Flanagan Brothers was an Irish music duo in New York composed of brothers Mike on banjo and Joe on diatonic accordion, who recorded extensively in the 1920s and 1930s, and performed in America's Irish dance halls. At times the band also included a third brother, Louis, on guitar or sometimes harp guitar.
Biographies
Joe was born in Philadelphia in 1894 and the family subsequently returned to Ireland. Louis was born in 1896 and Mike in 1897, both in Waterford. The whole family emigrated to America in 1911 and settled in Albany in New York State.
In 1918 Joe and Mike moved to New York City, Joe working as a clerk and Mike as a Furrier in the Hells Kitchen district. Other members of the family moved there later.
Discography
The Group
- 1979 The Flanagan Brothers - Topic
- Tunes We Play on Paddy's Day - Copperplate
Compilations with Others
- 2010 Irish Dance Music - Topic
- 2010 Past Masters of Irish Dance Music - Topic
- 2010 Round The House and Mind The Dresser - Topic
In 2009 My Irish Molly O from The Flanagan Brothers was included in Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track seven on the third CD.
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