Bobby Gardiner's road from Lisdoonvarna has taken him many miles from his native Clare, first to New York in the 1960s and since the mid seventies to South Tipperary. A regular member of the Bru Boru troupe, a legendary box player, teacher and recording artist, his name is spoken in hushed tones by those who know a thing or two about the Irish accordion. His latest CD, The Clare Shout, was recorded at his home with just one microphone on a portable DAT machine (shades of the Tommy Peoples experience here). All the accordion tracks are first takes, only the backing instruments were laid down later. It's an own label production, and Bobby is happy to have control over the process.
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