Music House concert: Irish fiddle champion Gerry O'Connor with Richard Mandel

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When	Monday, May 6th; 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Where	South Sebastopol
Cost	$20 per person
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On Monday, May 6, we'll be presenting a house concert featuring Irish fiddle champion Gerry O'Connor, accompanied by local guitar hero Richard Mandel. Here's a video with a few selected clips of the two of them playing at the Plough and Stars in San Francisco a couple of years back:

That should have been enough to convince you right there -- it certainly was for me! -- but for a bit more information, here's their official promo blurb:

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Direct from Ireland:Gerry O’Connor with Richard Mandel

Irish Fiddle Player and 2018 Bardic Award winner Gerry O’Connor will be joined by guitarist Richard Mandel for an electrifying evening of highlands, reels, jigs, stories and more.

In October Gerry released a new solo album “Last Night's Joy,“ receiving the prestigious rating of 4 stars in The Irish Times. He travels directly from Ireland for this tour.

From Dundalk, County Louth, Gerry O’Connor has played and recorded with such highly regarded groups as Lá Lúgh (Eithne Ní Uallacháin, Sony Music) and Skylark (Len Graham, Gary O’Briain & Mairtin O’Connor), recording four CDs on the Claddagh label. Gerry has toured and recorded with members of all the legendary groups including Planxty, Bothy Band, De Dannan, Boys of the Lough, Chieftains and The Irish Rovers. Lá Lugh's album “Brighid’s Kiss” was voted Album of the Year 1996 by readers of the Irish Music Magazine. His solo album “Journeyman” was counted in the top five Albums of the year 2004 by the Irish Times.

As a first-call accompanist, Richard Mandel has performed and toured with legendary Irish musicians including Paddy Keenan, Jimmy Keane, Mick Maloney, Paddy O’Brien, Tony DeMarco and many others.

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And here's a web page about Gerry's new CD. He's playing with some other people in the video, but it definitely makes the point that the guy is a terrific fiddler.

http://liveireland.com/li-album-premier-last-nights-joy-by-gerry-oconnor/

Finally, there are undoubtedly more clips on Gerry's web site:

https://www.gerryoconnor.net/

If you'd like to join us for an evening of terrific Irish music in an intimate, all-acoustic setting, send me an email, [email protected] and let me know how many of you there will be. It's $20 per person, doors at 6:30, music at 7:30. There will be wine and snacks. (And cider, since that was really popular at the last concert.) Let me know if you have any questions!