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Music Appreciation

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DFW

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Sun Nov 16, 2025, 05:05 PM Sunday

Some friends of mine from 50 years ago, a Celtic group that few ever heard of [View all]

Way back when, I was asked to play at some German folk festivals, One group I made friends with was comprised of two brothers from Scotland, a fiddler from England and a mandocello player from Northern Ireland.

I heard that a chance meeting had brought them together again after 40 years hiatus. I found a live recording of them. They called themselves Bully Wee, and beside being fun to hang out with, they were a pretty fine group, too. Here is their Wedding at Stanton Drew (the real song starts at around 0:44):

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