Gerry O’Connor at the Plough

Direct from Ireland!

Fiddle player Gerry O’Connor will play at the Plough and Stars, Clement Street as his 20 date tour kicks off on the Pacific Coast. He will be accompanied by Richard Mandel on Guitar.

Gerry O’Connor comes from Dundalk, Co. Louth, and was taught by his mother, Rose who was a descendant of three generations of fiddle players. With a focus on his local music of Oriel, he is known worldwide as a soloist and as a founder band member of Lá Lugh, Skylark, and Oirialla. He has recorded 15 albums with his first solo album Journeyman hailed as a landmark album of Irish fiddle music and has performed with all of the leading performers of the Irish music world including members of the Chieftains, Boys of the Lough, Planxty, De Dannan and Bothy Band. Gerry has published a book of Cathal McConnell’s songs and has launched a tunebook “The Rose in the Gap” featuring the dance music of Oriel recorded at the turn of the 20^th century. Gerry is also highly regarded as a violin-maker, music teacher, and music producer.

Richard Mandel fell into the well of Irish music in the mid-1990s and was soon driving every session he could get into. As a first-call accompanist, Richard has performed with legendary Irish musicians including Paddy Keenan, Jimmy Keane, Gerry  O’Connor, Mick Moloney, Paddy O’Brien, Tony DeMarco and many others. Richard plays in the trio Three Mile Stone with mandolinist Marla Fibish and fiddler Erin Shrader.  Three Mile Stone released its debut CD, produced by John Doyle, in 2010 and has received rave reviews.  In addition to Three Mile Stone, Richard can be heard on Christa Burch’s CD “Love of the Land” and Radim Zenkls, “Restless Joy”.

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Gerry’s website:  https://gerryoconnor.net/

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Videos:  https://youtu.be/b7IUsvPbpNk   Gerry O’ Connor – Boston College Gaelic Roots series

              https://youtu.be/CIxgq0qjQsQ    Gerry O’ Connor and Richard Mandel – Star and Plough, SF

              https://youtu.be/mRDwEHa3E9g  Gerry on Trad TG4

              https://youtu.be/4WZBj8P6uXk    Gerry O’ Connor and Gilles Le Bigot

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www.gerryoconnor.net