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John Rea

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Born in 1915 (some sources say 1922), John was the youngest of ten children. His six older brothers were all taught to play the fiddle by his father. However, as he was too small, his father had a dulcimer made by John's brother Alexander (a carpenter), using a borrowed dulcimer as a pattern, and that became John's instrument. This instrument was in turn used as the pattern for many other instruments made for other local people. In contrast to the wooden hammers generally employed by today's players

Top songs

  1. Coil The Hawser / Lord Macdonald - Reels
  2. Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't/The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
  3. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights Of Man
  4. Little Circus of Horrors
  5. Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't / The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
  6. Whistle O'er the Lave O' It / The Braes Of Tullimet / Scudding Through The Whins
  7. The Three Sea Captains
  8. Set Dance: The Three Sea Captains
  9. Techno Techno!
  10. Reels: the Sailor on the Rope / The Bonny Bunch of Roses
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  1. The Ladies Of France / Jackson's Trip To Aughrim / Jackson's Return From Dover
  2. Treppenmusik
  3. Hornpipes: the Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights of Man
  4. Jigs: Bundle and Go / The Jug O' Punch
  5. Jigs: the Kinnegad Slashers / The Tenpenny Bit
  6. The Plains Of Boyle / Jackson's Slippers
  7. Groove Thang
  8. Jigs: the Ladies of France / Jackson's Trip to Aughrim / Jackson's Return from Dover
  9. Reels: the Galway Reel / Dinny O'brien's Reel
  10. Jig and Strathspey: Kitty's Fancy / Lady Anne Hope
  11. Hornpipe and Jig: the Plains of Boyle / Jackson's Slippers
  12. Reels: the Boys of Ballycastle / The Five Mile Heat
  13. The Mountain Hornpipe / The Kingston Hornpipe
  14. Reels: Roaring Mary / Tim Moloney
  15. Hornpipes: the Mountain Hornpipe / The Kingston Hornpipe
  16. Roaring Mary / Tim Moloney
  17. Set Dance and Highland: St Patrick's Day / Duncan Davidson
  18. Reels: The Galway Reel/Dinny O'brien's Reel
  19. Jigs: The Ladies of France/Jackson's Trip to Aughrim/Jackson's Return from Dover
  20. The Belfast Hornpipe - The Rights Of Man
  21. St Patrick's Day / Duncan Davidson
  22. Kitty's Fancy / Lady Anne Hope
  23. The Mountain Lark/Crooked Road to Dublin (Reels)
  24. Portrait of a Man In Elysian Fields
  25. The Belfast Hornpipe/The Rights of Man
  26. An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy) [Air] Drops of Brandy [Slip Jig]
  27. Moloney's/Paddy O'brien's (Jigs)
  28. Coil the Hawser/Lord Mcdonald (Reels)
  29. Live Forever
  30. St. Patrick's Day/Duncan Davidson
  31. Crowley's No. 1 & 2 (Reels)
  32. Jigs: Bundle and Go/The Jug O' Punch
  33. Reels: The Boys of Ballycastle/The Five Mile Heat
  34. Blind Mary (Air)
  35. Madame Bonaparte/O'dwyer's Hornpipe (Hornpipes)
  36. Alexandria's/Higgin's (Hornpipes)
  37. The Sligo Maid/Sheehan's (Reels)
  38. Hornpipes: The Belfast Hornpipe/The Rights of Man
  39. Jig and Strathspey: Kitty's Fancy/Lady Anne Hope
  40. Set Dance and Highland: St Patrick's Day/Duncan Davidson
  41. The Maid in the Meadow/The Castlebar Races/Trip to the Cottage (Jigs)
  42. First House in Connaught/The Copperplate (Reels)
  43. Jackson's Drum/Jackson's Mistake/Jackson's Coagy (Jigs)
  44. Wandering Minstrel/Katy Is Waiting/The Basket of Shamrocks (Jigs)
  45. Tim the Turncoat/The Quarrelsome Piper (Hornpipes)
  46. The Old Siege of Valencia/The Lark in the Morning (Jigs)
  47. Over Time
  48. Reels: The Sailor on the Rope/The Bonny Bunch of Roses
  49. Jigs: The Kinnegad Slashers/The Tenpenny Bit
  50. Hornpipes: The Mountain Hornpipe/The Kingston Hornpipe
  51. Hornpipe and Jig: The Plains of Boyle/Jackson's Slippers
  52. Rhythm Vista
  53. Singulari-T
  54. Techno Scat
  55. Coil the Hawser/Lord Macdonald-Reels
  56. XI. Boogeyman's Coming: Variation 19: a la memoire d'Igor Stravinsky
  57. Las Meninas: III. Blindman's-buff: Variation 7: a la memoire d'Anton Webern
  58. Las Meninas: I. From Foreign Lands and People: Variation 3: a la memoire de Claude Vivier
  59. Reels: Roaring Mary/Tim Moloney
  60. Glass and Concrete
  61. Coil the Hawser / Lord Mcdonald (Reels)
  62. Coil the Hawser/Lord MacDonald
  63. The Ladies of France/Jackson's Trip to Aughrim/Jackson's Return from Dover
  64. Coil The Hawser, Lord Macdonald - Reels
  65. … Wings of Silence …
  66. VII. Reverie: Variation 13: a Walter Zimmermann
  67. Las Meninas: V. Perfect Happiness: Variation 9: a la memoire d'Arnold Schoenberg
  68. Committed
  69. Objets perdus
  70. Coil The Hawser _ Lord MacDonald
  71. Festival of Lights
  72. Mega Strike
  73. The Sailor On The Rope The Bonnie Bunch Of Roses Hornpipes
  74. Las Meninas (1990-1991): From Foreign Lands and People: Var.II. À Alexina Louie
  75. Las Meninas (1990-1991): Child Falling Asleep: Var. XX. À Philip Glass
  76. The Sailor on the Rope · the Bonnie Bunch of Roses · Hornpipes
  77. Las Meninas: III. Blindman's-buff: Variation 6: a Peter-Paul Koprowski
  78. Whistle O'er The Lave o't/The Braes Of Tulimet/Scudding Through The Whins
  79. Las Meninas: VII. Reverie: Variation 12: a la memoire de Morton Feldman
  80. The Maid in the Meadow / The Castlebar Races / Trip to the Cottage (Jigs)
  81. Do It Right
  82. Roaring Mary/Tim Moloney
  83. II. Curious Story: Variation 5: a Jean-Jacques Nattiez
  84. XII. Child Falling Asleep: Variation 20: a Philip Glass - XIII. The Poet Speaks: Variation 21: a Denis Gaugeon
  85. Las Meninas: I. From Foreign Lands and People: Variation 2: a Alexina Louie
  86. Las Meninas: I. From Foreign Lands and People: Variation 1: a Jose Evangelista
  87. The Galway Reel / Dinny O'Brien's Reel
  88. Eurobeat
  89. In Fill
  90. Las Meninas: II. Curious Story: Variation 5: a Jean-Jacques Nattiez

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