Music:
Member Since: 8/7/2006
Band Members: Patrick Cannady (uilleann pipes) and Karen Cook Cannady (fiddle)
Influences: There have been many influences on both of us!
We're fortunate and proud to know some of Chicago's immigrant and first generation Irish musicians through our session experiences, and to them we are eternally grateful for the good tunes and good times.
These Chicago musicians play music like it matters and have taught us a lot, only some of it about music.
A extra big thank you to Sean Cleland, Jimmy Keane and Pat Finnegan for their support when we were raw beginners and how they tolerated us and encouraged our tenacity!
Our Chicago based role-models and mentors:
Kevin Henry, Albert Neary, Pat Broaders, Frank Burke, Dennis Cahill, Francie Campbell, John Daly, Phil Durkin, Mary McDonaugh, Mike McGrath, Pat McPartlin, John Meehan, Tom O'Malley, Joe O'Shea, Malachy Towey, Brendan Williams, and the late Martin Byrne and Anne Scully.
From meetings in the United States and Ireland:
Al Purcell, Patrick's first uilleann pipes teacher and greatest influence
Benedict Koehler and David Quinn, Patrick's pipemakers
Mary Bergin, Tim Britton, Ronan Browne, Kevin Burke, Johnny Connolly, Kevin Crehan, Patrick D'Arcy, Larry Dunn, Mickey Dunne, Bobby Gardiner, Martin Hayes, Peter Horan, Tommy Keane, Paddy Keenan, Tommy Klein, Maurice Lennon, Tommy Martin, Marion McCarthy, Brian McNamara, Pat Mitchell, Jason Nowak, Mick O'Brien, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran, Peadar O'Loughlin, CaoimhÃn Ó Raghallaigh, Jerry O'Sullivan, Tommy Peoples, David Power, Kevin Rowsome, Verona Henry Ryan
From CDs and other recordings:
Willie Clancy, Julia Clifford, Michael Coleman, Johnny B. Connolly, Joe and Seamus Cooley, Sean Corcoran, Geraldine Cotter, Johnny Cunningham, John Doherty, Maeve Donnelly, Felix and Johnny Doran, Seamus Ennis, Tom Ennis, Ennis Ceili Band, Paddy Glackin, P. Joe Hayes, Johnny Henry, Patrick Kelly, Kilfenora Ceili Band, Padraig Mac Mathuna, Jackie McCarthy, Joe and Antoinette McKenna, Gay McKeon, Matt Molloy, Paddy Moloney, Denis Murphy, Liam O'Flynn, Michael Ó Raghallaigh, Tommy Reck, Leo Rowsome, Sean Smyth, Davey Spillane, Patsy Touhy, Tulla Ceili Band, Desi Wilkinson.
Sounds Like: Irish dance music - no songs about lost love or dead rebels, mind you, just tunes played on uilleann pipes and fiddle. Check out the sound samples if you are unfamiliar, more samples coming soon!
Type of Label: None
