Reidy's Reel
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Reidy's Reel" is an Irish reel in D Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part).<br> The parts are played AB.<br> The tune is printed by Breathnach (1963) who identifies it as a variant of<br> "Spike Island Lasses"<br> family of tunes, though he thinks the second phrase of the<br> second strain belongs to<br> "The Bank of Ireland".<br> O’Neill (1922) remarks:<br> "’Reidy's Reel’ is named after a North Kerry fiddler from whose playing our liberal<br> contributor Mr. Stack learned it in his youth. Altho' reminiscent of other tunes in<br> certain phrases, ‘Reidy's Reel’ was until recently a stranger to Chicago musicians."<br> Chicago fiddler Patrick Stack made several recordings with piper Eddie Mullaney in the<br> 78 RPM era. Stack was born in North Kerry but emigrated to the United States in his teens.<br> It was Stack who acquired the Irish Rice-Walsh manuscript which contains<br> portions of the repertoire of North Kerry fiddle master Jeremiah Breen. Stack loaned it<br> to O'Neill, who used a number of tunes from it for his Waifs and Strays (1922).<br> He was a regular on the "Irish Hour" on WCFL in the 1930's in Chicago.<br> It was printed in O’Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922).<br>
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