P J Conlon CD and Booklet

[michael sam wild]

For those interested in Squeezed Irish traditional music Claddagh have in stock a 2 CD and 44 page booklet on PJ Conlon the melodeon/accordion player from Milltown Galway who located in America in the 1920s. (OTR 1040 TR105). His old 78s have been remastered.

 

 

 

He was very influential and we've discussed elsewhere why the concertina didn't catch on or stay in common use in America as the 'Box' did. William Mullally on Angloseems to have had success but not as much as the box players.