My own earliest influence on the guitar was my older brother Mark. At a time when I was too young to visit the local folk club as it was held in a pub, my then-teenage brother used to manage to get in. He'd  come home armed with the latest song or tune whereupon I'd promptly pinch it! In recent years Mark's made two CDs at the OBM studio - Stories and Routes. They're both available from our online shop. Details on Mark's page.

I've added mp3s to all the CD pages. All you need to do is click on the link just underneath the sleeve of the album and your player of choice - Real Player/Windows Media Player/Quicktime etc -  should start playing the track automatically after the download's complete. My plan is to change them from time to time - every couple of months or so.

Another growing page is the photo-gallery. Still a rudimentary affair, it's one of those pages that we'll add pictures to as we go along. Máire and I have been to so many fantastic places, but until fairly recently never took a camera with us. Carrying a harp, guitar and a couple of suitcases meant it was utterly impractical to carry a 35mm camera with all the associated lenses as well. Then along came the relatively tiny digital camera! Now we have no excuse, and take it with us (almost) always.

The New Zealand trip in October 2003 was such a photogenic affair that it has a page to itself. So has Fiji.

Here's a free guitar lesson! And a sample tune from my Adventures with a Flatpick book.

Wherever you are in the site just click the Go to shop links to visit the secure online store.

Thanks for your patience. Please get in touch if you find something that doesn't work!