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Doug
Feaver
Doug Feaver is well-known throughout Southern Ontario after
having toured extensively for 25 years playing festivals,
concerts and clubs, and he has a strong and dedicated following.
Every show is a completely unique experience, and Doug's
compelling story-telling is as much a part of his show as
his music.
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He is a powerful and
passionate performer who plays his songs straight from the heart.
Feaver is famous for frenetic fret-work, his barnstorming harmonica
attack, and for his amazing ability to break strings, change them
at lightning speed, retune, and continue his song without ever stopping
the music!
Doug's
innate musicality and wide experience of musical styles provide
him with a large palette from which to work. Doug's strong, robust
vocals and his proud Canadian spirit come through in his original
songs. He also plays about a dozen instruments, and is in much demand
as a studio musician.
He
contributes his great guitar and harmonica playing, his unique drumming
and percussion, banjo, vocals, songwriting and arranging talents
to Scantily Plaid. Doug mixed, co-mastered and is the producer of
Scantily Plaid's first CD, "just checking in...".
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Paul
O'Brien
Born into an Irish
family but living in England, Paul became exposed to a whole
host of music and styles.
His first musical experience began at age of 8 when he learned
the bugle in the local Scout marching band and then the
Trumpet, Eb Horn and finally settling on the French Horn,
which he studied at Music College.
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At around 13 years of age Paul took an interest in the guitar
that was hanging on the wall of the living room as an ornament.
Listening to Irish bands like the Furey Brothers and the legendary
Christy Moore, Paul developed a style and technique on the guitar
that enabled him to pursue a career in Celtic music.
At
16 he formed his first band, which included his 13 year old brother
Aidan on banjo. The band made an album and played regularly around
Birmingham.
As well as Irish bands, Paul also formed a reggae band and a pop
band.
From
school Paul went on to study classical music, and from there went
to folk music, joining local bands and playing folk music for
a living. He has played in France, Germany, Scandinavia, Middle
East, USA, England and Ireland Scotland and Wales, and appeared
on television and radio shows.
As
well as a player of traditional music, Paul has always been a
songwriter. He has recorded 2 solo albums of his own material
and plans a third this year. He has recorded 12 childrens albums
that have sold in excess of 90 thousand copies, and has been part
of 8 other album projects.
As
a teacher Paul has taught privately and within schools for over
15 years, now teaching all over Vancouver Island and at Celtic
Camps. He teaches Celtic guitar accompaniment, and tunes, as well
as Irish bouzouki and Bodhrán.
Recording
an album of original songs with Juno nominee Joby Baker in 2006
has recently taken Paul all over BC and into Alberta. The album
features some of the best musicians in Canada and has been featured
extensively on CBC radio.
Back
in England Paul was a regular session player on the Celtic circuit
playing with All Ireland champions Joe Molloy on tenor banjo and
ace Lunasa flute player Kevin Crawford. Since coming to Canada
in 2004 Paul regularly plays with fiddlers Daniel Lapp and Calvin
Cairns.
New
projects for Paul include a trio called Triska, which is a Celtic
and Ukrainian mixture of genres.
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