John Carty and Francis Gaffney at the Philadelphia Irish Center, November 2006

First, fiddle.

Then flute.

All brilliant—but not until John Carty picked up his banjo did I know precisely how brilliant he could be.

Accompanied by Francis Gaffney on guitar, Carty coaxed barks and yips and angry power chords out of that banjo, sounds the like of which I’d never heard before.

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Photos by Jeff Meade

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items are from 08 Nov 2006.