Joe Cooley Irish box player

[maki]

So here is a link to some public domain recordings of the great Joe Cooley.
http://joecooleytapes.org/
Enjoy!

 

[Glenn]

Wow, cool collection. Thanks for spotting that and posting here.

 

[george garside]

I think that the main things to note about his playing is the steady speed, solid rhythm and comparatively sparse use of ornemention. So different to the shit off a shovel speed and over ornementation that is prevalent in so many so called ''Irish Sessions'' particularly in England!

george

 

[Anyanka]

:shock: Am I supposed to moderate for language?

One accordion forum I visited did not even allow the word Saturday without mutilating it thus: Sa****ay.

 

[Matt Butcher]

There are classic Irish players who have used a lot of ornaments (Bobby Gardiner) and speed (Joe Derrane) musically going back over 50 years (and they played regularly for dancing at the time). I get the impression that Bobby Gardiner was doing it to play with the rhythmic feel and Joe Derrane wanted to put across pure energy and excitement. But I am sure you need a lot of musicality and technique to bring it off, the idea of doing it for it's own sake does sound horrible.(I haven't been to one of these macho sessions that I hear about so I don't know what I'm missing.) Joe Cooley did get a beautiful swing and energy with his steady pace and clear melody lines and I would strongly recommend these recordings to anyone whether or not they think they're into Irish music. Thank you.

(I'm no expert on this music, I just listen to some)

 

[BobM]

:shock: Am I supposed to moderate for language?

One accordion forum I visited did not even allow the word Saturday without mutilating it thus: Sa****ay.

Yes, and b**s. :roll:

 

[Soulsaver]

He looked loads older than 49 in the pics... and always had a ciggy in his mouth. Lot to answer for, those things. Shame.

 

[Soulsaver]

:shock: Am I supposed to moderate for language?

One accordion forum I visited did not even allow the word Saturday without mutilating it thus: Sa****ay.

Probably - there may be youngsters reading it....although from what I overhear, they'd think it pretty tame.
It may have been a typo - he meant shot of a shovel?

 

[Glenn]

And to make things worse, George lumps ordure shovelling and English players all in one sentence. Was this intentional?

 

[george garside]

please Sir, what is ordure?

george :?

 

[jarvo]

Ordure,ordure in the House.......oh no ,sorry ...that's Westminster and politics

 

[Glenn]

Ordure is just a posh way of saying dung, but unfortunately it doesn't alliterate well with shovel

 

[george garside]

indeed, but it sounds much more disgusting than dung or for that matter SHoneT which in its normally spelt form is in common usage by young and old alike throughout the English speaking nations (although some folk add an unnecessary E at the end to make it sound a bit more posh!

However I suppose the super prudish would be offended by the nickname I was given at school which consisted merely of removing the G from Garside!

george {} :shock: