Michael Grey plays tunes from a late-night ceilidh in the cellar of the 1000 year-old Ebernburg Castle in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Germany.
Tunes played:
Sergeant Malkie Bow's Consternation (Michael Grey)
The Ballachulish Walkabout (John D Burgess)
The Banjo Breakdown Hornpipe (Unknown)
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