Napoleon Crossing the Alps aka the Hot Asphalt/ The Rakes of Kildare

Hope you like these two tunes played on banjo and Guitar!

[@michaeltrainer5118]

👌👏🏻☘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@RobinJamesHurtMusic]

Beautiful rendition

[@fireflyxl5]

Thanks Robin, much appreciated, glad you liked it!

[@irishpiperchris]

I love it lads, thanks for sharing 🙂🎶👍

[@fireflyxl5]

Thanks Chris, glad you liked it!

[@keelermatt77]

I like the loose tenor picking style. I'm an American from Ohio and mainly a finger style guitarist, but I've played quite a few folk instruments over the years. I tend to run hot and cold on them, and I ran somewhat hot on Irish tenor for a bit. I don't play tenor much anymore, but I did nothing but tenor in a weekly Irish session/dance group for two or three years. During that time, it took all of my attention and thought. It's a lot harder instrument than one might think, and not very forgiving (with such a rapid decay and the loud natural resonance, there's no hiding from your mistakes). I'm just saying, as someone who's put in enough time to know, I appreciate what you're doing. Your repertoire seems to lean Scottish, but in a way, the playing reminds me of the Irish Traveller, Pecker Dunne, who had a great heart and soul for both his music and his people. Like him, what you're doing isn't flashy, but it's sure got a lot of personality. Thanks!

[@RobinJamesHurtMusic]

totally agree!

[@jean-pierrecamossetti5798]

Toujours pareil superbe musique j’adore à bientôt à vous deux bon week-end

[@fireflyxl5]

Merci Jean-Pierre, merci beaucoup!

[@theliamofella]

Is that an ozark tenor ?

[@fireflyxl5]

Sorry in the delay to reply! It's a samick banjo, had it for some time now. Does the job 🙂Hope you're well.

[@theliamofella]

@@fireflyxl5 oh yeah a samwick , I’m good thanks, had some great luck last night as walked in a pub in a part of Birmingham I haven’t been for years had for one quick pint while waiting for the late bus and there was a group of fellas with tenor banjo and fiddle and guitar and Bohron and they were just over from Dublin for one night and touring the uk, they started playing at the table just for me because I was so excited to meet them, I recorded some On live Facebook, the Banjo played looked just like Barney and was playing a paragon, they were called ispini na heirann 👌