"Billy McComiskey is the finest and most influential B/C box player ever to emerge from the US. In that sense, Billy's place within the transatlantic pantheon of Irish button accordionists is both high and secure, and Outside The Box will only strengthen that judgment."- Earle Hitchner, The Wall Street Journal / Irish Echo
Billy McComiskey is a highly regarded player and composer of Irish traditional music. A Brooklyn native, in his early teens he started studying accordion with the late Sean McGlynn from Galway. He won the All-Ireland Senior title in 1986. He formed and played with two legendary trios: Washington DC’s Irish Tradition and the internationally acclaimed Trian. He is known on both sides of the Atlantic as an indefatigable session player, teacher, and promulgator of the music. On Outside the Box
Howya Billy?Thanks for the search out.I remember you,Brendan Mulvihill and Zan Mc Leod fairly earning your stripes in Dublin Ohio a good few years back,and ye already had stripes.Good to hear from you again.All the best and keep up the great music.
Hi Billy, I've never had the pleasure of meeting you in the flesh but I've been playing your tunes for many years...now I've a whole new batch to learn-starving children here we come!!;-) Best of luck with it, Siobhan
