About John Rea
Born in 1915 (some sources say 1922), John was the youngest of ten children. His six older brothers were all taught to play the fiddle by his father. However, as he was too small, his father had a dulcimer made by John's brother Alexander (a carpenter), using a borrowed dulcimer as a pattern, and that became John's instrument. This instrument was in turn used as the pattern for many other instruments made for other local people. In contrast to the wooden hammers generally employed by today's players
Top Tracks
Coil The Hawser / Lord Macdonald - Reels
Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't/The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
The Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights Of Man
Whistle O'er the Lave O' It / The Braes Of Tullimet / Scudding Through The Whins
Little Circus of Horrors
Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't / The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
The Three Sea Captains
Techno Techno!
Set Dance: The Three Sea Captains
Reels: the Sailor on the Rope / The Bonny Bunch of Roses
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