Irish music is my passion since 1994. I had mainly listened to 70's progressive rock. But then I saw the TV broadcast of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Norway. The ceremonies had wonderful Nordic music by Annbjørg Lien with Bukkene Bruse. A friend told me that I would also like Irish music and he loaned me some CD's of Dervish, Altan, Martin Hayes, and Wolfstone. I liked it all! Then I started learning to play the Irish drum, the bodhran. Since then I have played with some of Ireland's best musicians, including playing on stage with Danu, Dervish, Bohola and The Paperboys. The greatest session I have ever been in was with Dervish and Teada, all together in a pub in Sonora in 2005..........I am "Entertainment Specialist" at an Indian casino... I had the pleasure of doing a few projects with my teenage years idol Rick Wakeman of Yes, including a tour I organized in 1994 and doing the initial negotiations in 1999 with EMI records for Wakeman's sequel album "Return to the Centre of the Earth".........
My Interests
I'd like to meet:
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tony Bennett, Pat Metheny, Paddy Moloney and Kevin Conneff of The Chieftains, actors Tom Hanks and Colm Meaney, actress Diane Lane, singers Janet Jackson, Madonna.
My Blog
Our NYC & Bloomington trip
Colleen and I are celebrating a very special milestone, our 25thh anniversary of marriage! We decided against going to Ireland as we did for our 20th in 2003, and decided to keep the American dollar h... Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:52:00 GMT
