The marriage between Irish melodies and African rythmes may be "crossover" but it works out extremely well in Black Paddy. Performed by musicians that love playing together this strange brew has a unique vibe.
B A N D M E M B E R S
Tony McCarrick: flute / vocals / irish bouzouki / bodhran
Tony is Irish brought up in Sligo in the west of Ireland. He has been with many traditional Irish constellations, last one was "Next Stop Sligo". Obviously Tony is the backbone and keeper of tradition on the Irish side of this band.
Jimmy Friedman: electric violin / vocals
Jimmy is an American Jew, which comes out strongly when playing with his other band, "Sabbath Hela Veckan" (Swedish for: "Sabbath All Week"). "Sabbath" goes touring all over Europe. Jimmy has also been touring with performance artist Laurie Anderson.
Prince Jeff: talking drum / djembe / vocals
Prince Jeff is a prince, his father being a Nigerian Chief. Former member of The Nigerian National Troup he danced and played african drums.
Per Boysen: guitar
Boysen has played guitar and saxophone with some of Swedens most wellknown artists and toured Europe and Asia. As a producer he has been working together with Eric on different african artist projects. Also managing his own company for music production, workshops on "Internet music" and coediting FUZZ, Scandinavias leading Guitar Player Magazine.
Eric Forsmark: drums / percussion
Eric was brought up in West Africa and has been playing with more or less wellknown artists and bands for more than twenty years. In the nineties he has also, besides a "civil career", been working together with Boysen as a music and artist video producer. Produced some music for exhibitions and television as well.
Hasse Thorén: electric bass
Hasse comes from a jazz, funk and rock background. Together with the two skin bashers he is providing a heavy foundation for the rest of the band. He is a pure Swedish guy.
The marriage between Irish melodies and African rythmes may be "crossover" but it works out extremely well in Black Paddy. Performed by musicians that love playing together this strange brew has a unique vibe.