Peter
Carberry
Peter Carberry hails from
the Holla, in County Longford. He is a highly
accomplished accordion and banjo player. Peter
emigrated to Manchester in the late 1960’s
where he played with the likes of Felix Doran,
Michael Gorman, Des Donnelly Senior and later
had a hand in teaching Mike McGoldrick and Dezi
Donnelly and others. Peter lost the top of the
second finger on his right hand in a freak accident.
Undaunted, he compensated by playing second-finger
parts with his third finger.
In recent
years, Peter radically changed his accordion
playing style. He swapped the established
B/C style for the old-style 'press-and-draw'
Csharp/D style on advice from friend and
virtuoso player, Martin O'Connor. On the
"Memories from the Holla" album,
Peter plays a B/C box, but with Csharp/D
fingering. One would expect a flatter
general response, given that the tunes
are presented a full tone flatter than
normal. The opposite is true in fact,
the music flows throughout.
Peter in turn took to
playing the tenor banjo as well, like
his father Kevin, with remarkable results.
Peter's family were immersed in Irish
traditional music with Peter following
in his father Kevin's footsteps and Peter's
uncle, Peter Carberry Senior is also an
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Peter has that extremely
rare talent for 'making tunes his own'. He can
turn the most prosaic tune inside out and present
it rejuvenated, with his own inimitable stamp
on it, regardless of the instrument he is playing.
Like great singers, he can vary the tune to
hold your interest.
Now living in Galway, Peter is an integral part
of the thriving Galway traditional music scene.
"Accordion
player Peter Carberry is simply one of the finest
musicians I know; this is a view I have held
for over twenty-five years."
Dónal Maguire
Contact
Details:
Contact: Peter
Carberry
Telephone: +353 91 529972
Email: petercar@eircom.net
URL: www.geocities.com/peter_carberry
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