Irish-Australian Accordion: Recordings of Joe Fitzgerald (30/8/83) and Sean McManus (31/8/83)

Unpublished
field recordings. One per side of cassette tape (CAS131). Side A: Graeme
Smith recording Joe Fitzgerald. 30 August 1983. Side B: Graeme Smith
recording Sean McManus. 31 August 1983. Australia.

Notes:

'Sean McManus.
Born Arigna, Co Roscommon 1942. Learned to play as child, aware of strong
musical tradtion in the area. Plays in local group as teenager. Emigrated to
London, 1958. Plays in the lively London-Irish music scene in pubs in Camden
Town, Highbury and others. Emigrated to Australia 1968. Joined one of the
first Irish music groups in Australia,
The Ramblers, active from 1970-5. Plays in various groups through 1970s and 1980s.'

Notes sent to MAMU by Graeme Smith in July 2020. See other recordings of
Joe Fitzgerald, also in this collection, for biographical notes.