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AUSTRALIAN FIDDLE TUNES
Growling Dogs
2002

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1. Sofala Set (3.14) - mp3 sample
Sofala Cuckoo/Joe Yates' Schottische Reel
2. The Clogs (3.08)
The Black Cat Piddled in the White Cat's Eye/The Old Tap Dance
3. The Varsos (3.12) - mp3 sample
Charlie Batchelor's/Joe Yates'/Joe Cashmere's
4. The Scheaffer Set
Scheaffer Quadrille/The Third of January/Reprise
5. The Wash-house Set (3.11) - mp3 sample
Off to Caliafornia/Bobn in the Wash-house/Reprise
6. The Thornbury Reels
Easter Morning/Fergal's Trip to Herschel
7. Hilarity Set
Hilarity/Gardener's Reel/The Sydney Flash
8. The Waltzes
My Father was a Dutchman/Starry Night for a Ramble/Reprise
9. Lachan McGraw
The Wedding of Lochan McGraw/The Strange Jig/Reprise
10. The Aussie Reels (3.47)
Soldiers Jouy/The Old Schoolmaster/Col Charlton's Reels
11. Mazurka Set (4.45)
Stan Treacey/The Pegleg/Frank Collins' Reel
12. The Polkas (3.23)
Stan Treacy's/Early in the Morning/Jackarse Eat It On The Way
13. The Jigs (2.34)
The Muttonbirders Jog/The Cape Barrren Jig/Reprise
14. Scottische Set (3.14)
Vince Holland's/Stan Treacy's Walk Around/Moonan Flat Polka
15. The Irish Australian Reels (2.22)
Coming Down the Mountain/The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Boyne Hunt

AUSTRALIAN FIDDLE TUNES: Growling Dogs
CD Released 2002

Growling Dogs first growled at the Brunswick Music Festival in 1998. The brainchild of Alan Musgrove, they were to be a loose re-incarnation of the band of the legendary fiddler Joe Cashmere, active in the Hillston district of NSW between 1893 and 1935. The original band had three fiddles and a piano and so do the Growling Dogs.

We are Julia Arnold, Helen Cahun, Lisa Christensen and Greg O'Leary. Julia, our Goanna-jockey, was sadly unable to record for personal reasons, so on this CD, Tony Hargreaves (an Original GD) helped us out and batters away like a true blue canine. We play collected versions of the music of mainly South-east Australia and Tasmania as well as tunes passed on aurally by stil living Traditional Australian fiddlers, and some orgiginal compositions based on Australian, Irish and Scottish traditions. We play in a style that is Australian in feel. All-important in traditional music, we believe our feel is representative of the countless unknown and almost forgotten fiddlers of the Australian rural culture.


Helen Cahun: fiddle
Lisa Christenen: fiddle
Greg O'Leary: fiddle
Tony Hargreaves: piano



Alan Musgrove
Alan Musgrove
Growling Dogs


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