The Paddy O’Brien Tune Collection is a historic compilation of 500 double jigs and reels from the repertoire of Paddy O’Brien of County Offaly, an All-Ireland accordion champion and one of the world’s outstanding performers of Irish traditional music.

In more than four decades as a musician, Paddy O’Brien has gained a reputation as a walking encyclopedia of Irish music; it’s estimated that he carries in his head the melodies of nearly 3,000 Irish tunes. Created especially for serious students of Irish music, this unique collection can help today’s players learn Irish music the way it was traditionally handed down – by ear.

Includes 500 tunes on 10 CDs in a leather wallet with fully indexed 124-page booklet with background information on each tune.

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  Saint Paul, MN 55116 USA

Chulrua: The Singing Kettle
Paddy O’Brien, Patrick Ourceau, Pat Egan · Shanachie 23002

Chulrua’s long-awaited third recording, featuring Paddy O’Brien on button accordion, Patrick Ourceau on fiddle, and Pat Egan on guitar and vocals.

“In its recalling of past masters, in its thoughtful and well-crafted performances, this recording is at once a wakeup call and a reminder of the things that matter in Irish traditional music.” — Sally K. Sommers Smith, Irish Music Magazine

“Their playing together is stellar; it’s like listening to a conversation between old friends…” — Susan Gedutis Lindsay, The Boston Irish Reporter Featuring:

1. reels: Hughie Travers / John Byrth’s / Boil the Breakfast Early
2. jigs: Wellington’s Advance / The Gander at the Pratie Hole
3. reels: Jimmy McGettrick’s / The Master’s Return
4. song: The Ballad of Capel Street
5. reels: The Meeting Place / The Wild Irishman / The Ivy Leaf
6. reels (fiddle solo): The Singing Kettle / Gooseberry Fair
7. reels: Drowsy Maggie / The Steeplechase
8. song: Asha Asha
9. hornpipe/reel (accordion solo): The Drunken Sailor / The Gatehouse Maid 1
10. reels: Tommy Coen’s
11. jigs: The Kerfunten / Gallant Tipperary
12. song: Ashfields in Brine
13. reels: Eddie Moloney’s / Roll Her on the Mountain
14. jigs: Scully Casey’s / The Rookery / The Yellow Wattle
15. reels: The Golden Wedding / Paddy Murphy’s Wife
16. song: Bridget Flynn
17. reels: Jimmy McGettrick’s / The Morning Dew

Chulrua: Down the Back Lane
Paddy O’Brien, Tim Britton, Pat Egan · Shanachie 23001

“A lovely second effort from this group.” — The Green Man Review

Featuring

1. I’m the Boy for Bewitching Them / The Man Who’ll Never Be Able / The Night Poor Larry Got Stretched
2. Paddy Taylor’s / Micho Russell’s / The Bloom of Youth
3. A Day in Sligo
4. Neary’s Jig / Fasten the Leggings/ Roche’s Favorite
5. Lough Melvin’s Shore / Tom Bawn’s Reel
6. The First of May / An Buachaill Dreoite
7. Lament for Terence McDonagh / March of the Jacobites
8. Farewell to the Gold
9. Dark Loch na Gar
10. The Poor Wayfaring Stranger / Crossing the Cumberlands
11. An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas / Down the Back Lane / At Home in the Kitchen
12. Lament for Captain Henry O’Kane / The Drover
13. Planxty Maguire / The March of the O’Sullivans / Tommy Hunt’s / The Sligo Rambler / Sailing into Walpole’s Marsh

Chulrua: Barefoot on the Altar
Paddy O’Brien, Tim Britton, Pat Egan · Pied Piper Productions PPP301

“The rarely heard combination of button accordion and uilleann pipes has never sounded sweeter…” — Don Meade, The Irish Voice

“Terrifically crisp and clear unison music.” — Fintan Vallely, The Sunday Tribune

