Tommy Peoples

Tommy Peoples(20 September 1948 – 4 August 2018) was anIrish fiddlerwho played in theDonegal fiddle tradition.

Biography

Peoples was born nearSt Johnston,County Donegal,Ireland.He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, includingThe Bothy Bandas well as performing solo from the late 1960s. He played in the fiddle style of East Donegal. After moving toDublinin the 1960s, where he was employed as aGarda(member of the Irish police force), he subsequently moved toCounty Clareand married Mary Linnane (daughter of Kitty Linnane, long-time leader of theKilfenora Céilí Band). The family lived inSt Johnston.His daughter, Siobhán Peoples, is also a fiddler.

Peoples was the Traditional Musician In Residence at The Balor Arts Centre,Ballybofey,County Donegal. In July 2015, he launched a self-published book,Ó Am go hAm - From Time to Time.The book combines a fiddle tutor by Peoples, along with illustrations and a complete notation of 130 original tunes by Peoples. The book also includes many stories and incidents from his life and musical career. He died on 4 August 2018, aged 70.^[1]

Discography

With The Bothy Band

The Bothy Band(1975)

Solo

An Exciting Session with One of Ireland's Leading Traditional Fiddlers(1976)
The High Part of the Road(1976)[accompanied byPaul Brady]
A Traditional Experience with Tommy Peoples: A Master Irish Traditional Fiddle Player(1976)
The Iron Man(1985)[accompanied byDáithí Sproule]
Fiddler's Fancy: Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes Collected and Performed by the Irish Fiddle Legend(1986)[accompanied byManus Lunny]
Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle(released in 1993, but recorded in 1982)
The Quiet Glen/An Gleann Ciuin(1998)[accompanied by Alph Duggan]
Waiting for a Call(2003)