I read just now on another forum that the great Belfast fiddler/piper Sean McGuire has died. A real genius on the fiddle, like no one before or since, and a gent by all acounts as well.
Sean was an excellent piper too, I’ve a bit of him from the late 60s playing the pipes and it’s lovely, charming music.
Ooops, meant for this to be on the uilleann pipes forum.
Shocked.
A Hero of mine for many,many years.
Never really got the respect he should have from the “Pure Drop” crowd but even when he was having a bad day, and the rest were having a great day, there’s not one of them would see him for the dust.
The greatest fiddle player anywhere, anytime,bar none.
Nobody will ever come anywhere near him.
He retired for a while to have a Voice -box fitted after a battle with throat cancer but came back to record an album on Gael -Linn which was a showcase of his brilliance.
The Rialto…The Bees Wing..any reel you care to mention..he was the Man.
May he rest in peace.
We will never,ever see his like again.
Slan,
D.