FTX-124 - WIND INSTRUMENTALS

Bob RUNDLE & Tony FRANKLIN

36 tunes on accordion, melodeon, ocarina, tin-whistle and small-pipes, some of which are accompanied on banjo, mandolin and guitar. A wide variety of airs and dance rhythms include Marches, Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs, Highland Schottisches, Waltzes, Polkas, Hoedowns and Country Dances. Both players are well-known in Cornwall for their solo instrumentals and band-work at Festivals & Folk Clubs.

1. Slow Air: SPRING INTO SUMMER Tony on ocarina - 1'07"

2. THE SEVEN STEP SCHOTTISCHE Bob on melodeon - 2'37"

3. THE DERRY (or LADIES) HORNPIPE Bob:whistle/ Tony: mandolin - 3'32"

4. Polkas: THE SHOOTING STAR/ JENNY LIND/ PRIMROSE Bob on button accordion - 4'01"

5. Pipe March: FAREWELL TO THE CREEKS Bob: small pipes/ Tony: mandolin - 3'05"

6.Reels: PETER STREET/ ROARING MARY Bob on whistle - 2'14"

7. Hunting Song: OWD TOWLER Bob on melodeon - 1'42"

8. Jigs: JOHN OF PARIS/ CANNED PEAS Bob: accordion/ Tony: tenor banjo - 2'30"

9. Country Dance: COME DANCE AND SING/ GALOPEDE Bob on melodeon - 3'07"

10. Jig: THE IRISH WASHERWOMAN Bob: whistle/ Tony: mandolin - 3'04"

11. Pipe March: BONDAI HILLS Tony on ocarina - 1'40"

12, Polka: THE HEEL AND TOE Bob on melodeon - 2'45"

13. Hornpipes: CUCKOO'S NEST/ THE CUCKOO Bob: whistle/ Tony: guitar - 2'39"

14. Reel: ALLEY CROCKER'S Bob on melodeon - 1'18"

15. Scots Songs: LEWIS BRIDAL SONG/ MINGULAY Tony on ocarina - 1'19"

16. Jigs: THE PERFECT CURE/ STARRY NIGHT FOR A RAMBLE/ OYSTER GIRL Bob on melodeon - 3'14"

17. HOGAN'S JIG/ THE FAIRIES HORNPIPE Bob: small-pipes/ Tony: mandolin - 2'50"

18. Hornpipes: THE NAVVIE ON THE LINE/ THE SWEEPS Bob on accordion - 3'39"

19. American Hoedown: RAGTIME ANNIE Bob on whistle - 2'10"

20. Two Versions of Hornpipe: THE STEAMBOAT Bob on melodeon - 3'54"

21. Jig: THE BLARNEY PILGRIM Tony on ocarina - 1'18"

22. Waltzes: DRINK YOUR TEA, LOVE/ CUPID'S Bob on melodeon - 2'53"

This recording was made by Peter Kennedy at Soundpost Studios, Devon in 1978. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.

Bob RUNDLE, born Plympton, Devon, started playing harmonica for his local youth club and had his first BBC broadcast with Peter Kennedy in 1949. In 1950 he joined The English Folk Dance and Song Society as a student teacher at the age of 16 until he was called up. After serving as an RAF Physical Training Instructor, he went into horticulture at Camborne in Cornwall and horticultural journalism for a while in London, but soon returned to his native Cornwall. He learned the melodeon from Peter Kennedy and from traditional players and accompanied Peter on collecting trips in Britain and Ireland. His melodeon- playing follows the style of the older players, now made more familiar with the recent interest in Louisiana French "Cajun" music. With it, Bob now leads his local Cornish dance band, "Thunder and Lightning".

Tony FRANKLIN, born in Kent, became interested in folk music while on holiday at Redruth in Cornwall in 1969 when he attended Mike Kessel's Folk Club at Portreath. He became a resident singer at The Rising Sun at Catford, then moved to Cornwall in 1970. In 1976 he was one of the organisers of The Folk Loft at Redruth. He now lives at Bodmin. The Ocarina he plays, 5 cm long with 4 holes, was made by John Langley of East Harling, Norfolk.