Another wonderful set of Photos of the young Andy Irvine, in a concert with Mick Hanly. These two made a great team, so surprised they never actually made an album together, although Andy did play on Mick's ' Black water side ' Album. A special Thanks to my ol' friend Dieter for these.

I love this photo, wonderful stuff. It is a classic photo of Andy and his Greek Bouzouki. I am not sure of the make of Greek Bouzouki he used to play, but he bought one in Greece in 1969 and he actually gave it to Donal Lunny. I have seen photos of Donal with a Greek bouzouki and this may very well be the one that he is clutching to his chest on the cover of the 'Prosperous' album. Wonderful !

Here is a photo of Andy and his famous Hurdy Gurdy. The hurdy Gurdy was made by Peter Abnet the bouzouki maker, I think. I think Andy was also one of the first people to play the Hurdy Gurdy in Irish music. It is a very difficult beast to control, but Andy can really make this thing sing.

Andy again here with his Greek Bouzouki, while playing the harmonic. He can come up with some wonderful sounds with the Bouzouki and Harmonica. In fact I actually really like the old Greek Bouzouki sound. You can just see mick Hanly tucked in behind him.

 

Thanks again for the Wonderful Photos by Dieter.