Description
Title: The Donegal Piper
Artist: Neil A. Duddy
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070355125
Genre: Celtic, Irish
Release Date: 2012-05-30
Number of Discs: 1
Neil A. Duddy was born to Irish parents in Scotland and emigrated to the United States when he was twenty-five years old. He settled in New York City and became the leading bagpiper there in the 1950s and 1960s. In The Donegal Piper, Duddy plays Irish bagpipe tunes, intended to inspire “”the emotions of an old Scot on his return to his native land… after an absence of many years.””
Tracks:
1.1 Irish on the March: Garryowen – Donegal – Larry O”Gaffe
1.2 Medley: Dark Rosaleen – Easter Week 1916 – Rising of the Moon – Let Erin Remember
1.3 Old Irish Airs: Men of the West – the Dawning of the Day – King Brian Boru
1.4 Medley: The Blackbird – Hills and Dales of Cork
1.5 Medley: Asche”s Irish Polka – Drops of Brandy
1.6 Love Songs: Beside the Anner – Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
1.7 Quicksteps: Clare”s Dragoons – the White Cockade – Rakes of Mallow
1.8 Jigs: Kelly”s Rambles – Father O”Flynn – Nora Creanan
1.9 Harvest Home Hornpipe
1.10 Medley: Paddy McGinty”s Goat – Phil the Fluter”s Ball
1.11 Old Scotland: Comin” Through the Rye – Will Ye No Come Back Again
1.12 Americana: Old Rustic Bridge – Swanee River – Little Toe
