REVIEWS:
"For a fan of Irish 'sessions' or pub
music, this tape works really well. Sullivan
is excellent at playing his box, and Collins'
accompaniments on piano and dulcimer
help to further accentuate the rhythm.
The book will be a big help to anyone who
wants to learn the tunes." --- Steve
Winick, Dirty Linen, Baltimore, Maryland
" Over the years he played on local radio
stations and at countles dances and ceilis.
His music was also recorded on the old
reel to reel systems . . . he waited until the
quiet days of retirement to record his first
commercial tape. Bill Sullivan, his Irish
cap in place, sat in a comfortable chair. . .
and lifted the white 60-year old,
time-worn button accordian . . . For three
nights he played scores of jigs, reels, and
hornpipes as Ms. Collins accompanied
him either on the piano or hammered
dulcimer . . . Bill Sullivan is equally
content with the music of the old days
and the friends it brought together." ---
Jim Lowney, Irish Echo, New York City
"The sound of a real session!" --- Fiona
Ritchie, host, Thistle and Shamrock,
National Public Radio
" . . . he plays with gusto and rich
ornamentation ... the tune selection is a
nice mix of familiar pieces and some
perhaps not so well-known ... For those of
us who don't always have access to
players in the living tradition,
cassette/book packages like this are an
invaluable aid both as historical
documents and to help us in expanding
our repertoires, and of course for the
simple pleasure of listening to a fine
musician . . ." --- Charles de Lint,
Concertina and Squeezebox, Bellingham
Washington
"An amazing repertory transfusion into
our Irish music scene. . . the tape ends
with three blockbusters in a row . . . every
serious Celtic and countrypdance
musician around here will want both the
tape and the book!" — Golden Link Folk
Singing Society Newsletter, Rochester, New
York.
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