me and some of my friends were having a discussion about this the other night. who are the gods an goddesses of irish music. my god has to be eamon o leary. and my second degree gods have to be seamus egan and john doyle. what do you guys think and who are your gods?
Vocals - Cathal McConnell
Banjo - Mick O'Connor
Fiddle - Too many to single out just one
Accordion - Ciaran Kelly
Concertina - Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
Mandolin - Kieran Hanrahan
Guitar - Ciaran Kelly
Bodhran - Cookstown Mickey
John Doyle, Mick McAuley, Seamus Egan, Donnchadh Gough, Benny McCarthy, Sean McCann, Winifred Horan, John Whelan, Paul Finn, Tom Doorley. Those are off the top of my head... there's probably more.
Yes, I am a raving Solas fan. How ever did you guess?
Tommy Peoples, Frankie Gavin, James Kelly, Johnny Doherty, Andy McGann for fiddle.
Joe Burke, Jackie Daly for box.
I'm sure there are many others, I just can't think of them offhand.
my gods are tommy peoples (fiddle), finbarr dwyer (box), john doherty, michael coleman (both fiddle), and john gannon (melodeon). not the same as my very favorite musicians, but definitely my musical heroes.
Ptarmigan, I can't believe you get to play a session with Ciaran Kelly every week! I heard him for the first time this summer on an old home recording of the "Ciaran Kelly trio," followed by a couple tracks that I'm pretty sure are just him, based on the style, and I was absolutely blown away. He's got a really lovely rhythm to his playing.
A partial list of my gods, in no particular order and by no means complete...
Paddy Canny, Paddy Fahy, Peter O'Loughlin, Tommy Potts, Martin Byrnes, James Morrison, Bobby Casey, Sean Ryan, Junior Crehan, Denis Murphy, PJ Hayes, Padraig, O'Keefe, Michael Coleman, Johnny Doherty, Ed Reavy, Packie Dolan, Paddy Cronin, Julia Clifford, Lucy Farr, Hugh Gillispie, Michael Gorman, John Kelly, ...
What an appalling lack of pipers! Granted Ennis and Clancy were two of the best (and thank you for mentioning them, silverspear!) but how about:
Patrick J. "Patsy" Touhy, Bernard Delaney, Tom Ennis, Eddie Mullaney, Liam Walsh, Leo "God Almighty" Rowsome (for feck's sake!), Johnny and Felix Doran, Tommy Kearney, Tommy Reck, Mike Carney, Michael Gallagher, Finbar Furey, Paddy Keenan, Liam O'Flynn, Mick O'Brien, Ronan Browne, Neillidh Mulligan, Gay McKeon...
This fiddler died and found himself at St. Peter's gate. He asked Peter, "So where's the session?" Peter pointed to a sign that said, "Pub, this way." and replied, "Just follow the signs there. And the recently deceased fiddler said, "Thanks very much." and happily strolled along following the signs to what looked like a lovely little pub. He peeked inside and saw Cooley's accordion on a chair, Coleman's fiddle on another, Derek Bell's harp, McKenna's flute on another chair, etc. etc. But there was only one gray haired old fella there playing the fiddle like a crazed weasel all by himself. He looked around and noticed the pub was empty except for this mad fiddler and decided it looked to dodgy to go in -- so he decided to go back and ask Peter what the story is. When he got back to the gate he explained to Peter what he found and asked who the crazy old fella was that's playing fiddle all by himself at the pub. Peter replied, "Oh him... that's God -- he thinks he's Frankie Gavin."
Liz Carroll would be a good candidate, as would be Mairtin O'Connor, a god of the accordion who doesn't get near enough the exposure he should over here in the US.
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me and some of my friends were having a discussion about this the other night. who are the gods an goddesses of irish music. my god has to be eamon o leary. and my second degree gods have to be seamus egan and john doyle. what do you guys think and who are your gods?
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by insert username here
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OK SFS, I notice your gods all live in America!
Can my Gods live anywhere?
If so, my Irish Music Gods would be:
Vocals - Cathal McConnell
Banjo - Mick O'Connor
Fiddle - Too many to single out just one
Accordion - Ciaran Kelly
Concertina - Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
Mandolin - Kieran Hanrahan
Guitar - Ciaran Kelly
Bodhran - Cookstown Mickey
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Ptarmigan
My gods
of the 'inner sanctum' are as follows :
Vocals - Peter Coughlan
Banjo - Mark Conyard
Fiddle - Kane O'Rourke
Accordion - Christian Vaughan
Weird Stuff - Jeffrey Crownson
the 'outer sanctum' is another universe altogether _i know who they are but havn't a clue for mandolin or guitar
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by lisaniska
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Dick, I noticed you put down someone as God of the bodhrán. So who'd be the God of the shakey-egg then?
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Phantom Button
Re: gods
John Doyle, Mick McAuley, Seamus Egan, Donnchadh Gough, Benny McCarthy, Sean McCann, Winifred Horan, John Whelan, Paul Finn, Tom Doorley. Those are off the top of my head... there's probably more.
Yes, I am a raving Solas fan. How ever did you guess?
