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Johnny Connolly
was an Irish musician from
Connemara
, and one of Ireland's most prominent players of the
melodeon (one-row button accordion)
.
[1]
[2]
In a 2008
TG4
interview, Connolly described how he first took up the instrument: his parents left the children home at
Inis Bearachain
to go watch
currach
racing, and Connolly's sister showed him where their parents kept their melodeon locked up, which he commenced to play for the rest of the day, beginning his ties to the instrument.
[3]
[4]
Connolly has been described as "king of the melodeon", the best player of his generation, and catalyst for increased interest in the single-row melodeon in Irish music.
[5]
Connolly's son,
Johnny Og Connolly
, is a well-known player of the
Irish button accordion
.
[
citation needed
]
Discography
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- An tOilean Aerach
(1993)
- Drioball na Fainleoige
(1998)
- An Mileoidean Scaoilte
(2004)
References
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