Roger Digby Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 I've been trying to find out some information on Harry Bluff, following Alan Day's posting. As yet I've no evidence that he played the concertina, but Peter Charlton has informed me that he worked under varias aliases one of which was an 'Irishman' , Will O'Patten!! Best wishes Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindizzy Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 ...he worked under varias aliases one of which was an 'Irishman' , Will O'Patten!! Aaargh ... reminds me of a rather fine and treasured vinyl LP that I have by the band Patti O'Doors Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilby Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Wasn't Annette Curtain in that band ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Were you thinking of the old blues guitarist Blind Cord Puller? Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 And that Irish brass player "Wind" O'Pane was in there somewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Harry Bluff... worked under varias aliases one of which was an 'Irishman' , Will O'Patten!! ... reminds me of a rather fine and treasured vinyl LP that I have by the band Patti O'Doors Wasn't Annette Curtain in that band ?! Were you thinking of the old blues guitarist Blind Cord Puller? And that Irish brass player "Wind" O'Pane was in there somewhere.... Those bring to mind a few more, but this is supposed to be a "family" forum. (And so it wouldn't do for the parents to discover that their kids already understand the puns I have in mind. ) But I do know a piper whose real name is Rick O'Shea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnrobinson Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 There was a fine Ulster piper called Tommy Gunn who had a son called Bren. Really. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Where I used to work in Taunton there were three brothers, Tim, Gerry and Billy Cann. Don't think they were musicians though. Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 (edited) I should probably be the last person to comment about strange names, I suppose.... However, and I know these sound corny, but they're true... When I lived in Bath, our next door neighbour's name was Teresa Green. Her husband, Mike, was a reasonable Irish box player (the instrument, that is, not the tree). And in Sydney I knew a fellow with the unlikely name of Alan Key. (And before any one else says it, yes, he had a big family, in fact there was a whole bunch of them....) MC Edited July 6, 2006 by malcolm clapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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