St. Patricks Day

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

There are lots of Irish reels, jigs and hornpipes (fiddle tunes) which can be played on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate bluegrass music's Irish heritage. A few other ideas:

A Walk in the Irish Rain
- California "Traveler" (Sugar Hill)
Big Island Hornpipe

Bryan Sutton "Bryan Sutton and Friends" (Sugar Hill)

Colleen Malone
- Hot Rize "Take It Home" (Sugar Hill)
- Larry Sparks "Special Delivery" (Rebel)
Crossing the Briney
- Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder "Instrumentals" (Skaggs Family)
The Crossing (album)
- Tim O'Brien (Alula Records) features Irish/Celtic Music throughout.
The Nashville Sessions: Down the Old Plank Road (Volumes 1 and 2)
- The Chieftains (Sony Music)
Danny Boy
- Bill Monroe (Decca/MCA/Bear Family)

New Coon Creek Girls "Our Point of View" (Pinecastle)
Jim Hurst "Second Son" (Pinecastle)
Steve Kaufman "Stylin'" (Sleeping Bear)

Dublin Blues
- Druha Trava and Peter Rowan "New Freedom Bell" (Compass)
Durang's Horpipe

Adam Steffey "One More for the Road" (Sugar Hill)

Emerald Isle
- Bluegrass Etc. "Home is Where the Heart Is" (Tricopolis)
Fighting Irishman
- Bull Harmon "Bull's Eye" (Music Masters)
Four Leaf Clover
- Alan Munde "Knee Deep in Bluegrass: The AcuTab Sessions" (Rebel)
Green in the Blue Medley

Dan Crary "Guitar" (Sugar Hill)

Ireland
- Bela Fleck "Inroads" (Rounder)
Irish Medley
- Special Consensus "Our Little Town" (Pinecastle)
Irish Spring
- The Country Gentlemen "With Ricky Skaggs on Fiddle" (Vanguard)
- Patrick McAvenue "Rutland's Reel" (no label)
Irish Tune Suite
- Dan Crary "Jammed If I Do" (Sugar Hill)
Irish Sea Trilogy
- Steve Spurgin "Distant Faces" (Sierra)
Last Night's Fun
- Bluegrass '98 (Pinecastle)
Leaving Dear Old Ireland
- Jim Watkins "Willie's Redemption" (Barker Records)
Morgan Megan
- Butch Baldassari "A Day in the Country" (Pinecastle)
My Wild Irish Rose
- Larry Stephenson "On Fire" (Pinecastle)
Shelly in the Heather/Linda's Reel

CherryHolmes "Cherryholmes" (Skaggs Family)

That's an Irish Lullaby

Kristin Scott Benson "Straight Paths" (Pinecastle)

Traditional Irish Medley
- Bluegrass Etc."Traveling Band" (Sierra)
We Irish
- Dolly Parton "Live and Well" (Sugar Hill)
When the Mist Comes Again
- Dale Ann Bradley "Catch Tomorrow" (Compass)