Paddy Canny
Paddy Canny | |
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| Born | 1919 |
| Origin | Glendree, Cló Iar-Chonnachta |
Paddy Canny (1919 – 28 June 2008) was an
Canny captured the All Ireland fiddle championship in 1953 and was featured on the landmark 1959 recording, All-Ireland Champions: Violin. Although he stopped performing for large audiences in 1965, he returned briefly in the 1990s to record his critically acclaimed solo album, Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler.[1]
Biography
Canny was born in the
In 1946, Paddy and several other musicians— among them fellow fiddler P.J. Hayes, pianist Teresa Tubridy, and accordion player Joe Cooley— founded the
Paddy individually captured the All Ireland fiddle championship in 1953. In 1961, he married Philomena Hayes, the sister of his bandmate P.J. Hayes. Both Canny and P.J. Hayes were featured on the 1959 album, All-Ireland Champions: Violin, one of the first major commercial recordings of Irish traditional music. Paddy's rendition of the traditional song "Trim the Velvet" was the signature tune of the long-running radio program A Job of Journeywork. By the mid-1960s, however, Canny decided the band's demands were too much of a distraction from his farm (which he considered his primary occupation), and he left the band in 1965.[3]
In the early 1990s, Canny finally returned to the commercial music scene when he appeared on Gearóid OhAllmhuráin's Traditional Music From Clare and Beyond. Canny finally released his first solo album, Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler, in 1997. The album was named the year's top traditional album by The Irish Times.[3]
Canny died on 28 June 2008. He was predeceased by his wife, Philomena, and was survived by his daughters, Mary and Rita. A nephew, Martin Hayes, has captured the All Ireland fiddle championship six times and continues to record and perform traditional Irish music.[3]
Recordings
- All-Ireland Champions: Violin (1959), with P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, and Bridie Lafferty. Since re-issued as An Historic Recording of Traditional Irish Music from County Clare and East Galway.
- Traditional Music From Clare and Beyond (1996)
- Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler (1997)
- Meet Paddy Canny (2004)
References
- ^ a b Bill Lynch (ed.), Tulla Ceili Band Archived 2 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Set Dancing News, 2008. Originally published December 2002. Retrieved: 22 April 2009.
- ^ Notes in Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler [CD liner notes]. Clo Lar-Chonnachta, 1997.
- ^ a b c Champion fiddle player whose style was critically acclaimed, The Irish Times, 5 July 2008; retrieved 22 April 2009.
External links
- Irish Traditional Music Tune Index — background information on various tunes recorded by Paddy Canny
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