The highly acclaimed Guitar virtuoso and Composer will headline at the New Ross Guitar Festival on July 21. “Pat Coldrick is one of the best guitar players in the world", well, that is according to legendary folk musician and Dubliner’s founder member John Sheehan. Another legendary folk musician Finbar Furey would echo that sentiment and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh wouldn’t disagree either!“What a great player, I thought I was safe, love his style!” Some endorsement! As we say in Ireland, "Some man for one man!” The seed for Pat Coldrick’s last album, "Ophelia" was planted on the morning of October 16, 2017.
Hurricane Ophelia, the worst storm to hit Ireland in half a century, raged across the country leaving a trail of destruction and misery in its wake with winds of almost one hundred miles per hour and torrential unceasing rain! But, in this case, the clouds did have a silver lining and left a bright sparkling legacy of beautiful music - the album “Ophelia” which continues to illuminate and inspire. It also produced a now legendary instrument “Ophelia” an electrified Spanish style guitar whose cord was cut on the morning of the great storm and delivered to expectant parents, Pat Coldrick and friend, budding Luthier, Dermot Quinlan, who together, handcrafted the instrument from scratch from Madagascan rosewood and spruce. The newborn Ophelia would prove to be quite a prodigy, surprising both creators with its deep resonance and bright tonal quality.
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