Sligo fiddle player James Morrison's early life / Harry Bradshaw

• published: 01 Oct 2015
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Presentation on the early life and background of the Sligo fiddle player James Morrison / Harry Bradshaw, speech in English. ITMA field recordings of Fleadh Ceoil na hÉireann 2015, Sligo. CID: 219927 Table of Contents: 00:00 Introduction and sample recording of Morrison [audio level improves from 01:00] 03:04 Speech about Morrison's family background 07:57 Field interview excerpts and speech about Charlie Dolan, Morrison's maternal uncle 11:25 Speech about music in Morrison's immediate family and his beginnings as a musician 14:30 Important formative influences: Fr Bernard Creehan, Tom Johnston and Johnny Gorman 20:06 Morrison's efforts to join the RIC [Irish police force of the time] 24:02 Fr Creehan's renewed influence; Morrison's training as a teacher for the Gaelic League 30:10 Competing with Michael Coleman; links between the Gaelic League and traditional music; teaching dance 34:40 Working as a teacher for the Gaelic League 40:48 Morrison's activities between ending work with the Gaelic League and emigration to the USA 45:48 Winning the 1915 Sligo Feis Ceoil and emigration to the USA; sample track 'The Curlew Hills' 52:03 Early life in the USA: working in Boston, moving to New York and beginning a recording career 59:30 Life in the vibrant New York Irish-American scene of the 1920s; continuing recording and performance career 01:04:30 Tom Carmody and Morrison; interview excerpts with Tom Carmody; recording excerpt 01:09:22 Morrison's dance band and his teaching career in New York 01:12:15 Concluding remarks; sample recording 'The Plains of Boyle; Lawson's Favourite' For more information see http://www.itma.ie/digitallibrary/video