Featuring

1. Tobin’s Favorite / WillyClancy’s / Paddy Taylor’s
2. Merry Harriers / Ban Tinceiri
3. Sligo Traveller
4. Paddy Fahy’s / The Butterfly / The Mountain Top / The Boys on the Hilltop
5. The Wounded Hussar / Slieve Russell / The Humours of Ballyloughlin
6. McGettrick’s / London Bridge
7. The Diamond Tina Drover
8. Mike Coogan’s / Dick Tobin’s / High Point Polka
9. The Rocky Road to Dublin / West Clare Reels
10. The Foggy Dew
11. Whinny Hills of Leitrim / Arragh Mountains
12. An Paistin Fionn (The White-Haired Boy) / The Flowers of Munster
13. Scully Casey’s / Joe Cooley’s / Micho Russell’s
14. Donal Óg / Scatter the Mud / Gan Ainm / Trim the Velvet
15. Springhill Mine Disaster
16. O’Carolan’s Welcome / A Fig for a Kiss / The Honeysuckle
17. The Gossoon that Bate His Father / The Old Woman of the House / Matt People’s Reel
18. Jefferson’s March / The Star Above the Garter / Johnny Leary’s / Scent of the Rose

The Doon Céilí Band: Paddy O’Brien, Brian Miller, Laura MacKenzie, Kate Dowling, Jode Dowling, Django Amerson, Sean Egan Shanachie 23001

“A lot of energy and passion for the music…” — Irish Music International.com

“Fun… perform their sets with feeling, grace and expression.” — Folkworld.de

Featuring

1. reels • John Brennan’s / The Ballymahon / Mrs.
2. single jigs • What Ails You? / Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself / Come In from the Rain
3. reels • The Capelhouse Reel / Julia Clifford’s / Mary O’Neill’s Fancy
4. hornpipes • To Daunton Me / Hawkes
5. single jigs • Sergeant Cahill’s / Behind the Bush in the Garden / Smash the Windows
6. reels • McGovern’s / Captain Kelly’s / The Guns of the Magnificent Seven
7. jigs • The Foggy Morning / Ellis’s Jig / Jug of Brown Ale
8. reels • Around the World for Sport / The Speckled Hen / Miss McGuinness
9. march • The Battle of Aughrim
10. reels • Tom Bawn’s / The Rising Sun / Bill Maley’s Reel
11. polkas • Joe Bane’s / The Goat’s Polka
12. reels • The Cocktail / The Pretty Girls of the Village / The Piper on Horseback
13. slip jigs • Give Us a Drink of Water / Dever the Dancer / The Highway to Kilkenny
14. reels • Mrs. Crotty’s / The Lass of Carracastle / The Cavan Reel
15. harp tune • The Dew on the Grass
16. double jigs • Paddy Fahy’s / The Hungry Rocks / The House in the Glen
17. waltz • The Portuguese Waltz
18. reels • The Tailor’s Thimble / The Pigtown Reel / John Byrth’s
19. double jigs • Jackie Roche’s Favorite / The Kerry Jig / The Humours of Rahey

Paddy O’Brien, Accordion; Jamie Gans, Fiddle; Dáithí Sproule, Guitar
Black Tea Tunes BTT012

“Those familiar with O’Brien’s exacting standards of performance will not be surprised to hear that Gans’ fiddle follows the accordion note-for-note, in a way which allows the listener to fully appreciate and reflect on the quirky twists and turns of O’Brien’s music.” -Phillipe Varlet, Celtic Grooves

