Hughie Travers’
Name
Hughie Travers’ (Reel)
About
Hughie Travers was a flute player from County Leitrim who played in the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceili Band, with whom he recorded a few 78 RPM records in the 1930’s.
Details from Fiddlers Companion book by Andrew Kuntz. Link.
Photo Details: 78 Record from 1937 of the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceilidhe Band.
Credit: Link.
Video
John Kelly Senior playing Hughie Travers’ and Ballykett Courthouse Reels on concertina.
Details: Recording Session for RTÉ (Radio Telefis Éireann)
Location: Kitchen of Marrinan’s Old Bar, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Date: July 9, 1975
Credit: Recorded by Barry Taylor, part of his book “Music in a Breeze of Wind” about music in West Clare. Link.
Notation
Reels