Button Accordion player Damien McKee - Irish Jigs

[PatrickM1996]

love this style!

[PatrickM1996]

love this style!

[commisaro]

Can someone confirm what tuning of accordion this is? I believe it is B/C, but I'm not sure.

[mininowa]

@commisaro

Those tunes are in C, A and E (major).

I'd be glad as well to have some informations about that button box.

I really know nothing about that, is it chromatic or diatonic ?

[Stargreened]

@mininowa It looks like a Saltarelle Nuage to me in the key of B/C. I like the black colour of this box as they usually come in light cherry wood effect. He has it tuned very "dry" indeed as opposed to "wet" sound of the old Paolo Soprani's that you hear.

It's all a matter of taste but i just prefer the reeds to be tuned more apart from each other to give it a few cents of beat which results in the "wetter" sound.

Still cracking box player here though.

[johnkeppel90]

Met Damien last Monday night. Great craic.

[eugenemckenna09]

he unrealethalegendary

[paint4dave]

Great Site. Do you know Richie Kelly, Irish Accordionist? anybody? Please write me how to find him in Ireland. Dave

[comhdhaildancer]

superb playing!

[BlackFolkAndPiano]

lovely playing and lovely people :) met them on a gig in italy... Beoga is a great band, and they are really nice lads

[bdcgm]

Great playing!

By the way, rumor has it the first tune isn't by Paddy Fahy, but by John Whelan.

[prophetofdelphi2]

i can't understand a goddamned word he's saying.

[bmaxc15]

that last jig - wow

[petrfiddle]

lovely - I hadn't that Paddy Fahys jig before.

nicely played

Petr

[lollypoplauraable]

Hve his dancind cd!!a must have item!!!n de beoga one's!!!

[MrJackanthony]

Please tell me why the movie is not loading in my flash player? I have 10.0. There is no play button in any video?

I wanna watch this

[nucklejam]

Damien played by request at my mother funeral. Such a great player, and a friend of the family.

[1970mymusic]

lovely stuff i love the timing of those jigs ,perfect.

[offalymusical]

Its fingers like those i need not the accordion.... HA!! Lovely selection lads

[YerNawWiseSir]

ahahahah. he lives beside me :)

[teresa9029]

That was lovely...thanks

[cadenza91]

Yeeeeow!

[calumbo90210]

oh yeah, great playin btw, makes me wana get up nd do a wee jig in ma room :)

[calumbo90210]

where can i get a squesebox lek that 1

[SailingukNet]

What can I say! FORKIN SO COOL, cheers to ya both. Im 17 miles offshore on the boat chilling out alone and found ya on youtube. Well done for making me well happy. Bravo Bravo....

[peruginni]

lovely playing! thanks!

[imb4u8]

Fantastic!

Thanks

[BonneauEric]

verryverry nice music Damien thank

Eric Bonneau

[JohnMcPhersonStrutt]

Love It ! !

[GreyOwl567]

Love it.

doesn't matter which accordion dies out as long as the players keep on like this one.

Gerard

[GreyOwl567]

I don't think it matters much which one dies out as long as the players keep sounding like this one.

Gerard

[BarrNaCnoic]

Great playing, had the pleasure of meeting Damian many years ago, Up Dunloy :-)

Derry admirer

[tedrickenator]

Love it - just like the recording with Liam Bradley! Thanks!

[ReelKate]

My daughter had the biggest crush on Sean Og when he used to play our San Francisco area feiseanna. I love these guys - pleazzzze come back to play for our dancin'

[boxtubeman]

Lovely playing - is it a C#/D Box? - and is the B/C Box dying out in Irish music? Cheers.

[boxplayer2]

of course not - if n e thing, its the c#/d box thats dying out

[dinn2liam]

and pity its not the other way around ;)

[fiddle4u]

Great Antrim Player and a great friend of mine

Well done - Damien,,,,

jim,,,

[mechanic200]

cool.

[JohnDM1946]

Great tunes - superb playing.