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The Gower Reel

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The Gower Reel

The Gower Reel



style or instrument: Folkcraft Series H walnut/Engelmann spruce


musician/member name: Beth Thomas


streams: 6



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The Gower Reel is a traditional Welsh dance tune associated with the Gower Peninsula in south Wales. The best-known performer associated with it is Phil Tanner (1862-1950), the celebrated Gower folk singer. When local fiddle players had disappeared, Tanner preserved dance music traditions by performing tunes through mouth music or “diddling” rather than on an instrument. Tanner recorded a version of The Gower Reel in the 1930s, and later recordings were archived by the BBC and the Lomax collection. You can listen to it here: https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/england-and-wales-1951-1958/bbc-disc-dubs-1951/gower-reel-0
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DavisJames
09/22/26 02:17:17PM @davisjames:

Yes,Beth that does tickle my ears.You sent me the link to Mr.Tanner's version a couple years back which I quite enjoyed.I used to live on Gower street in St.John's,NL.The city is built on a steep hill.Water street at the bottom,then Duckworth(named after some British admiral or other),then Gower street.I always wondered where the name came from.
Robin Thompson
09/22/26 01:11:50PM @robin-thompson:

Wonderfully played, Beth!  
Beth T
09/22/26 12:44:12PM @beth-t:

@Davisjames I thought you'd like this one. I'm quite pleased that I've managed to play it, though it doesn't hold a candle to Phil Tanner's 'diddling' version recorded in the 1930s!