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All-Ireland Senior Accordion Champion of 1991 Michael O'Connell plays a selection of reels, commencing with "The Bunch of Keys". Michael played this music at the West London Branch of Comhaltas' 50th Anniversary Concert at The Irish Centre, Hammersmith on 27th April, 2007. Michael's uncle Tom, who hails from West Limerick, won the title in 1981.
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From Transatlantic Sessions series 2 (1998)
lyrics: trad - pub. W B Yeats 1889
fiddle: Aly Bain
accordion: Donald Shaw
flute: Ronan Browne
dobro: Jerry Douglas
guitar: Russ Barenberg
bass: Danny Thompson
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From Transatlantic Sessions series 2 (1998)
song: Nanci Griffith/Rick West
bass: Danny Thompson
piano: Donald Shaw
dobro: Jerry Douglas
guitar: Russ Barenberg
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Bobby Clancy ends the concert with their traditional closing song. Maine PBS, November 11, 1988
For more information, check out the first full length biography on the group, "The Clancy Brothers: The Men Behind the Sweaters" at clancybrothersbook.c om and amazon.com
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Sound mixer Kevin O'Connell has been nominated for 18 Oscars but has yet to win the award. He's up again this year, and tells Bill Whitaker he's still hopeful.