Joe CSS - a memoir
written, with love, by Mehitabel23
Until recently considered taboo amongst polite society, Joe CSS has never been far from controversy around these parts. An eighteen year-old Jewish half-Irish fiddler and whistler and bodhránistá living in London, he is considered by some to be the best Irish traditional musician outside of Ireland. He has been married three times. The subsequent sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.
He likes to annoy people by playing tunes in time signatures such as 7/8 and 13/8 and he enjoys listening to bands with controversial status on these boards such as Lúnasa and Flook. He has a tattoo on his chin which says "My name is Joe". His favourite soloist is Michael McGoldrick despite many warnings from his accomplices.
However he is by no way limited to this one kind of music...he continually breaks down barriers and has been known to touch guitars and trumpets and "tinkle around jazz-style" on the piano, God forbid. He is often to be found at the slot machines, and is also one of the best-known blackjack players in Europe. His likes include hedgehogs, bird watching and weight lifting, and his dislikes include ice cream, weekends and snow.
His main pastimes are writing limericks and spending massive lengths of time on the phone.
He wishes to thank Pete Cooper and Garry Shannon for making him the lad he is today.
Tunes in Joe CSS's tunebook: 152
| Loozin' Air | reel | June 5th 2008 |
| The Log | reel | May 25th 2008 |
| Planxty Fitzgerald | waltz | May 12th 2008 |
| Tribute To Paddy Fahey | reel | April 8th 2008 |
| The Asturian Way | reel | January 27th 2008 |
| The Log (reel Played After Windbroke On McGoldrick's "Fused") | June 18th 2006 |
| The Savage Hornpipe | Pete Cooper And Richard Bolton | October 23rd 2006 |
| Maggie's Bar | June 22nd 2008 |
| Trisco! | July 4th 2008 |
| The Music | June 12th 2008 |
| Changing Tunes | June 1st 2008 |
| My band needs a name, and we're looking to YOU for suggestions! | May 28th 2008 |
| The Truth About ITM | May 7th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Are We Happy? | July 6th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Are We Happy? | July 6th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Trisco! | July 6th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Trisco! | July 4th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Trisco! | July 4th 2008 |