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Zazzaliss
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Tommy Peoples, Frankie Gavin, James Kelly, Johnny Doherty, Andy McGann for fiddle.
Joe Burke, Jackie Daly for box.
I'm sure there are many others, I just can't think of them offhand.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Murph
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Lugh Samildanach, of course.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by sara g
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my gods are tommy peoples (fiddle), finbarr dwyer (box), john doherty, michael coleman (both fiddle), and john gannon (melodeon). not the same as my very favorite musicians, but definitely my musical heroes.
Ptarmigan, I can't believe you get to play a session with Ciaran Kelly every week! I heard him for the first time this summer on an old home recording of the "Ciaran Kelly trio," followed by a couple tracks that I'm pretty sure are just him, based on the style, and I was absolutely blown away. He's got a really lovely rhythm to his playing.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by heth
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always thought there was one God: Frankie Gavin. But OK,
he' s self acclaimed....
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Henk Bos
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Donal Lunny for me
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by ecidralla
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Mole Hill and Tim Collins on anglo.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by geoffwright
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Lisaniska - You forgot to mention John Gaughan, the god of open-C tuned guitar.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by granama
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Eh, sorry to dissapoint you 'heth' but the Ciaran Kelly I regularly play with is actually a Fermanagh man, who is now based around Cookstown.
If I'm right, the Ciaran Kelly you are thinking of, lives a little further south! Both fine musicians though.
Hey Button - "So who'd be the God of the shakey-egg then?" - tell me, are we talking Anglo Egg or English Egg?
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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A partial list of my gods, in no particular order and by no means complete...
Paddy Canny, Paddy Fahy, Peter O'Loughlin, Tommy Potts, Martin Byrnes, James Morrison, Bobby Casey, Sean Ryan, Junior Crehan, Denis Murphy, PJ Hayes, Padraig, O'Keefe, Michael Coleman, Johnny Doherty, Ed Reavy, Packie Dolan, Paddy Cronin, Julia Clifford, Lucy Farr, Hugh Gillispie, Michael Gorman, John Kelly, ...
... did I mention that I kinda like Irish fiddle?
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by RogueFiddler
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Funny, nobody mentioned Tansey, Sean Maguire, and Micho Russell.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by slainte
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Surprised no one's mentioned Seamus Ennis or Willy Clancy yet.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by TheSilverSpear
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Kevin Burke
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by fidkid
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My short list:
Fiddle: Harmon, Zina, Gill ...
Flute: Emily, Danny, ...
PA: Conan...
Box: Dow...
Bodhran: bliss...
Harp: Andee...
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by cuchulain54
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Suck up.
My money’s on Jeremy for Bouzouki God.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by fidkid
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What an appalling lack of pipers! Granted Ennis and Clancy were two of the best (and thank you for mentioning them, silverspear!) but how about:
Patrick J. "Patsy" Touhy, Bernard Delaney, Tom Ennis, Eddie Mullaney, Liam Walsh, Leo "God Almighty" Rowsome (for feck's sake!), Johnny and Felix Doran, Tommy Kearney, Tommy Reck, Mike Carney, Michael Gallagher, Finbar Furey, Paddy Keenan, Liam O'Flynn, Mick O'Brien, Ronan Browne, Neillidh Mulligan, Gay McKeon...
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Hanley
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This fiddler died and found himself at St. Peter's gate. He asked Peter, "So where's the session?" Peter pointed to a sign that said, "Pub, this way." and replied, "Just follow the signs there. And the recently deceased fiddler said, "Thanks very much." and happily strolled along following the signs to what looked like a lovely little pub. He peeked inside and saw Cooley's accordion on a chair, Coleman's fiddle on another, Derek Bell's harp, McKenna's flute on another chair, etc. etc. But there was only one gray haired old fella there playing the fiddle like a crazed weasel all by himself. He looked around and noticed the pub was empty except for this mad fiddler and decided it looked to dodgy to go in -- so he decided to go back and ask Peter what the story is. When he got back to the gate he explained to Peter what he found and asked who the crazy old fella was that's playing fiddle all by himself at the pub. Peter replied, "Oh him... that's God -- he thinks he's Frankie Gavin."
Ba-da -- boom! I'll be here all week.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Phantom Button
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Well in my defense - I did say it was a partial list and that I kinda like fiddlers
Also, since gods in the thread is with a small "g" I didn't think it applied to pipers. They deserve a capital "G" don't they?
Nice one Jack! It's obvious you don't need a day job
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by RogueFiddler
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Paddy Carty
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by wormdiet
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Me
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by Beheader
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Bobby Casey of course.
# Posted on November 16th 2005 by madforthefiddle
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Liz Carroll would be a good candidate, as would be Mairtin O'Connor, a god of the accordion who doesn't get near enough the exposure he should over here in the US.
# Posted on November 17th 2005 by AlBrown
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cthuilleannpiper,
What about the mighty Robbie Hannon!!!
I'm sure the list can go on and on.
Sean
# Posted on November 17th 2005 by Seanie
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Seamus O Kane, Paul O Shaughnessy, Charlie Harris, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Cathy Jordan
# Posted on November 21st 2005 by Lizzy