Blackberry Blossom (Limestone Rock, Bucks of Oranmore)

About this film

Irish bagpipes and fiddle, Gaelic 1006B. This disc states on its label "TOM ENNIS/BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM - REEL/Irish Bagpipes, Piano." This is wrong on all counts, there is a fiddler and no piano, and the tunes are those listed above in parentheses. The fiddler is almost certainly James Morrison, as the settings of these tunes match those recorded elsewhere by Ennis and Morrison to a T. Ennis's playing of the Bucks is very staccato, much more like the style of other pipers like Michael Gallagher, with cranning and triplets around the A note in both octaves. The rhythm, regulator playing, and characteristic vibrato on the back D at the end of the tune all sound like Ennis, though.

Directors & creators

Tom Ennis and James Morrison

Subjects

Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm

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