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It all started on my Father's knee, listening to him play the harmonica and singing and playing the button accordion and my Mother would dance around the kitchen.
Listening to Ceili House Radio Eireann on Saturday night. I knew back then what I was going to do.

I had to pay my dues in construction and destruction, underground and overground etc,, also.

Started the harmonica when I was 5 and got my first guitar at age 12 also I learned to play trombone, I was a big Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dixieland Jazz and also Country/Bluegrass fan of course by this time, although I've never stopped loving the old irish ballads that I grew up with.

Wrote my first song when I was 14 "My Silverbridge Home" which I later recorded.
Susan McCann also recorded this song as "My Forkhill Home" on her "Sentimental Journey" Album.
She later recorded another song of mine called "Love Me One More Time"
She received a platinum disc for sales of the album. I was delighted to have my song on board.

Bought my younger brother Nick an acoustic guitar for Christmas when he was 15 and within 6 months we were a duet, then we joined up with Pat Hogan Bass Guitar/5 string Banjo and travelled about playing Country and Bluegrass music mostly. I went back solo after a few years with the boys, I needed to travel,
although later my brother ended up traveling more than me. He is still going strong and also promoting a lot of shows for people like Gene Watson, Moe Bandy
and many more

A few years later I joined up with "High Noon" with Peter Murphy R.I.P. (Fiddle, Bass, Accordion) his brother John Murphy R.I.P. (Drums, Fiddle, Accordion)
Teddy Campbell (Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals) and Martin Campbell (Drums, Vocals)
We were kept very busy around home (Silverbridge, Co Armagh) and surrounding Counties. The High Noon Band also joined up every Wednesday night with such players as Sean McGeeney, Tubby Corway both from "The Wranglers" (John Glenns Band) Basel Hendricks (Philomena Begley's Band) and John McHugh, who was with "The Travelers" at the time (Big Tom's Band) @ The Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co Louth. The show went out live on "Radio Carousel" with Hugh Hardy R.I.P.  It was pretty scary sometimes, although it always seemed to go well and got us a lot of good press and radio play and the crowds where terrific, they really loved to dance.  
They were some of the best times ever !!!

Started to travel a little farther away from home and get more into my writing mode. Spent a lot of time performing in Switzerland (About 7 months a year),
Scotland, Wales, England, Shetland Isles, and of course U.S.A. Actually I lived on the road for quite a few years, my home was the back of my van for a lot of that time.    
They were some more good times !!!
I was lucky enough to have people like Daniel O' Donnell, Susan McCann, John Glenn, Kevin Prendergast,
Sean Wilson and a few more to record my songs.
More recently Nathan Carter and Margo O' Donnell have recorded some of my songs.
 

  

 

I am so delighted that "Margo O' Donnell" one of my hero's
has just recorded 2 of my songs on her latest CD "Stories In Song" !!!
 
"My Dear Father I've Loved You" (also on the single)
and
"The Old Roofless House"

 October 2010 Margo O' Donnell came to visit here in Chicago and while she was here, I played her another song I had written
a while ago titled "He Wished Me Merry Christmas" She liked the song and as soon as
we had a cup of tea, we went down to my studios and recorded it as a duet.
It is now one of the tracks on her New Duet CD "Margo & Friends" which is now released. 

Thank you Margo, I feel very honored to be considered to sing a duet with you.
You are a true friend, it feels so good to be on an album along