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Article: Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule: Snug in a Blanket.(Brief Article)
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- September 22, 2004
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PADDY O'BRIEN, JAMIE GANS, DAITHI SPROULE Snug in a Blanket Black Tea Tunes 012
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These two collaborative ventures take the concept of musical jam and raise it to the level of fine preserves.
Paddy O'Brien squeezes so much rollicking energy and volume out of his instrument that one could label it "barrelhouse accordion." So powerful are his tones that it's sometimes hard to believe that he's playing aside just fiddle (Gans) and guitar (Sproule). On mighty reel sets like "McGettrick's," "The Maid in the Cherry Tree," and "Brisk Bob," these three top-drawer musicians are evocative ...