Irish Session Bassist, Composer and Co Creator of The Todalie Stories
My favourite band announcement was a good few years ago whilst playing at a dance in a (now closed) well known dancehall in Manchester. At the end of the evening, after quickstepping, waltzing and foxtrot ting our little hearts out for three hours ,the owner came on stage and said how great it was to … Continue reading To hell with the groove, play more solos!
Trying to put together a short video to tell you all about our forthcoming Third Eye Audio illustrated Fairytale series. So difficult to get it into 3 mins. Help...please 🙂
Just got my copy of Judy Collins live in Dromoland castle DVD & CD. Very proud to have been part of the band on this concert which is due to be broadcast on PBS. she is a true star.
This is a preview of the music for the story of "Layliana", the first in a series of Fairytales  (Books with Graphic audio and Illustrations)  by James & Susan Blennerhassett & Vitya Malirsh which will be published later this year. I will be starting a Fundit campaign shortly to help us get the first two … Continue reading This is a preview of the music for the story of “Layliana”
Had the great pleasure of playing on stage together with my mother and two daughters, accompanied by Kieran Quinn on piano and Ken Mc Donald on percussion at the Sligo Grammar school concert for the Northwest hospice on Saturday night at the Knocknarea arena in Sligo. We played a piece of original music called " … Continue reading Three generations of Blennerhassetts on stage together
I used this Phil Jones Bass Rig at the concert in Roscommon for the "Join our Boys" campaign. Don't know why nobody ever thought of having some speakers in a bass rig pointing straight up at the player, I can actually hear what I'm playing without having to turn up to ridiculous volume. It's the … Continue reading Phil Jones Bass amps