Rip the Calico Reel Tune of the Month with Shannon Heaton

Heres a mediumdeep dive on the wonderful old tune Rip the Calico AKA Tear the Calico, AKA Fair Wind. I play the tune in G and D. And I investigate a few different versions of the tune, starting with its appearance as tune, 1255 in ONeills Music of Ireland 1850 Melodies, published in 1903. Find info about the VGS Retreat I mention in this lesson here: As always, Im playing this on my Patrick Olwell Prattenstyle flute. Buy CDs: Subscribe to the free Irish Music Stories Podcast: