TIM EDEY

Tim Edey is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after session musicians in the Celtic / Irish folk music arenas. Based in the South East of England, Tim has played with some of the greatest musicians and bands on the folk music scene. Born in Whitstable, Kent to Irish / Welsh parents. Tim Edey first played a piano at the age of four, moving on to the accordion at the age of six! Whistle, Trumpet and Bodhran followed. At the age of fourteen after a roller-skating accident in which Tim broke his wrist he took up playing the melodeon.

Tim leant to play a lot of Irish / Celtic music from his family and Enda McCabe an Irish musician from nearby Faversham. Tim was to make several trips to Ireland with Enda as a member of his band whilst still a teenager.

At the age of seventeen Tim recorded his first solo album with the legendary guitarist and producer Steve Cooney, this self financed album was recorded at Steve's studios in Dingle Ireland and features Mary Shannon on Banjo, Mandolin and Beth Patterson on American bouzouki, with Steve Cooney producing. Whilst in Ireland Tim took up playing the Guitar after some encouragement and some lessons with his friend and producer Steve Cooney. Tim then joined the band Red Ciel featuring Flooks' guitarist Ed Boyd and toured the UK and Norway meeting up with with Capercaillie's Michael McGoldrick in Manchester with whom he did a few gigs. At the age of seventeen was progressing as a Melodeon player and Guitarist, his proficiency particularly with the DG Melodion, was considered to be unmatched by other well known Irish musicians playing Irish music on a diatonic instrument in any key in the style of his heroes Dermot Byrne, Seamus Begley, Mairtin O'Conner and of course Sharon Shannon.

At 18 Tim travelled to Sweden and Finland as the Guitarist with the hugely successful "Irish Folk Ballet Company" followed by performances on the Baltic Sea cruising circuit and the European touring circuits, playing to sell out shows in Sweden, Finland and Norway. During this time Tim devoted time to learn the art of recording and engineering from many of the passing musicians and bands.

Y2K saw Tim touring the UK, Scotland, Wales, USA and Norway with the popular traditional Irish and Scottish band Anam as their box player and guitarist. March 2000 saw Tim's' biggest break yet when he joined Sharon Shannon and the Woodchoppers for a full Irish and UK tour as guitarist, during this time Tim was playing such venues as The Royal Albert Hall, Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and The Arches in Glasgow. He was also involved in the Celtic Flame tour playing alongside the Hothouse Flowers and Paul Brady at the Royal Albert Hall. Later the same year saw Tim joining the Michael McGoldrick Band and Trio at a huge Galician Festival in Spain (with members of Capercaillie), Dublin's National Concert Hall and the Mull of Kintyre festival followed by recording with Mike McGoldrick in Manchester. This was followed by a short spell touring Germany with the sensational Irish dance show "To Dance to the Moon" before joining one of Europe's biggest Irish dance shows "Magic of the Dance", Tim stayed with this show for nearly a year touring most of Europe on a mostly sold out tour as Lead Melodeon and Accordeonist as well as playing the Guitar.

Tim has recently been recording with Capercaillie's Donald Shaw and Charlie McKerron for the BBC Scotland TV series "Gruath Is Uachdar", a gaelic series and a CD album. He is currently a member of the band Session a9 with Capercaillie's Charlie McKerron and Wolfstone's fiddler Duncan Chisholm and Gordon Gunn, Kris Drever and Adam Sutherland of Croft No. 5. Tim's latest solo album is "Daybreak" on Gnatbite Records. Daybreak features Michael McGoldrick and Lucy Randall and has been featured twice on Mike Hardings BBC Radio 2 programme as well as other radio stations throughout the UK and Ireland. Tim also play with local Kentish based band "Monkey Puzzle" with Lucy Randall, Laura Targett and Pete Gazey.

Instruments played: Guitar, Melodeon, Accordion

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