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− | * [[Rob Willis]] in March 1994 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1813642], in June 1998 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3803016] | + | * [[Rob Willis]] in March 1994 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1813642], Eileen McCoy interviewed. Also available online [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-204845320] |
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+ | * Rob Willis in June 1998 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3803016], Eileen McCoy interviewed | ||
* [[Alan Musgrove]] in September 1996 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3765493] | * [[Alan Musgrove]] in September 1996 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3765493] | ||
− | * [[Rob Willis]] and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/186493] | + | * [[Rob Willis]] and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/186493], Also available online [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-204638110] |
* [[John Meredith]] and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1438303]. "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar." | * [[John Meredith]] and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1438303]. "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar." |
Revision as of 15:27, 11 August 2025
Eileen McCoy (1917-2011), Gunns Plains, Tasmania, 'Apple Isle Fiddler' provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive. Portrait [1]
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Eileen McCoy [2].
She was interviewed by:
- Rob Willis in March 1994 [3], Eileen McCoy interviewed. Also available online [4]
- Rob Willis in June 1998 [5], Eileen McCoy interviewed
- Alan Musgrove in September 1996 [6]
- Rob Willis and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [7], Also available online [8]
- John Meredith and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [9]. "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar."
Rob Willis notes "Claude Road (near Sheffield, Tas) was a hotbed of players including the McCoys and other families. Most of the families were related in the area by the way - Dawson, McCoy and Powell, Febey all had connections". See Dawson family, Gordon Powell & Wally Febey.
See publications:
- "Apple Isle fiddler, Eileen McCoy" (book & CD)[10], Dulcetone Recordings, 1997
- Assembly tapes for "Apple Isle Fiddler" [11]
- "Tasmanian Dance Tunes", compiled by Fred Pribac & Stuart Graham, Jan 2000.