Irish mandocello from Garry O'Briain
Ever since I watched the "Ceird an Cheoil: Bouzouki" video, I've wanted to find out more about Garry O'Briain, the sole Irish trad mandocello player I know of, who was featured in part of the film.
Today I finally got off my butt and did something about it, found some fantastic videos and bought an album from iTunes. The album is "Light And Shade" by Skylark, and I highly recommend it. Garry is a great and sensitive player. The album's also available at Amazon and Claddagh.
I also found a video of the full album (off-catalog) "Aengus" with Garry on mandocello from 1978:
And here are a couple more videos with Garry. You can find plenty more on Youtube if you search "Garry O' Briain mandocello." Really happy to hear this instrument in this context, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Last edited by Mike Anderson; Jul-12-2015 at 10:43pm.
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