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Well, the music that's played on these instruments is really what it's all about, is it not?

Once in a blue moon I’ll write a tune. And every so often I’m moved to make recordings. Last year I recorded some tracks to honor a friend and test my mettle. I put them together on a CD. At present there are 10 tracks on the CD, but I’ll add to them as time goes by. If you would like to buy a copy, great, but know that you are buying a work in progress. Like buying one edition of a book which will come out in several editions.

I have given copies of the CD to several people. Some one or two have said “this is great!”; some have said the usual formulae - how nice, thank you, etc. - but most have said nothing at all. Be warned.

Sample tracks on the Internet, you ask? Not for a while yet, if ever. Technologically I am firmly stuck in the 20th century. It’s a bit beyond me.

Here is the track list as of February 2007.

Tunes Played by Nick Whitmer

1 Tear the Calico/Somebody’s Daughter
2 Hurricane Fran (Whitmer)/Fathers of Perspective (Whitmer)
3 The Star Above the Garter/Stack of Dimes (Whitmer)
4 Cloudy Bright (Whitmer)/Gilbert Clancy’s
5 Richard & Tara’s Waltz (Bill Wellington)
6 Marian Emerson’s March (Whitmer)/Maggots in the Sheep’s Hide
7 The Lane to the Glen (Ed Reavy)/February Tune (Whitmer)
8 The White Petticoat/The Flower of Renwick (Whitmer)
9 Don Tremaine’s Reel/Mike & Jack (Whitmer)/The Earl’s Chair
10 Sitting in the Stern of a Boat

Tunes traditional unless noted.
Instruments: whistles, uilleann pipes, mandolin, guitar, saxophones
Recorded September & October 2006



Please contact me for further information.

Nick Whitmer
1 Renwick Place
Ithaca NY 14850

607 275 8178

nwhitmer@lightlink.com

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