Frankie Gavin Irish Fiddle Music Burlington Violin Shop

Past event
Oct 28, 2019, 6 to 8:30 PM

Presented by Young Tradition Vermont with the Burlington Violin Shop. $20 suggested donation. Limited seating. Reservations recommended at mark.sustic@gmail.com

Frankie Gavin, who was born in 1956 in Corrandulla, County Galway, comes from a musical family: his father played fiddle, and his mother and all of her family played also. Frankie himself started playing the tin whistle at age four, making his first T.V. appearance three years later. At the age of ten years old Frankie began to play fiddle and by the time he was seventeen he was placed first in the All Ireland Fiddle Competition and in the All Ireland Flute Competition, both on the same day.

He was strongly influenced by the 78 recordings of Michael Coleman and James Morrison. Sessions in the Cellar Bar, Galway and later in Hughes' pub in Spiddal led to the formation of De Dannan in 1973.

He has recorded 16 albums with De Dannan as well as a number of solo albums, and three collaborations: one a tribute to Joe Cooley entitled 'Omos do Joe Cooley' with Paul Brock; a fine collaboration with fellow De Dannan member Alec Finn; and one with Stephane Grapelli exploring the languages of jazz and traditional music. He has also guested with The Rolling Stones on their 'Voodoo Lounge' album, with Keith Richards on 'Wingless Angels' and with Earl Scruggs the great banjo man.

"Frankie Gavin's fiddle playing is technically complex, unabashedly brilliant, and has a pronounced, driving swing which harks back to the sound of the 1920s." Philippe Varlet

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