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.
Jon did post it 4 years ago. I'd like to think he may have revised that opinion, being 4 years older and wiser, but then again, it's always down to personal taste. Donncha was a lovely fella, and I admired his playing very much, and still do.
Yes, a lovely man and a fine player and a very talented musician...
The musicians, the talented O'Brien's ~
Donncha ~ whistle
Donncha Senior ~ box
Michael / Mick ~ uilleann pipes
Tomas ~ fiddle
Aindrias ~ bodhran
While the LP of this is complete the cassette, for some reason, cuts out before the finish of trak 8 on the B-side...
I count myself lucky in having been in Dublin while Donncha was playing and teaching, a lovely man and musician, a short but generous life... Thanks for the music and good times...
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
"Not much polish?"
I'm left shaking my head...
# Posted on November 21st 2008 by Doodle
Ah well....
Jon did post it 4 years ago. I'd like to think he may have revised that opinion, being 4 years older and wiser, but then again, it's always down to personal taste. Donncha was a lovely fella, and I admired his playing very much, and still do.
# Posted on November 21st 2008 by Kenny
“Donncha Ó Briain: Irish Tin Whistle”
Yes, a lovely man and a fine player and a very talented musician...
The musicians, the talented O'Brien's ~
Donncha ~ whistle
Donncha Senior ~ box
Michael / Mick ~ uilleann pipes
Tomas ~ fiddle
Aindrias ~ bodhran
While the LP of this is complete the cassette, for some reason, cuts out before the finish of trak 8 on the B-side...
I count myself lucky in having been in Dublin while Donncha was playing and teaching, a lovely man and musician, a short but generous life... Thanks for the music and good times...
# Posted on April 9th 2009 by ceolachan