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Gordon McLeod

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

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Gordon McLeod has been performing professionally on fiddle and guitar for over 30 years. Gordon  tours and performs regularly with  McLeod Nine, a folk-roots duo with his wife Christy, and with the well-known Celtic-roots band  Beyond The Pale. He is a long time member of the Irish music community in Texas and regular participant in Irish music sessions in the DFW area with the Trinity Hall Session Players. He has traveled to Ireland regularly  for over 20 years to play traditional Irish music and has studied  with many notable Irish fiddle experts. Gordon has released a solo Irish fiddle CD , “Just Fiddlin’”. He has also produced  seven CDs with  Beyond The Pale and two with McLeod Nine  as well as  solo recordings , “Dog Year” and “Daddy G and His Amazing Swingtet” as well as numerous other recordings as a studio musician. In addition to his love of traditional Irish music, Gordon enjoys playing many other styles including Gypsy Jazz ,  Americana, and folk. He is an award winning songwriter  and has been selected as Finalist along with Christy McLeod for the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriting Competition for 2019.  He is the co-director of the O’Flaherty Irish Music Youth Camp, and is a past president of the Traditional Irish Music Education Society

In addition to performing music, Gordon owns and operates a recording studio and produces recordings of all types of acoustic music.  He has produced over 50 full length recording projects for independent artists including the instructional CDs for The O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat and Youth Camp.

Gordon
McLeod

Former Instructor – Fiddle Fundamentals | Guest Concert Performer | Lively Session Leader

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014

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