I found a stack of old vinyl at my local record shop, this was in among them. About half of the tracks are solo whistle, O'Briain is joined on the others by various combinations of fiddle, pipes, box, and guitar.
Not much polish, just good tunes.
As far as I remember, this recording features more or less the whole O'Briain family from Dublin, piper Micheal being perhaps the best known these days. Being confined to a wheel chair did not prevent Donncha from being a very active musician and whistle teacher. Sadly, he died a number of years ago. The Charlie Lennon tune "The Flying Wheel Chair" was written in his honour.
Old vinyl
I found a stack of old vinyl at my local record shop, this was in among them. About half of the tracks are solo whistle, O'Briain is joined on the others by various combinations of fiddle, pipes, box, and guitar.
Not much polish, just good tunes.
# Posted on October 5th 2004 by Jon Kiparsky
As far as I remember, this recording features more or less the whole O'Briain family from Dublin, piper Micheal being perhaps the best known these days. Being confined to a wheel chair did not prevent Donncha from being a very active musician and whistle teacher. Sadly, he died a number of years ago. The Charlie Lennon tune "The Flying Wheel Chair" was written in his honour.
# Posted on October 5th 2004 by LongNote
I heard Donncha play a few times & he was indeed a fine musician.
# Posted on November 6th 2005 by Ptarmigan