английское название, надо полагать- от Solas.
Where the name came from
"Anyone have a clue how such a beautiful melody got named Crested Hens??? Not that I have anything against Crested Hens, but, is there, possibly any relevance?"
Crsted Hens is a translation. According to Gilles ,Himself: I was 15 and couldn't decide on a title, one day we were playing at oxymorons and my friend said "Poulles Huppees" we all laughed it that for a long time, so I decided to name the tune that.... I know it's a dumb title, but we were just dumb kids".
He seemed to think, at that time, that getting credit was more important than collecting royalties. This tune used to be mentioned a lot as " a 400 year old Breton tune. Brettagne hens are the only one's that grow crests". None of that is true. Gilles is from Centre -- couple of hours south of Paris.
His own playing of the tune is generally "Fasht and Bad" with a hemiola to it.
# Posted on July 3rd 2005 by Owell Mabeehttp://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/562