Matty Talty - A Musical Concierge From County Clare

[Bruce McCaskey]

Did anyone else notice the recent New York Times article about Matty Talty?

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/nyregion/matty-talty-a-musical-concierge-from-county-clare.html?_r=0

[Frank Dudgeon]

Bruce,

 

That's a great article. Thanks for pointing us to it.

 

Frank

[Daniel Hersh]

Bruce,

 

That's a great article. Thanks for pointing us to it.

 

Frank

 

Indeed! And it even includes video!

[Doug Barr]

Matty is a great guy...fun to be around and to listen to his stories, and he still has a handshake like a pair of vice - grips. I get to play with him once in a while when I make to the Landmark.

We should all be so lucky to be 91 and still going out to pubs to play.

[maki]

Thanks Bill.

Wonderful article.

[Dowright]

It's fair to say that the International Concertina Association (ICA) got to Matthew Talty before the New York Times and with more information about him. See my article co-authored with his son (also Matthew): "The Old Man with the Cap: Matthew Talty and His Concertina," Concertina World (Magazine of the ICA), No. 455 (2013), pp. 2-7.

Edited October 28, 2014 by Dowright

[ceemonster]

Have enjoyed tunes, jokes and talk with Marty in the Catskills and in NYC. another example of the long-term benefits of the Concertina Life. From the NYT article linked by the OP

 

[[[The Particulars

 

Name Matty Talty

 

Age 91

 

Where He’s From Ennis, Ireland

 

What He Is Retired builder, concertina player

 

Telling Detail After 60 years of not playing, when he got an instrument in his 80s, he said, he could recall all the old songs. “They were all still in there,” he said, pointing to his head.]]]

Edited October 30, 2014 by ceemonster