Tommy Peoples
Tommy Peoples was an Irish fiddler who played in the Donegal fiddle tradition.Biography
Peoples was born near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, including The Bothy Band as well as performing solo from the late 1960s. He played in the fiddle style of East Donegal. After moving to Dublin in the 1960s, where he was employed as a Garda, he subsequently moved to County Clare and married Mary Linnane. The family lived in St 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.Discography
- The Bothy Band
Solo
- An Exciting Session with One of Ireland's Leading Traditional Fiddlers
- The High Part of the Road
- A Traditional Experience with Tommy Peoples: A Master Irish Traditional Fiddle Player
- The Iron Man
- Fiddler's Fancy: Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes Collected and Performed by the Irish Fiddle Legend
- Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle
- The Quiet Glen/An Gleann Ciuin
- Waiting for a Call
- Matt Molloy . Paul Brady . Tommy Peoples
With Paul Brady
- Welcome Here Kind Stranger
