Boston Blackthorne

Meet the Band

Boston Blackthorne (at the Newport RI Irish Festival in 2003) is from left to right:

Rob Griffin , fiddle, from Belchertown, MA, has played with several country and Celtic bands.
Evan O'Connor (special guest and son of Jim ) is an accomplished flute and sax player at 11 years of age.
Pete McAvoy ,  fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki, and bass is a regular on the Boston sessiun circuit.
Jim O'Connor , vocals, bouzouki, banjos, guitars, mandolin.  Jim has been playing Celtic and Irish music for over 20 years.  In New York City in the 1980's Jim toured with the Paddy Noonan Band.  His experiences as house guitar player at Tom O'Reilly's Pub on Lexington Ave. accompaning Irish music luminaries Joe Burke, Johnny Cronin, and Andy McGahon are detailed in the song "Back When the Craic was Grand".
Dale Monette , drums, bodhran.  Dale is a well known touring and sessions percussionist and has played with the John Coster  Band and John Sheldon's Bluestreak.
Jon Lees , vocals, 6&12 string guitars, harmonica.  Jim and Jon toured New England in the 1980's as the folk duo "O'Connor and Lees."  As a member of the Tom Willits Band, Jon opened for acts including Maria Muldaur, Jonathan Edwards and Billy Joel.
Jim "Chetz" Keegan , vocals, bass has played bass and guitar in numerous rock and roll bands.