01/02/08 Roddy McCorley

[TonyHiggins]

01/02/08 Welcome to Larry Simpson, who sends the following: "I am sending a piece of music which was part of a much longer radio program I wrote and produced back in the late 1970's. It is a story poem with Celtic and improvised acoustic music played to the reading. If you like it I can send more chapters. Each chapter was a separate session with music depending on who showed up. Bill Maraschiello (who inherited his musical talent and an arsenal of Celtic instruments from his Mother's side of the family) was almost always there and played the bulk of the instruments. In this piece he switches from whistle to guitar and possibly mandolin. Michael Murphy plays bodhran, but also plays whistle on other tracks. The violin was played by Mark John on that track. The whistle tune is Roddy McCorley, if I remember correctly. As I recall, I asked Bill or Michael what the song was about and one of them said, "about a man on his way to be hung." You'll find that wryly appropriate. You can find out more at my web site: http://larrycsimpson.googlepages.com/ Scroll down and and click on The Cave With No Name link." The link directly to the sound file is: http://www.4shared.com/file/33369694/48 ... -DSNT.html