Gerry O'Connor (born 21 July 1960 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland) is a traditional tenor banjo player. As Earl Hitchener (music critic for the Wall Street Journal) said, Gerry O'Connor can be considered at the moment "the single best four string banjoist in the history of Irish Music".[1] He also plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar and tenor guitar.
Gerry O'Connor
Gerry O'Connor in 2014
Background information
Birth name
Gerald O'Connor
Born
(1960-07-21) 21 July 1960 (age 63) Portroe, Tipperary, Ireland
O'Connor released four solo albums and his third one, titled No Place Like Home was named by Irish Times as Number 1 Traditional/Folk album of the year in 2004. After the sudden death of banjo player Barney McKenna on 5 April 2012, he entered The Dubliners to complete the planned tour, until the final shows at Vicar Street in Dublin, on 28/29/30 December. Barney McKenna himself said, about Gerry O'Connor: "He's my best pupil ever".[2] Together with Eamonn Campbell, Patsy Watchorn and Seán Cannon, Gerry O'Connor plans to keep on touring in 2013 as The Dublin Legends.
Gerry O'Connor was one of four musicians brought together by blues rock singer/guitar player Joe Bonamassa to perform on a variety of instruments in a July 3, 2012 acoustic concert at the Vienna Opera House. None of the five had never worked together nor even met, until they arrived in Vienna where three days later they put on a live performance. The event was released on March 12, 2013 on CD&DVD/Blu-Ray titled An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House and in 2014 was broadcast on a PBS special.[3][4]
O'Connor mainly plays CGDA tuned tenor banjo, instead of the usual Irish tuning GDAE. He plays a David Boyle banjo on almost every tour since 1996, but usually records with an Epiphone Recording A banjo.[5]
Discographyedit
Time To Time, 1991
Myriad, 1998
No Place Like Home, 2004
High Up – Low Down, 2009
Referencesedit
^. Gerryoconnor.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^Peter Schittler (9 May 2013). "Official website". Patsy Watchorn. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^"An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House". Jbonamassa.com. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^"Bonamassa: An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^. Gerryoconnor.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
External linksedit
Gerry O'Connor official website
Patsy Watchorn (Dubliners Homepage)
January 01, 1970
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