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 Charlie McGettigan's Profile |
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New Album Stolen Moments Release September 15th |
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| Location: | Drumshanbo, Leitrim |
| Country: |  Ireland |
| Last Login: | Oct 1, 2007 (807 days back) |
About Me |
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| Charlie McGettigan - A Profile.Charlie McGettigan started his musical career in the 1960s heavily influenced by artists like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and all the high profile names of that period. He played everything from ballrooms to the then emerging pub scene so that he could gain experience at all levels of the entertainment industry. When he moved to Dublin in 1968 he honed in on the thriving folk scene there at that time. His influences then were people like Paul Brady, Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine and, having played electric guitar up to then, he purchased his first acoustic guitar concentrating on developing the finger picking style, which is now his stock in trade.Moving to the rural environment of Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim in 1973, Charlie formed the highly successful Jargon group, which went on to win the prestigious Letterkenny Folk Festival, following in the footsteps of bands like Clannad and Pumpkinhead. This win led to a recording contract with Polygram records and the release of Jargons first single Bailieboro and Me. The band went on to record two more singles and then Charlie went on to pursue a solo career. During the following years Charlie worked with artists like Maura O Connell and Eleanor Shanley who both recorded many of Charlies songs including I dont know how you do it, Feet of a dancer, A bed for the night, If anything happened to you and others. He released two solo albums - Songs of the night and Charlie McGettigan - before joining forces with Paul Harrington and Brendan Graham to win the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with Rock n Roll Kids. He recorded Rock n Roll Kids The Album with Paul Harrington but the duo went their separate ways shortly after its release.Charlie has since pursued a solo career releasing the albums , In Your Old Room and Family Matters. He tours extensively both In Ireland and in many other countries. His songs have been recorded by many other artists including De Dannan, Mary and Frances Black, Ray Lynam, Daniel O Donnell, Hal Ketchum, Maura O Connell and Eleanor Shanley to name but a few.These days Charlie tours regularly In Ireland and in other countries, in a solo capacity and with Irish comedy great, Niall Toibin. Down the years he has made many TV appearances in Ireland and elsewhere and has presented his own TV and radio specials for RTE and the BBC.In November 2005 Charlie travelled to Nashville, Tennessee to work with the legendary producer Bil Vorndick. With Bil he recorded an album of thirteen tracks for release in September 2006. Bil has been nominated for no less than 42 Grammy Awards and has worked with artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Marty Robbins, James Taylor and Alison Krauss.Top acoustic musicians, Randy Kohrs ( Dobro) Aubrie Hainie (Fiddle/Mandolin), Mark Fain (Bass) Pete Huttlinger (Guitars), Sam Levine(Clarinet), Pat McInerney (Drums/ Percussion), Patti Mitchell and Chip Davis (Vocals) participated in the recordings over a four-day live session. The album contains new songs by Charlie and some written in collaboration with other writers.Charlie presents his own radio programme " The Saturday Connection" on Shannonside/ Northern Sound Radio every Saturday between 10am and 12.00 noon. The programme is an eclectic mix of music, what's on and sport with special guests every week playing and singing live on the show. Previous guests have included Niall Toibin, Eleanor Shanley, Kieran Goss, Bela Fleck and many others. You can receive Shannonside / Northern Sound on FM 94.8, FM 97.2 and FM 104.1 | |
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Music:Member Since: 6/23/2006Band Website: charliemcgettigan.com Band Members: Charlie McGettiganSinger/Songwriter Record Label: Wood Records / Jargon Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Country) |
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Guitars - a continuing story |
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| Guitars Continued
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I wrote in a previous piece about my first guitar. In those days we didn't get our Christmas presents ... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:34:00 PST |
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Bundoran |
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| Bundoran 1964
I started my first summer job in early July 1964 at the Olympia Amusement Arcade, which imposed itself on the main street of Bundoran like some large Las Vegas gambling casino. Bundoran... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:45:00 PST |
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Guitars |
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| I have had a love affair with guitars since the late 1950s. It's hard to explain what it is about them but how my life has panned out was largely governed by my involvement with guitars and guit... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST |
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The Narrow Gauge Railway |
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| The Narrow Gauge
I was blessed to live opposite the CDR Narrow Gauge Railway station on the Donegal Road in Ballyshannon when I was growing up. As children it was a huge part of our lives. The statio... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:40:00 PST |
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The Circus |
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| The day the circus came to town.
When we were children the arrival of the circus in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, where I grew up, was one of the biggest events of the year. Our winter entert... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:02:00 PST |
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Jeans |
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| Jeans Forty-three years wearing them.
I think the first pair of denim jeans I ever saw must have been in the film
Jailhouse Rock when Elvis Presley cavorted about the screen with his jailbird... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:59:00 PST |
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Wireless Days |
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| Wireless Days
Growing up in the 1950s in a small Irish town the wireless was possibly the biggest thing in our lives. From morning till night the wireless was on and our lives revolved ar... Posted by Charlie McGettigan on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:52:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Gareth Pearson, Tadhg Cooke, Tony Kerr, Paul Mulligan, Carmel Sheerin & The Ravens, Cat Malojian, Maurice, The Glens Centre, Gillian Welch, Buddy Mondlock, Maura O'Connell, Briege Murphy, Michael, Labhaoise, Nuala McCormick, jack, Betty Joyce, Christopher, The Official "BREEGE" MySpace page, Emersons Kitchen, Mary Kathleen Burke, KEVIN CONLON . Kilroy Waz Here!, Donal Donohoe, Heloise Love, The Craic....on Exite FM with Paul Cullen, Alan Reid and Rob van Sante, Gerry Lane, Anto Drennan, Ami, Pat+Mary-SHARKEYS IRELAND, sweetwater jade, Jochen Vogel, George Scholz, Peter Moore, Sarah, Alcove, Uisce Gorm, Luan Parle, Davy Cherry, New Music Club, TWIN, Peter Miller, enda, Donnacha Toomey, William / IRISH WAYS RADIO PROGRAMME FLORIDA, Tara, Jackie Barnett, Julie, teamhair, Philip Begley, Ceol, Darren Farrell
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