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| − | Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by [[John Meredith]]. He was also collected by [[Brad Tate]], [[Dave de Hugard]], [[Don Brian]], and [[Julie Castles]]. | + | Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by [[John Meredith]]. He was also collected by [[Brad Tate]], [[Chris Sullivan]], [[Dave de Hugard]], [[Don Brian]], and [[Julie Castles]]. |
"Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." | "Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 7 March 2025
Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by John Meredith. He was also collected by Brad Tate, Chris Sullivan, Dave de Hugard, Don Brian, and Julie Castles.
"Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p66.
Limerick is a rural locality near Crookwell NSW where Stan had a farm.
