Who's your favourite CBOM player???

[Reinhardt]

Aaron Jones is the best chap on a 10 string I know -



Adam Rhodes is a truly great player - rock solid.



nigel

Hi Nigel, two great players alright. As you know, I've just bought one of your bouzoukis from Adam. If this instrument doesn't turn me into a "bouzouki God" nothing will!!!

Just thought of another guy from Denmark, Jens Ulvsand , the bouzouki player with Danish Band Trio Mio. Very tasteful player. Check out that band by the way, really good especially their Pigeon Folk Pieces Album.

John

[DougC]

This is Trio Mio with Jens Ulvsand (guitar, bouzouki).
They now have different players in the group. More info here:

http://www.triomio.dk/trio-mio-info/...o-mio-english/

[Chuck Leyda]

John Doyle I'd say.

Honorable mention to Zan McLeod.

[Nicholas L]

Ahhh I love Joseph Sobol's style:

[Steph]

Brian McNeill in his Battlefield Band days

[kmmando]

Alec Finn, superb and unparalleled musicality.

[kmmando]

[Mike Anderson]

That whole "HUP" series is great, and the two of Alec with Tony Linnane and Noel Hill are among my favourites.

[Reinhardt]

Hi Kevin, you're right about Alec, very understated, sympathetic playing. In my opinion, it was him that created that typical De Danann sound. His bouzouki playing was unique and its what drew me to De Danann in the first place. His playing on the classic Noel Hill and Tony Linnane album was majestic and one of my favourite albums of all timew is the one he and Frankie Gavin made. I heard they did it all in one day!! Its a classic. I used to play it before I went to school a lot. Really got me going and ready to face the day with the psycho Christian Brothers!!!!

I used to play a greek bouzouki for years and played in a style kind of like Alecs but could never quite get it. He seems to use a lot of "up" strokes which I just couldnt get the hang of. Mick Conneeley who is a fantastic fiddler also plays 6 string bouzouki and he seems to have it nailed.

Do you have any idea where Alec gets his bouzoukis Kevin and are they expensive?? My own Greek one gave up the ghost many years ago, started to cave in, took me years to get a bouzouki I was eventually happy with after that, a Joe Foley large body which I still have.

John

[Mike Anderson]

+1 on everything you've said here John. Here's a great video from the HUP series with Mick Conneely:



And another good one:



Would love to see pics of your Foley BTW!

Hi Kevin, you're right about Alec, very understated, sympathetic playing. In my opinion, it was him that created that typical De Danann sound. His bouzouki playing was unique and its what drew me to De Danann in the first place. His playing on the classic Noel Hill and Tony Linnane album was majestic and one of my favourite albums of all timew is the one he and Frankie Gavin made. I heard they did it all in one day!! Its a classic. I used to play it before I went to school a lot. Really got me going and ready to face the day with the psycho Christian Brothers!!!!

I used to play a greek bouzouki for years and played in a style kind of like Alecs but could never quite get it. He seems to use a lot of "up" strokes which I just couldnt get the hang of. Mick Conneeley who is a fantastic fiddler also plays 6 string bouzouki and he seems to have it nailed.

Do you have any idea where Alec gets his bouzoukis Kevin and are they expensive?? My own Greek one gave up the ghost many years ago, started to cave in, took me years to get a bouzouki I was eventually happy with after that, a Joe Foley large body which I still have.

John

[kmmando]

From this fellow John, I have one as well and they are excellent.

http://dekavalas.gr/en/musical-instr...rings-bouzouki

[Viola]

I ran across Dominique Riviere's Foggy Dew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4f7voIo-XU&fmt=18) some months ago and have taken a liking to his arrangements - a number of which he's posted on his website for me to... ah... poorly imitate on my own instruments. Eyes Closed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjaKbI8qLf8) gets "accidentally" stuck on replay.

[DougC]

I ran across Dominique Riviere's Foggy Dew

[Reinhardt]

Paul hathaway bouzouki/mandocello. Paul's instruments very reasonably priced. Never played one myself but Michael Holmes of dervish used to play one when the band started off. Sounds pretty good. Never trust a bouzouki player who wears a hat at a rakish angle! !!!! Only joking Dominique, just typical French flair! !!!

John

[Russ Donahue]

Daoiri and Creggan White Hare......ahhhhhhh......

[Mike Anderson]

Agreed! I used to think of Michael Holmes as "the Crump guy" but then I bought and watched Dervish's "Live at Johnny Fox's" DVD and lo and behold!



Which means he played one on some of my favourite tracks like "Cailin Rua" and "The Hungry Rock." Bit of custom work on his; GREAT sound!

Paul hathaway bouzouki/mandocello. Paul's instruments very reasonably priced. Never played one myself but Michael Holmes of dervish used to play one when the band started off. Sounds pretty good.

John

[Dagger Gordon]

A long time ago in the eighties I listened to Pat Kilbride's Rock and Roses LP a lot.
The very first track in particular had some lovely cittern. I doubt if he plays it that much now (mostly guitar?), but I don't really know.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003V9T4...pm_ws_tlw_trk1

[DougC]

I just thought of another player, somehow listening to Pat Kilbride brought this to mind...
Doc Rossi is a fine musician.

[jvkelly]

I usually associate Brian McNeill with the fiddle but he is also a superb CBOM player.

[DougC]

Ale Moller may have been mentioned, and we've covered most of the Irish / celtic CBOM players (right?). Anyway these two guys are having too much fun here and should be included.

[Nick Gellie]

Well you Donal Lunny fans here is a relatively unknown video about Donal Lunny' contribution to Irish music:

[Reinhardt]

Great Stuff Nic. Never saw that before. Love the clip of the Bothy Band especially. Just proves what I said at the start of the thread. Donal is a genius and changed the face of Irish Music forever!!!!!

John

[Paahto]

Some great players have been mentioned in this thread. My favourite traditional bouzouki player would probably be Eoin O'Neill. I'm very fond of his lightness and dynamics. On a contrary note, I love the chord progressions that Manus Lunny has produced over the years. There is a young player that hasn't yet been mentioned, however, and he lives close to Dublin - Ruairí McGorman. He's a great fiddle player also and from a well-known musical family. He's clearly a big Alec Finn fan as this clip demonstrates. As a side note, Aidan Connolly is top notch too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdEefP2IEg

[Nick Gellie]

Well here is Eoin O'Neill with nice deft touch published in September this year with Brid O'Gorman:

[Mike Anderson]

Interesting that a new generation is picking up the trichordo now, first I saw was the bouzouki and banjo man in Mórga, Jonas Fromseier:

Some great players have been mentioned in this thread. My favourite traditional bouzouki player would probably be Eoin O'Neill. I'm very fond of his lightness and dynamics. On a contrary note, I love the chord progressions that Manus Lunny has produced over the years. There is a young player that hasn't yet been mentioned, however, and he lives close to Dublin - Ruairí McGorman. He's a great fiddle player also and from a well-known musical family. He's clearly a big Alec Finn fan as this clip demonstrates. As a side note, Aidan Connolly is top notch too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdEefP2IEg