son of a lilter, jaws harp and box player, my family roots are in north Mayo with dad - Lisaniska (near Foxford) and mum - Midfield (near Swinford) with more scattered in Mayo, Kildare, Dublin, Yorkshire, London, New York, Canada and Australia
. . . i'm one of the London Irish trad-heads whose seen a few heads, heard a few heads, drunk a few with a few heads and played with a few
''ah it's great crack . . . sure there's nothing to beat the crack . . . especially on the periphery of the crack''
Paul Gallagher (wooden flute and a great head and player) 1999
i love my dad and mum for a spendid (old cultural style) rearing and love of music before Tommy O'Sullivan showed me a revolutionary guitar tuning : CGCGCD (open C sus 2), after a drunken session 25 years ago, which he claimed he ''made up'' but either way the 'harmonics' still blow me away to this day . . .
and ''influences'' have been dad with his early (Dunlop reel to reel) tapes, my first hippy teacher, followed by Tony (The Swinging Doors), Chet Atkins, Jim Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore (in 'Deep Purple' _the colour of heather which i seek to preserve), John Etheridge, Wizz Jones and in 2003 David Byrne (for displaying precision 'less is more' on the electric). All of these have made me think about my ''chosen'' more than i may of before or since . . .
you know my 80 something dad says ''sure we're only passing the time and that's all there is to it''
John
Tunes in lisaniska's tunebook: 69
| The Rare Stuff | The Rare Stuff | December 2nd 2005 |
| PJ Wallace And Friends | PJ Wallace | November 14th 2005 |
| Hungry Grass | Hungry Grass | November 14th 2005 |
| The Grouse In The Heather | P.J. And Marcus Hernon | November 12th 2004 |
| The Porthole Of The Kelp | Sean Casey | November 8th 2004 |
| Hungrygrass | February 11th 2007 |
| Gypsy Hill Tavern | February 12th 2009 |
| Power's Bar | November 21st 2004 |
| The Princess Royal | October 25th 2004 |
| ' . . . masterworks in minature' | October 27th 2009 |
| Sandy Paton R I P | October 1st 2009 |
| How many of 'us' are dead yet? | September 16th 2009 |
| Aaron ''Archie'' Green R I P | July 2nd 2009 |
| Malcolm Douglas R I P | April 15th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Great innovators | November 17th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Steel fiddle strings? | November 16th 2009 |
| Sessions | November 16th 2009 | |
| Sessions | November 16th 2009 | |
| Discussions | Re: Learn to trust your ears. | November 13th 2009 |