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Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set

03 Dec 17 - 09:38 AM (#3892013)
Subject: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: gillymor

Does anyone know the title of the first tune of this set. I'm assuming it's Canadian. Thanks.

Ottawa Valley Set


03 Dec 17 - 11:14 AM (#3892024)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: meself

"This video is not available."


03 Dec 17 - 11:33 AM (#3892033)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: gillymor

It works for me here in the U.S.


03 Dec 17 - 11:58 AM (#3892036)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: Stewart

It's the The Murray River Jig composed by Graham Townsend

Cheers, S. in Seattle


03 Dec 17 - 12:11 PM (#3892039)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: gillymor

Thanks so much, Stewart.

Here's a version by Shane Cook, meself. Perhaps you can pull it up but it might be restricted in your locale.

The Murray River Jig


03 Dec 17 - 04:09 PM (#3892088)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: meself

No, can't get that one either here in Canada - now, isn't that ironic? Anyway, I know that tune well; play it meself as a matter of fact.


03 Dec 17 - 06:50 PM (#3892104)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: gillymor

That is odd for sure, eh? :^)


03 Dec 17 - 08:04 PM (#3892107)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: GUEST,DrWord

Unavailable from here, either of them. Western Canada. yes, gillymor, odd. Explicable, but odd. So does the title reference a Canadian river ...
Keep on pickin
dennis


03 Dec 17 - 08:04 PM (#3892108)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: GUEST,DrWord

Unavailable from here, either of them. Western Canada. yes, gillymor, odd. Explicable, but odd. So does the title reference a Canadian river ...
Keep on pickin
dennis


03 Dec 17 - 08:58 PM (#3892112)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: meself

I believe it's named for Murray River in PEI. Having said that, I'm not sure where I got that impression - but I'll defend it to the death.

Speaking of which - my fiddling niece and I have had a twenty-year argument about whether the title is Murray River (her) or Murray River Bridge (me). I might have gotten that from the track listing on one of Howie MacDonald's tapes.


04 Dec 17 - 07:50 AM (#3892179)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ottawa Valley Set
From: gillymor

It certainly is a happy tune and is fun to play. Thanks, all.