Paddy Keenan with guitarist
John Walsh
Wed, Oct 8th 7:00 PM Fiddler's Dream 602-997-9795
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On Irish (uilleann) pipes and low whistle, Paddy is a
master of both instruments and was a founding member of Irleand's famed
Bothy Band. A rare show, with only http://www.paddykeenan.com/about.htm Paddy Keenan was born in Trim, Co. Meath, to John Keenan, Sr. of Westmeath and the former Mary Bravender of Co. Cavan. The Keenans were a Travelling family steeped in traditional music; both Paddy's father and grandfather were uilleann pipers. Paddy himself took up the pipes at the age of ten, playing his first major concert at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, when he was 14. He later played with the rest of his family in a group called The Pavees. At 17, having fallen in love with the blues, Paddy left Ireland for England and Europe, where he played blues and rock. Returning to Ireland after a few years, he began playing around Dublin with singer/keyboardist Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and singer/guitarist Micheal O Dhomhnaill. Fiddler Paddy Glackin then joined the three, and they asked flute player Matt Mollov to play with them shortly thereafter. Next accordion player Tony MacMahon joined the group, and then guitarist Donal Lunny was asked to listen to the six. Liking what he heard, he joined as well, and the loosely-knit band began calling itself "Seachtar," the Irish word for "seven." Micheal O' Dhomhnaill had recently returned from Scotland, where he
happened across a photograph taken in the 1890s of a group of tattered
musicians. "The The Bothy Band forever changed the face of Irish traditional music, merging a driving rhythm section with traditional Irish tunes in ways that had never been heard before. Those fortunate enough to have seen the band live have never forgotten the impression they made -- one reviewer likened the experience to "being in a jet when it suddenly whipped into full throttle along the runway." Paddy was one of the band's founding members, and his virtuosity on the pipes combined with the ferocity of his playing made him, in the opinion of many, its driving force. Bothy Band-mate Donal Lunny once described Paddy as "the Jimi Hendrix of the pipes"; more recently, due to his genius for improvisation and counter-melody, he has been compared to jazz great John Coltrane. Paddy's flowing, open-fingered style of playing can be traced directly from the style of such great Travelling pipers as Johnny Doran; both Paddy's father and grandfather played in the same style. Although often compared to Doran, Paddy was 19 or 20 when he first heard a tape of Doran's playing; his own style is a direct result of his father's tutelage and influence.
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Seachtar's
first major concert was in Dublin. They played a few more gigs around
the country, but circumstances soon forced Tony MacMahon to drop out.
When the rest of the band decided to turn professional Paddy Glackin left
as well; he was replaced by Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples who was later
replaced by fiddler Kevin Burke). All the group needed now was a name.
Bothy
Band," it was titled, in reference to the migrant Irish laborers
who worked in England and Scotland and were housed in stone huts known
as "bothies." Micheal suggested that the band take this name,
and the others agreed. Thus was born one of the most influential bands
of the 1970s, The Bothy Band.