The Anglo Concertina Music of John Kirkpatrick

England’s John Kirkpatrick is without a doubt the most influential harmonic-style Anglo concertina player of the last several decades.

From the beginning of the Folk Revival in the late 1960’s up until the present day, his rambunctious and boisterous playing, as well as his delicate and thoughtful song accompaniments have been featured on hundreds of recordings.

Here are over 70 tunes and songs as played by John, all carefully transcribed in the original keys to be playable on a 30-button C/G Anglo concertina.

In addition to a wealth of traditional tunes and songs, many of John’s original compositions are included as well as his three-part series “How to Play the Anglo” first printed in 1972.

All tunes feature the same easy-to-use button numbering and tablature system found in all the other Rollston Press concertina books, along with Button Maps to show exactly which buttons are needed for every tune.

Includes smartphone-scannable QR code links to audio and video!

THE TUNES: Annan Side, Bainis, Bean Planting, Bean Setters, Black Jack, Blossom Made of Fire, Bonnets So Blue, Bonny Breastknot, The Brickmakers, The Buffoon (Adderbury), The Buffoon (Ilmington), The Charabanc Schottische, Constant Billy, Double Change Sides, Double Lead Through, Fain I Would , Fair Play, Fieldtown Processional, The First of May, Fits & Starts, The Fork Stuck Under the Door, Four Lane End, Gigue, The Green Man, Hammersmith Flyover, Hanged I Shall Be, Haste to the Wedding, The Hen’s March Through the Midden, The Henceforward Lover, The Herefordshire Lasses, Hey For Christmas, Hunting the Squirrel, I’ll Go and List for Sailor, Jim Jones, King George the Third’s Minuet, Laudnum Bunches, Laundroloverette, Leaping Jack, London Pride, Lord Randal, Lumps of Plum Pudding, Morris Off, Morris Tune, The Nobleman’s Wedding, Old Father Fox, Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket, The Olive Branch, The Pantomime Schottische, Petal of Spice, The Prince of Wales at Brighton, Prince William, The Raddled Tup, Ragged Robin Rag, The Rat-a-Tat Polka, Riding Down to Portsmouth, Sherborne Jig (Sherborne), Sherborne Jig (Longborough), Shiner, The Source of the Thames, The Staffordshire Hornpipe, Sweet Jenny Jones, The Sweet Month of May, Ted, That Great Christmas Pud, Three Jolly Black Sheepskins, Threepenny Ha’Penny Treacle, Traveller’s Joy, Trunkles, Under the Leaves of Life, Valentine’s Day, The Wassailing Bowl, While Shepherds Watched, Young Collins