Irish Session Bassist, Composer and Co Creator of The Todalie Stories
When creativity is within, there is no escape. It will and must come out.
Bumped into "Smithy", who I haven't seen in ages, the other day. When I was starting out on Bass, Smithy was an inspiration to me. He was playing in band called "Spud" and I used to follow them around and watch and listen to him playing fantastic stuff on his red Fender P Bass. I'm … Continue reading Gentlemen, bring forth thy four stringed upright machines and play!
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Freezing outside...Brrr! Good time to stay in and appreciate they who are the foundation of good music........
Playing in JC Superstar at the moment and I'm using a Precision Bass ( well it's a Sandberg California VS 5) for the first time in years. I had forgotten just how outrageously good they sound in a band. Everybody's happy 🙂
The woman's heart rolled into Gort,Co.Galway Saturday night for another lively night of songs and tunes from Frances Black,Mary Coughlan & Sharon Shannon. O'Sullivan's hotel was bursting at the seams with sweating fans and if the applause was anything to go by, everyone had a ball. Watch out for Frances Black's daughter Aoife, who is … Continue reading The heart beats again!
Friday night was a good one! Played a concert in City north hotel with Frances Black. Also appearing were Sharon Shannon and Mary Coughlan both of who I have had the pleasure of playing with over the years as well. Mary opened the show with a great set with James Delaney on Piano and Dan … Continue reading Three women, a heart, and a couple of blokes!