So Many Times

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Cork based Kevin & Geraldine Gill have been involved in playing Bluegrass music for the past 20 years. Meeting at a Doc Watson concert in Dublin in 1984, they went on to front The Rusty String Band and were founder members of The Last Chance Bluegrass Band, they also play with the band Grass Roots. Kevin and Geraldine have performed at many major festivals in Ireland and supported such prominent acts as Bala Fleck & Jerry Douglas, The Seldom Scene, High Country and Bob Paisley. At present Kevin is also the dobro player with The Lee Valley String Band and recently they performed with their two sons Cian and Donal as The Gill Family Band.

Kevin presents a regular radio show Bluegrass And Beyond each Monday on CUHFM and is webmaster for the Bluegrass In Ireland website www.bluegrassireland.com

The Gill's debut CD So Many Times, features 13 tracks with a mix of traditional bluegrass numbers. Included are four covers of the likes of the popular Louise Certain & Gladys Stacey composition "Some Old Days" and a slower version of the Louvin Brothers hit "My Babies Gone" written by Hazel Houser, plus a fine selection of nine numbers written by themselves. The title track "So Many Times" was the first songs that Kevin & Geraldine wrote together. Kevin has written the lyrics and Geraldine contributes the music for three of the numbers on the album, plus there are three more songs written by Kevin and three of his own instrumentals.

Kevin plays five-string banjo, dobro and mandolin and takes the lead vocals on "Self Destruct" and "Turn Of A Coin", while Geraldine plays flat picking guitar and bass and takes-up lead vocals on the remaining songs with Kevin neatly harmonising alongside. Geraldine's engaging vocals ring out clear and pure as she steers us through a sensitive path of heartfelt emotions, with well-scripted lyrics and sweet melodies that will last a lifetime. Kevin and Geraldine Gill have a very worthy debut album with So Many Times, including a first-class selection of songs and instrumentation of the highest quality.