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hungry grass trad rock band

hi everyone, does anyone know this band, heard them a while back, their amazing. my question is !!!? does anyone know what type of piano accordion is he playing? i fell in love with the sound and the size of this instrument, hope someone can help me out, cheers guys! up munster !

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by corby

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Christian is his name and he plays an Allodi.
http://www.sutton-acoustic.co.uk/IrishMusic.html
He had it tuned identically to my Castagnari Studio - which he borrowed from me for the purpose, and took it to Mr Allodi's shop in Lee, SE London.
http://www.accordions.co.uk/
And yes, he really is a an amazing player. Nice guy as well.

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by Rudall the time

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My Space:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=56280700

Fun stuff!

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by SWFL Fiddler

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Love that "I Wish I Was Back Home In Liverpool".

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by SWFL Fiddler

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See te bottom of this thread http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/17569 for some clips of Kane O'Rourke on his own.

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig

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http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2802

will lead you to Kane's new album,'the jolly tinker'

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by biggus dave

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...and indeed : http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1837

will lead you to the collective goatheads themselves...

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by biggus dave

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Hey I thought this thread was about Christian??

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by Rudall the time

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well the thread has got hungry grass in the title but if corby would like to get in touch with Christian i can pass on his contact details.

plus,as an extra feature and for no extra charge,here's the link to Christian's frenchie group,' Fleur de Paris' - for those who like that sort of thing...

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5894

is that any better?

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by biggus dave

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dear god,help!-here's the real Fleur de Paris link...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=148128176

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by biggus dave

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Did a chap called Barry ever play banjo with Hungry Grass..?

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by Dave_

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Mark Conyard, isn't it, on banjo?

# Posted on April 29th 2008 by Rudall the time