Japan-born, -raised and -returned Canadian-American residing in Tokyo for last sixteen years. I really miss the many friends in Toronto, Canada & elsewhere in the western world..
I love to play & accompany on fiddle, bouzouki, cittern, mandolin, guitar, piano, piano accordion, whistles, flute, bodhran, give or take.. Main instruments these days are fiddle, piano accordion and cittern. Real pianos are a bit scarce but also a great pleasure with a few melody players gathered around.
Started playing ITM as an accompanist but soon realized that knowing the tunes made all the difference.
I play Irish music mostly but also some Cape Breton, French-Canadian, original & other genres. I also love working out parts for & accompanying original songs.
I met my first Irish musicians in Toronto, subsequently many other places..too many to mention, who lifted me up musically, especially in the eastern half of North America. Eight trips to Ireland in 1989 & yearly 1999-2005 and 2007, three times to Cape Breton in 1992, 2002 & 2007 were all inspiring.
Of course any job has its drudgery, politics and personalities to deal with (and others to deal with mine <grin>, but I've been privileged to play, teach, & tune pianos, somehow do music for a living for the last 28 years.. To have been able to continue in Tokyo was a pleasant surprise.
I welcome your correspondence or visit to Tokyo, where I play in bands Paddy Field and Cuckoo Jam, also lead monthly sessions at the Shibuya Dubliners and Tachikawa County Clare pubs.
Tunes in jimmydearing's tunebook: 0
| Sonny's | mazurka | July 29th 2008 |
| The FootNiK | August 30th 2005 |
| Tunes | Thanks, sleuths all! | July 29th 2008 |
| Tunes | Sonny's Mazurka No.63 | July 29th 2008 |
| Tunes | Garrett Barry's (hornpipe) | July 29th 2008 |
| Discussions | Re: Machinegun strumming | June 9th 2008 |
| Tunes | Chieftains settings- hop jig, three-two OR mazurka ( not slip-jig ;-). | May 24th 2008 |