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Drummer extraordinaire,
Jackie Moran, is at the core of Gan Bua's powerful delivery and no
nonsense, music-driven philosophy. A well-seasoned veteran of
international repute, Jackie adds his many years of knowledge and
experience to the mix, not to mention - those highly sought after
signature rhythms.
Born in Thurles, Co.
Tipperary, Jackie immigrated to Chicago with his family at age 10.
Displaying the intense zeal of a natural-born musician, he was firmly
ensconced in the Chicago Irish music scene by the young age of 14. Several
prestigious awards later, he'd proven his mettle in Ireland, as well.
Besides co-founding Gan Bua with Christy and Tim, Jackie has been a
founding member of many popular performing groups: The Drovers, Wilding,
The Otters, the Trinity Irish Dance Company. On the cutting edge of the
Irish music scene, he has toured with Riverdance, and has performed and
recorded with some of the top Irish musicians in the world, including
Kevin Burke, Dennis Cahill, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Martin Hayes, Paddy
Keenan, Larry Nugent, and John Williams, among others. Jackie's percussive
stylings have even been featured in a number of major motion pictures:
Backdraft (1991), Blink (1993), Traveller (1997), The Road to Perdition
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