The concert at The Olympia in Dublin on Monday 22nd September 2008 will feature singers and musicians who sang and played with Jimmy over the years or were an influence or inspiration to him or visa versa.
In first name alphabetical order they are;
Anto Drennan, Bill Bergin, Bree Harris & Paul Fairclough, Brian Downey, Brian Dunning, Brian Harris, Brush Shiels, Café Orchestra, Carl Geraghty, Colm Querney, Christy Moore & Declan Sinnott, Ditch Cassidy, Don Baker, Ed Deane, Fran Breen, Fran Byrne, Frankie Lane, Garry O’Briain and Mairtin O’Connor, Gerry Hendricks, Greg Boland, Henry McCullough, Honor Heffernan, James Delaney, John Quearney, Kevin Malone, Martin Curry, Mary Stokes & Brian Palm, Mick Hanly, Mick Pyro, Nigel Mooney, Noel Bridgeman, Pat Farrell, Paul Brady, Paul Moore, Pete Cummins, Phillip Donnelly, Red Peters, Richie Buckley, Robbie Overson and Tommy Moore. Comperes include Eamonn McCann and Smiley Bolger.
Jimmy’s career spanned over five decades and during that time his innovative and original style of guitar playing was part of some of the best blues, rock, jazz, country and traditional music ever to come out of Ireland. He played blues with Red Peters and The Dublin Floating Blues Band, rock ‘n’ roll with Jangle Dangle, Ditch Cassidy’s Freak Show, Paul Brady’s band and with his own band, The Houseshakers. He played jazz with Hotfoot, country with Frankie Lane and he also accompanied Christy Moore, Mick Hanly and Finbar Furey. He wasn’t just versatile, he was excellent in all these different genres of music and as such was recognised and acknowledged as one of Ireland’s finest guitarists. |
