New Custom House

  1. Michael Romkey
    Michael Romkey
    I think this reel is by John Williams.

  2. Ginny Aitchison
    Ginny Aitchison
    I've not heard this one before Mike but that's some fine picking you've got going there. I enjoyed your New Years songs too.
  3. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    Oh there’s another tune under the foot tapper classification, thanks Mike.
    They say it was written by Paddy Kelly?
    -unless John Williams is a US Congressman?
    https://thesession.org/tunes/175

    X: 1
    T: The New Custom House
    R: reel
    M: 4/4
    L: 1/8
    K: Dmix
    A2DE FGAB|cAGE DEFG|A2DE FGAB|cGeG dcAG|
    A2DE FGAB|cAGE DEFG|ADdD FGAB|cAGE AD~D2:|
    |:Add^c d2cd|ed^cd efge|Add^c d2cd|eaag ed^cd|
    Add^c d2cd|ed^cd efgb|a2ba ge^cd|eaag ed^cd:|
  4. John Kelly
    John Kelly
    Fine picking once again, Mike.
  5. Michael Romkey
    Michael Romkey
    John Williams is an accordion player. I was pretty sure it was his tune but maybe a cover? But I "got it" from him! He recorded it with Solas. I sat three feet from him in Elks Park in Telluride and heard him do it with John Doyle. Really thrilling!
  6. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    That’s a coincidence I met John Doyle one time, years ago in an Irish pub in Paris. He had an old beaten up, borrowed (nice) guitar and played some tunes at the bar. He said he wasn’t drinking that night (another story) but he said that he liked cash, ha, ha. So we gave him cash and sandwiches, and he played some songs and we all talked about Thatcher. Ah, the nostalgia. Lovely music though.

    This is a great tune for inside string picking practice.
  7. Frithjof
    Frithjof
    Great picking, Mike. Nice to combine a tune with such experiences.
  8. Don Grieser
    Don Grieser
    Great playing, Mike. I must not have been at Telluride that year. Cool experiences down at Elks Park. Got to see Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, and Emmy Hair Lewis there one year. Sweet.
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