R.I.P Joe Burke you brought a lot of joy to all of us with your beautiful music

The late great Joe Bourke RIP Now in the company of your idols Coleman and Touhey The heavens will ring with the sweet sound of great great music

Such an extraordinary musician and champion of the Irish tradition, but Joe was so much more: with his twinkling eyes and ready laugh, one of Ireland's great cultural ambassadors the world over; a fine hurler in his youth (to hear him tell it); and a musical educator to the many aspiring young accordion players who came to KIlnadeema from all over the Republic to attend his, and Anne's, classes. When Joe got a head of steam telling stories, he could give Eamon Kelly a fair run. I imagine that now he and Andy McGann are sharing tunes and tales, along with Michael Coleman, and Joe Cooley, and O'Carolan, and Tom Billy and all the rest, up there in that celestial pub where it's never closing time and no one ever heard of a hangover.

from Catalonia, Rest in peace Joe Burke a legend of Irish music

Wonderful musician. May he rest in peace.

We will never see his likes again for his music and his knowledge

RIP Joe Burke so amazing he was

I saw Joe Burke play at The Ceol Castle in Birmingham not long after I started trying to play the B/C box back in 2002 ish. I was lucky to meet a great Irish Musician and a lovely man living in Birmingham named Pat Molloy (Pat Molloy Summer School) and had quite a few lessons with him which turned into a bit of a social as well. So Pat suggested I go and listen to the Maestro Joe Burke which I did and at the start of the second half of the gig Joe Burke made reference to Pat saying "Many a tune we have shared in the early hours of the morning on top of the hill" I asked Pat what he was referring to and Pats explanation was that him and Joe lived in neighbouring villages and were both in Celi bands that always had gigs on saturday nights. Apparently when they were on there way back home they used to both have to use the same crossroads somewhere on the side of a hill and whoever was first used to wait for the other band and stop and they would have some tunes at the crossroads. Wouldnt have fancied it in the winter but would have been quite something at 3am on a summers morning. We will never see there like again and have to say the perfomance by Joe Burke that night was just amazing and to date is still the best I have seen. RIP

A true musical genius respected and admired by fellow musicians and people in Ireland and all over the globe..May Joe Rest In Peace.

A Living Legend becomes a Legend.

Brillant musician always enjoyed his Music ,rest in peace

The greatest player ever.I met joe many years ago and found him to be a true genital man.heaven is great place now .Joe Burke, Joe coley and all so many more greats Rip to you all.

A great musician who proved that Michael Coleman could sound great on the button box, who was a great character altogether, now, and a great friend. Rest in music, Joe.

R. I. P Joe, what a true inspiration you were... ❤️💔

Rest in peace Joe Burke. You will be sadly missed

Rest in peace Joe Burke

Lord rest his Soul

R.I.P. Joe he was a great one, Conor Tully ,East Galway on fiddle, and Ann Conroy/Burke on guitar

Sorry to hear that rip himself and Sean Maguire were regular visitors to the rustic inn abbeyshrule

Great Dubliner and great Irishman, may you have millions of jars up in heaven 🍺

R.I.P. Joe Burke

Joe is now up in Heaven with God, who thinks he's Joe Burke.. rest well kind countyman.

RIP❤️

Bhí mé díreach roimh titim a chodladh oíche Dé Sathairn nuair a scairteadh amach ó sheomra codlata m’ínion go bhfuair Joe Burke bás. Ar FB a léigh m’íníon é. Smaoinigh mé ar an nuacht sin. Thuig mé ag an nóiméad siúd, le hinstinn, go raibh rud éigin ollmhór tar éis titim amach ach, foraor, bhí tuairseach orm agus lig mé dom fhéin gluaiseacht i dtreo tír na mbringlóidí, go síochánta, i ndorachadas na hoíche. Inné, (De Domhnach) chaith mé an lá iomlán ag machnamh ar Sheosamh de Búrca, fiú amháin le linn an Aifrinn. Smaoinigh mé ar cé chomh cumasach is a bhí sé ar an mbosca ceoil, a mhéara ag rince, suas síos na cnaipí ar a Phaolo Soprani dearg íocónach nó ar a Bhertrand Gaillard, smaoinigh mé ar conas a chaith sé a shaol ag folamh, ag cleachtadh, ag deanamh teagasc ar, agus faoi dheireadh, ag múineadh, ceol traidisiúnta na hÉireann; ceol a chuala sé ina theach cónaithe ó rugadh é. Smaoinigh mé ar na Conmhaícne Mheáin Maigh, ar Uí Máine, ar Naomh Brendáin, ar Chluain Fearta, ar Cillín a Díoma, ar Baile Locha Riach … ar an tobar cheoil atá suite in oirdheisceart na Gaillimhe. Inniú, is léir go ba mhaith le daoine ar fud na cruinne cobhrón a dhéanamh le muintir na gclann de Búrca agus Ó Maolconaire. Mise chomh maith. Ba mhaith liom cobhrón a dhéanamh go háirithe le Ann ar an ócáid seo. Nî ghá duinn bheith ró-bhronach áfach. Aithríonn gach rud ar an bpláinéad seo le himeacht ama ach tá teagmháil déanta ag Joe agus Ann lénar gcroí; teagmháil le cion domhain. Do bhuaigh siad ní amháin ár n-ardmheas ach ár gean dúinn freisin. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh ticéad ceannaithe ag na haingil cheana féin le bheith i measc na chéad daoine a fhreastalóidh ar cheann de ceolchoirmeacha iomadúla a thabharfaidh Joe le linn na síoraíochta. Ní chuirfeadh sé aon ionadh orm dá mbeadh páirt speisialta beartaithe aige dó fhéin le haghaidh ceolchoirm na Nollag! Bhí an-ghreann ag Joe. Ar dheis Rí na Grásta go raibh a anam dílis. Slán agus beannacht a Sheosaimh.

Does anyone know the name of the first tune?

Great accordion player. May I say, almost as good as the best Cajun accordion players?