Tommie Potts 03 Air, The Dublin Lasses Reel

Although chopped into chunks, the full playlist is best watched straight through to get what happened that day. I can't remember who gave me the original video and I hope it is OK to have put it up on TH-cam.
Filmed in probably the mid 1980s by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, as research for his PhD, this video very nearly didn't happen - Tommie Potts rang up Peter O'Loughlin saying that he was being pestered by this lad wanting to interview him for his thesis, and that he really wasn't inclined; Peter persuaded Tommie to acquiesce and here we are, many decades later, with some wonderful footage, not only of Tommie playing, but also of him talking, explaining, and answering questions from Mícheál. That said, the questions are just the slightest bit designed and tailored to back up Mícheál's theories as to why Tommie played as he did, all neatly sidestepped in inimitable Tommie Potts fashion.
The end result - how lucky are we that this was filmed and still exists...!

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Beautiful double stopping and free timing, almost like the alap in an Indian classical raga. He's best solo and uncluttered.

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Any idea what year this was, Ronan?

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Hiya Siobhán!
I’d say it was roughly the mid 80s - Mícheál got his PhD in 1987 so this may have been as early as 1985.

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@@RonanBrowneMusic Thanks, Ronan. Hope you're keeping well

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fiddlepeeps
Isn’t the Tommie Potts just fabulous. Hours of fun...
All good here thanks. And I hope ditto for you. Been a strange 6 months and the 350 has been a saviour!!!

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@@RonanBrowneMusic The 350? Jesus, absolutely!!! As for TP...I've Rakish Paddy on repeat