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Thread #108932   Message #2272688
Posted By: BanjoRay
26-Feb-08 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: Going To The West Fest (Pembrokeshire)13-15 June
Subject: RE: Going To The West Fest (Pembrokeshire)13-15 June
Just seen this somewhere, from Dick Glasgow who runs the Old Time Music Forum:

Re: Johnny Moynihan - now an Old Timey-er?
Johnny and the band are based in East Clare, and I'm lucky enough to see them play every couple of months or so. They went by the Hillrockers last time I saw them, and they always play blinding sets.
The clawhammer player is Lena Ullmann, a Dutch lady believe, who's been in Ireland about thirty years - I seem to remember seeing her play in Galway in the early eighties. She was in Bohan's in Feakle just the other week, playing in a session with Pat O'Connor. She makes that banjo clawhammer look so effortless!
Frank Hall on fiddle is from Indiana, and is more recently arrived on these shores. He is an ex-Monk (See http://my.voyager.net/~bonhanno/monks.htm), and currently lectures at University of Limerick, possibly in Mathematics. AS well as fiddle, he plays some great old-timey guitar - on a small Martin, and I love his singing voice.
Johnny and Lena have been playing together for a few years now, usually with a third, but with this trio I think they have really got something special.

Ray