Features

1. Mike Hoban’s / John Doherty’s / Charlie Mulvihill’s
2. The Cavan Reel / The Ivy Leaf / The Golden Wedding
3. Straddle the Donkey / Catherine Kelly’s / The Whinny Hills of Leitrim
4. The Hare’s Paw / The Boy in the Gap / Tom Morrison’s
5. The Wee Folks’ Revenge / O’Reilly from Aithcairne
6. The Cabin Hunter / Paddy Murphy’s Wife / The Howling Wind
7. Johnston’s Hornpipe / The Wooden City Polkas
8. McGettrick’s / The Boys of Tulla / The Flowers of Munster
9. Young Catherine (O’Carolan) / James “Lad” O’Beirne’s Reel
10. Eddie Kelly’s / Snug in the Blanket / Langstrom’s Pony
11. The Maids in the Cherry Tree / James Morrison’s / McGovern’s
12. Coleman’s Hop / O’Brien’s Hop / The Maid’s Request • Brisk Bob / McGoldrick’s / O’Brien’s Tower

Paddy O’Brien, accordion; Dáithí Sproule, piano, guitar; Erin Hart, vocals; Karen Andersen, guitar
Green Linnet GLI 1091 (catalog acquired by Compass Records)

Re-Released on CD in 2008 and available for download at:

• iTunes
• eMusic.com
• CalabashMusic.com
• and many other fine online music sites…

Features

1. The Mountain Meadow / The Highlander Who Kissed His Granny
2. The Trip to Sligo / Dáithí Sproule’s
3. The Coachman’s Whip / The Foxhunters’ Chorus
4. Lady Lyle / Liz Carroll’s
5. Stranger at the Gate / Miss Ratray
6. The Wounded Hussar
7. Miss Hutton / Miss Johnson of Pitworth
8. Jimmy Powers’ Favorite / The Luck of the Toss
9. Paddy Fahy’s / Miss Patterson’s Slippers
10. The Traveler’s Reel / The Bird’s Nest
11. John Brady’s / Garrett Barry’s
12. Colonel Rodney / The Reel of Bogie
13. The Golden Eagle / Ed Reavey’s Reel
14. The Lament for Eoin Rua / The March of the Gaelic Order
15. Dr. Gilbert’s Wife / Gus Dolan’s Reel
16. Tiny the Trooper / The Girls of Knocknagow
17. The Miller of Draughin / The Humours of Castlefin

Traditional Music of Ireland
James Kelly, Fiddle; Paddy O’Brien, Accordion; Dáithí Sproule, Guitar, Vocals
Shanachie 34014

Originally two LPs (Is it Yourself and Spring in the Air) re-released as one CD; regarded by most Irish music lovers as a classic, must-have recording.

“Virtuosic players who invest these tunes with an almost off-hand grace… ” -All Music Guide

“One of the great trios in the history of Irish traditional music…There’s never been a better blend of fiddle and box…” -Don Meade, The Irish Voice

Features

1. The Monahan Twig / John In The Mist
2. Humors Of Kilkenny / Drops Of Spring Water
3. The Foxhunter’s
4. Lovely Willie • The Rakes Of Kildare / The Horse’s Leotard
5. The Rights Of Man / McGibbney’s Fancy
6. The Small Hills Of Offaly / Farewell To Old Dacency
7. The Jolly Seven / McGettrick’s
8. Paddy Taylor’s / Anderson’s
9. Molly Bawn / The Stanpiper
10. Cul Tiubh Na Bpearl
11. Paddy Kelly’s / John Doherty’s
12. The Stage / The Western
13. John Doherty’s / The Antrim Rose
14. Man Of The House / Ryan’s Rant
15. Bracken’s / Mrs. Crotty’s / The Horse That Made A Haymes Of His Winkers / The Kinnegad Slashers
16. Jim Coleman’s / Patsy Touhey’s / Rodney Miller’s
17. The Boys Of Mullaghbawn 18
18. John Kelly’s / The Green Cottage / Cuil Aodha
19. The Gravel Path / The Wild Irishman
20. The Moving Cloud / Paddy Kelly’s Reels
21. Down the Hill
22. McCarthy’s Favorite / Spring in the Air / Miss Emily
23. Hughie the Graeme
24. The Duke of Leinster’s Wife / The Boys of Ballisadare
25. John Doherty’s / Kitty Come Down to Limerick
26. Sarah’s Delight / Seán sa Cheo