6. Martin Wynne & John Frank Vesey
On 4th April 1987 John Frank Vesey, the great Sligo fiddle player, took the journey north from his home in Philadelphia to visit his good friend and fellow Sligo musician, Martin Wynne, who lived in New York. Vesey was accompanied on that journey by his friend Robin Hiteshew of Philadelphia, as he wanted Robin to record the meeting between the two musicians. Robin has the recording for almost 40 years and, to my great surprise and delight, he has now donated the master tapes to me for inclusion in my Archive. Robin also kindly allowed me to interview him, to include as part of the introduction to the recording, and he sent me one of the photos of the two musicians he took that day, to supplement the introduction to this historic recording.
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Photograph: ©Robin Hiteshew
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