The Saucy Polka / Nelly

from The Morning Star by Marla Fibish & Jimmy Crowley

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Jimmy christened The Saucy Polka, otherwise known as Eileen Riordan’s Polka, after the accordion player from Cúil Aodha, a good friend of Stokers Lodge in the old days and one of the floating “first subs” the band borrowed whenever they were a man down. The second polka, Nelly was taught to Jimmy by John Benny, with whom he played at John’s gregarious, musical tavern at the Head of the Quay, Dingle, when Jimmy lived in Feothanach, West Kerry. It’s a much more powerful tune than the Cork version which has only two parts and there is somehow an exotic Arabic feel with its sometimes ambiguous setting. Oddly (or not) it is popular in San Francisco these days, and rose to the surface within the first 40 seconds of our ‘we need a set of polkas on the album’ conversation.

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from The Morning Star, released May 1, 2011
Jimmy & Marla - mandolins

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Marla Fibish San Francisco, California

A San Francisco native, Marla is one of the prominent voices of the mandolin in Irish music. She brings a deep and distinctive sensibility to the tradition on one of its lesser-heard instruments. Marla also plays mandola, tenor guitar, sings, writes tunes, and sets poetry to music, often in collaboration with her husband, Bruce Victor. Together they are Noctambule, and have released 4 albums. ... more

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