Fave version(s) of Colonel Frazer?

buskerSean · Post by **buskerSean** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:31 pm

Currently learning said tune. Mainly from version@ back of H Clarke book (anyone know whose version that is?), but it is a bit wayward for me at times. The version on thesession.org is a bit straight, and the Rowsome version (from Rowsome piping book) has a nice 4 part version, missing out the fifth part.

Great fun tune to learn though.

what are your fave versions and little trick turns with this one?

John O'Gara · Post by **John O'Gara** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:38 pm

I like Jerry O'Sullivan's version and also the Pat Broaders version. I have no tricks, still trying to learn the tune myself.

Good luck!

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:51 pm

hmmm...can I say my own version?

Johnny Doran's version is my favorite because his playing is so completely barking mad. Listening to Johnny just makes me want to try harder when I feel like I'm stuck.

John O'Gara · Post by **John O'Gara** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:59 pm

Hi Pat:

I have a recording of your version from a while back, and it does rock! Sorry for excluding you. I remember the pizza delivery guy stopping dead in his tracks at the door when he heard you playing it-as a result the damn pizza was cold

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:12 pm

John O'Gara wrote:I like Jerry O'Sullivan's version and also the Pat Broaders version. I have no tricks, still trying to learn the tune myself.

Good luck!

I haven't heard Jerry's version, but I think Pat's version is about as good as it gets, IMHO.

billh · Post by **billh** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:47 pm

There's a great version by Bobby Casey a few minutes in, in this archives Ceili House edition (from Pat D'Arcy's uilleannobsession.com). I'll take Kieran Hanrahan's advice and put it forward as a "great version of Colonel Fraser":

http://uilleannobsession.com/audio/ceil ... ihouse.mp3

(Thanks Pat!)

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:58 pm

billh wrote:There's a great version by Bobby Casey a few minutes in, in this archives Ceili House edition (from Pat D'Arcy's uilleannobsession.com). I'll take Kieran Hanrahan's advice and put it forward as a "great version of Colonel Fraser":

http://uilleannobsession.com/audio/ceil ... ihouse.mp3

(Thanks Pat!)

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Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:01 pm

Here it is:

http://uilleannobsession.com/audio/0807 ... ihouse.mp3

Pat.

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:13 pm

Patrick D'Arcy wrote:Here it is:

http://uilleannobsession.com/audio/0807 ... ihouse.mp3

Pat.

Thanks!

seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:18 pm

I like Brian McNamara's playing of it on his first CD. It's more relaxed than a lot of versions I hear.

Kevin L. Rietmann · Post by **Kevin L. Rietmann** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:01 pm

buskerSean wrote: The version on thesession.org is a bit straight, and the Rowsome version (from Rowsome piping book) has a nice 4 part version, missing out the fifth part.

Here's his recording of it: George White's Favorite, Colonel Fraser. Didn't make note of that missing part when I put it in the Archive, hmm.

There's a three part fiddle setting, Michael Coleman called it Malloy's, Johnny Doherty plays it as an untitled reel on Bundle and Go. Basically the same tune but it modulates up to Bb in the second part and has F nats instead of sharps. You can play the same setting in A on flutes/pipes. Nice change from the usual tune, which I've always struggled with for some reason.

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:21 pm

David Power's

And Tommy Martin's is also quite stellar...though alas I have no record of it to share here.

uilleannfinlander · Post by **uilleannfinlander** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:27 pm

Leonard Barry 's ( from "Mind the pipes") Colonel Frazer just great

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:56 am

Jarlath's version is nice and lively:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DImLYvVcYJs

Ross Anderson
www.piob.info

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:50 pm

I just read this thread. Thanks to who ever posted the Internet archive site. I'm now busy pulling all that stuff down. Great site for old recordings.

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