Of course it was more a toy than an instrument (my parents were very humble in those days, my father being a ballad singer -) but I learned myself to play "Tom Dooley" on it. What do you remember about your first instrument?Īs I wanted to play guitar when I was 6 years old, my parents, then living in Ireland, bought me a plastic ukulele for Christmas. As a member of Urs Leimgruber´s Ensemble Bleu he also played with Francoise Kubler, Louis Sclavis, Hans Koch.Ĭhristy Doran's New Bag - Three Punk Chords Tango He played in a trio with Marilyn Mazur and Kim Clarke, as well as with Sibylle Pomorin´s Augeries of Speed meeting Terry Jenour, Annie Whitehead, Kim Clarke, Herb Robertson, Kamal Sabir. He has been a member of the Peter Warren Quartet with Victor Lewis and John Surman, and RED TWIST & TUNED ARROW with Stephan Wittwer and Fredy Studer (1985 - 1987).Ĭhristy Doran was also a co-founder of Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat, (later "Doran/Studer/Gerber/Magnenat") and member of a quartet with Bobby Previte, Mark Helias and Gary Thomas. After playing in a trio with Jasper van´t Hof, he went on to form the "Christy Doran´s May 84" septet with Norma Winstone, Trilok Gurtu, Urs Leimgruber, Rosko Gee, Dom Um Romao and Dave Doran. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film.
In the 1970´s he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band OM.
His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music. Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood.
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