Category: Archive
February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
His slurs and other variations have the precision of something carefully mapped out ahead of time. Otherwise, how would Keegan be able to keep up with him? At the same time you can’t help but get the impression he’s doing it in the moment, on the spot. This paradox perhaps best encapsulates the unique fiddle style of Maguire, who died at age 77 this past March 24.
“My generation learned from him and tried to emulate him,” Clare-born fiddler S