The Lighthouse
Paul Cranford and Friends

All of the 57 tunes on this CD transcribed into ABCs (FREE)

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This recording of lighthousekeeper Paul Cranford's original fiddle tunes is also available as part of The Lighthouse Collection. (book -CD set)

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Fenella (P.S.C.)

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Union Street (P.S.C.)

The Hair'm Scare'm's (Otis Tomas)

Siobhán (P.S.C.)

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Adam Hickey (P.S.C.)

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Aoife's Come to Dublin (P.S.C.)

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Rocky Shore (P.S.C.)

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The Mortgage Burn (Gordon MacLean)

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The Light Tower (P.S.C.)

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Blueberry Bonnach (P.S.C.)

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The majority of these tunes were composed by lighthousekeeper Paul Cranford with others by musical friends. All the tunes are found in The Lighthouse Collection
  • fiddle: Paul Cranford
  • 2nd fiddle Otis Tomas
  • flute: Siobhán O'Keeffe
  • piano: Gordon MacLean
  • guitars: Paul MacDonald & Sonny Slade

Lighthouse CD Tune Listing

  1. Marching Air & Reels in D
    Fenella,     Union Street, The Hair'm Scar'm's (Otis Tomas)
  2. Strathspeys & Reels in E
    Gale Force, Bull Beer • Roseate Tern , Jon's ReEntry, Brenda's New Fiddle
  3. Jigs in B minor & D
    A Night In the Glen, Ryan MacDonald's, The Norbrook Fiddle
  4. Waltz, March, Strathspey & Reel in G
    The Rocky Shore, Start Again (G. MacLean & P.S.C.), Angus and Alice, Aoife's Come to Dublin
  5. Reels in D
    Tim and Debbie's Wedding , Leaving for Ireland, Ron's 'Jig'
  6. Jigs in B flat
    The Chief, The MacDonald Sisters, Barbara Frost
  7. Reels in G
    Fair Trade, Jackie's Favorite, Hughie Shorty's Reel (Johnny Wilmot)
  8. Reels in A minor
    Siobhán's Request, Distant Bells
  9. Jigs in A minor & C
    Blueberry Bonnach , Mary Bill's, The Potter's Wheel
  10. March, Strathspey & Reel in A
    Isabel (Gordon MacLean & P.S.C.), Aoife O'Keeffe's Cape Breton (Paul MacDonald),     The Mortgage Burn (Gordon MacLean)
  11. Strathspeys & Reel in G & G minor
    Danny MacKay, Machias Seal Island,Highland Blueberry
  12. Jigs in D
    The Gannon Road, Joe the Jigger (P. MacDonald), The Lighthouse Sisters
  13. Lament, March & Reels in D
    After the Storm, Alice MacEachern, Rakesh,Wild Honey
  14. Reels in F# minor & A major
    The Scaife's Reel, Kate's Fancy
  15. Jigs in E minor
    The Melancholy Child, Broderick's Pub, Hector Josey's (Hector MacKenzie)
  16. March, Strathspey & Reel (Pipe tunes in A)
    Bill Nicholson's Welcome to North Shore, The Light-tower, Whiskey Island, Glace Bay
  17. Jigs in F
    The Broken Window (Otis Tomas),     Siobhán, Adam Hickey
  18. Strathspey & Reels in A (Raised-Bass Set)
    The Open Door, Jack Jardine, The Puffins Return