{"product_id":"paahto-the-bull-the-123","title":"Paahto \u0026 The Bull - The 123","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaahto \u0026amp; The Bull is the guitar-duo project of Patrick \"Paahto\" Cummins and John Francis Flynn. Having met and played together since 2011\u003cbr\u003eand having cut their teeth at The Maple Hotel  on Dublin's Gardiner Street, Paahto and John helped form the Irish traditional group Skipper's Alley in 2013\u003cbr\u003eand would remain long-term sparring partners and an integral cog in Dublin's traditional and folk music communities.\u003cbr\u003eAs with any collaboration between these two players, Paahto \u0026amp; The Bull is beyond a meeting of two musical minds and encompasses a very personal element.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the covid-19 pandemic, the pair experimented with music on two guitars inspired by\u003cbr\u003ePaahto's interest in bluegrass flat-picking and John's very original approach to accompaniment.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with just an Instagram page to post some amateur material, Paahto \u0026amp; The Bull decided to take the project more seriously\u003cbr\u003eand gradually worked towards recording an album with the help of Brendan Jenkinson and Ben Rawlins.\u003cbr\u003eThe music of Paahto \u0026amp; The Bull is a very honest reflection of the unique kind of sound that Cummins and Flynn have\u003cbr\u003econsistently created with each other over the past fifteen years and, although one might have expected\u003cbr\u003etheir initial release to be a banjo\/guitar product, the lateral thinking that went into choosing a guitar duet\u003cbr\u003eis also very in line with the particular flavour of progressive that these lads strive for.\u003cbr\u003eTheir debut 10 track album, ‘The 123’ gets it’s name from the old Dublin bus route\u003cbr\u003ethat connected the two musicians' areas - passing by Paddy's home place on Errigal Road in Drimnagh\u003cbr\u003eat one end and terminating near St. Declan's Road, Marino on the other, where John grew up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CLADDAGH RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":54469796266311,"sku":"TRI-76627","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":54469796299079,"sku":"TRI-76628","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/paahto-the-bull-the-123","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}