240 - 3: Mícheál Ó Rourke on Fiddle and Larry Gavin on Box
- ComhaltasLive #240 - 1: Kevin Crawford and Liam Ó Riain on Concert Flute
Comments
- James Keane
- 19 November 2009
- 6:11 PM GMT
Seamus, Coming from such a great box player such as yourself, I feel humbled. You just sparked memories of 40+ years ago in Quilty with Joe Conneen, Jimmy Ward,MartinTalty,J.C.Talty, Junior, Willie ...I could go on but I might cry.
Still living in the tradition,
James Keane,New York.
I first heard James Keane with Jessy Ownes playing near my native village of Quilty, Co. Clare in the early sixties and I was just blown away by the energy, great traditional touch and repertoire the man possessed. He remains one of my favourate accordion players to this day. A great gentleman also and one of the all time greats.