BOBBY CASEY

 

BOBBY CASEY / TAKING FLIGHT

Mulligan, 1979, LUN 018 

Fiddler Bobby Casey (1937-2011) was considered as a legend in his life time. He learned his music with his father Scully who taught Junior Crehan as well. This LP is an excellent way of discovering Bobby's huge talent with lots of ornamentations and variations and requires an attentive listening. No backing at all. B. Casey lived most of his life in England but he was a big name in Ireland where he used to go back from time to time as in 1977 when he was recorded. He composed a few tunes, Porthole of the Kelp being the most famous and played probably.
Mulligan was a very good Irish label founded by Donal Lunny in 1976. The catalogue is now owned by an US label.
If you want to listen to other LPs like this one go visit the site https://ceolalainn.blogspot.com where you can get a good deal of information about the musicians and Irish music.
I said that I wouldn't post LPs that are already on other blogs but I think that the more it is shared the better when we come across such brillant albums.

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