Jamie often plays with his band, the Launies. Here is a video of the
band when they performed live in
Because of Covid, Jamie didn't perform in public for a long, long time. But
when Dennis Soares invited him to play in the Keep
The Music Playing series at the Oneness Center in Mountain View, Hawai'i, he couldn't
resist. Here is Part One of the performance
And here is Part Two of the concert
Here we are, back at that wonderful listening room in
Phoenix,
Fiddler's Dream, where I'm singing "Mother Bird", a great song I wrote years back with Pete Morson. (I wonder
what happened to the Mother Bird in question. Actually, I wonder what happened to Pete. Are you there, Pete?)
Back at Fiddler's Dream, but this time with my song, "I
Slipped"
Jamie was back at SAACA's Savor Food Festival in the
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Jamie at SAACA's Savor Food Festival in the
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Another performance at the Savor Festival
Performing at Fiddler's Dream (Phoenix).
Savor Food Festial, Tucson Botanical Gardens
Unbowed provided the music for a Swingin'
Tern contradance (East Hanover, NJ).
Jamie performed at the Emmaus Road Cafe in Lancaster, PA with Henry Koretzky. Here are
some of the songs they videoed of us playing:
Some music from the Queen's Bath on Kauai's North Shore
"On Elwood's Steps"
"Polkas"
"The Lawyer Song"
"Hey There, Jaime"
"Didn't Have A Clue"
"Jigs"
"Loser Train"
Take a look at Dan Possumato's video which features Jamie accompanying him at
the North Texas Irish Festival, 2012
Not me, but my friend accordion player Dan Possumato again. Dan sent me this link to YouTube - he's
playing here with Kevin Burke. What a beautiful tune, how beautifully played! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
The Tower Song
Slides
What Would You Do Love
Blue Eyes - This song started life as "Summer
Song for Chrissie" but everyone referred to it as 'that blue eyes song'. So the title
changed
Purple Lillies - fiddler Sharon Goldwasser came up with this wonderful tune she had learnt
Jamie will be touring the South West in December, 2023, with button
accordion and melodeon player, Dan Possumato.
Here is the promo video for the tour
The Sound Room
(WEEU radio, Reading, PA)
Here he's singing the old Irish favorite, "The Hills of Donegal"
This time, it's "Bridget Flynn", one of my favorite family songs
A live version of "Slip Jigs And Reels"
I wrote this song, "Blue Eyes", a little while back and have recorded it for an upcoming album. Here I am singing it live
This is my version of the Hawaiian himeni, "O Oe Io" - I love this melody
Here's a video of one of the dances. Henry Koretzky is playing mandolin and Jamie plays guitar
Jamie sings "Lady of Autumn"
and "Go And Leave"
and Henry sings "(Here's To) My Wild Irish Boy"
I travel everywhere with an instrument and here I was with my Kamaka ukulele, strolling along the water's edge near Princeville
when I was suddenly inspired to play a song or two.
Jamie on Elwood's steps. Here I am just having some fun with my Thom Breeze baritone ukulele in Kauai.
Dan and Jamie undertook a house concert tour of British Columbia, Canada in the fall of 2014 - here is a set of polkas
performed in Powell River.
here's a song I wrote while staying at Henry Koretzky's when I was touring the East in July. I'm hoping to go into the studio
before too long to record it properly
a demo I recorded to give friends an idea of a song
we wanted to record. We've recorded folky and a pop versions for future release
another demo to give friends an idea for a song. The final version of the song is on Chasing Ghosts
Peggy Addleman Shutes filmed the Launies (fiddler Ryck Kaiser, Henry Koretzky on mandolin and me on guitar) at the 2013
YorkFest
if you decide to video a song, make sure there's enough battery left in the recorder! Here's a snippet of "Loser Train",
performed live in Portugal in the summer of 2013.
"Station Master's Waltz"
And here are some more audio tracks you might like by Jamie:
Jamie performing live
Fanai
Molly Durkin
a live performance at 17th Street Market (Tucson) by Jamie
with Henry Koretzky
By popular demand, Jamie O'Brien & Jennifer Johnson's demo
of this old song from the 1930s