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Together we can Weather The Storm.
Eddie Delahunt: Catching a wave..
 ot long after wandering musician
Eddie Delahunt mustered out of the Irish Merchant Marine, he caught the
big immigration wave to America. Lo and behold, the Dublin boy washed
up in landlocked Missouri!  Delahunt
knew nary a soul when he arrived in America in 1989, with rucksack in
hand and guitar over his shoulder. But the natives were starving for
new and younger sounds from the country of their grandparents. A
two-week gig at Harling's Pub in Kansas City turned into a hundred
gigs. The gigs turned into CDs, parades, regional festivals and radio
shows. Eddie's workingman concoction of traditional Irish ballads,
energized guitar riffs, and original lyrics and tunes have made him an
adopted native son and something of a household name in and around
Kansas City (if your household includes pictures of the Pope and Jack
Kennedy).
His live and studio recordings have sold thousands. His
latest CD 'WHISKEY,WAKES & WEDDINGS' has been welcomed as he
revisits traditional favorites complimented with some newer songs
! Eddie's release 'WALTZING WITH NANCY' was
received with rave revues . Before 'Waltzing with Nancy' he released
'20 Years A Growin' his favorites over his time spent
entertaining in the USA. His 2007 release 'Triur' has been
ecstatically welcomed by listening fans old and new . Original
compositions featured on his 2006 release, 'Original Sing', are
requested over and over again at his regular performances, concerts and
festivals. Released in 2005 was 'Alive at O'Dowd's'. This expertly
mastered CD will have you participating and clapping along as if you
were a part of the crowd. Another CD, 'Travelin', celebrates the
notions of freedom and exploration, and recalls the trepidation and
lonesomeness that are the realities of emigration. The CD covers some
old Irish and English ballads and introduces a handful of grand new
Delahunt songs.
"Writing is a gift that is rewarded with the compliment of
someone who identifies their experiences with yours in your songs",
Delahunt explains.
"Performing is the best feeling of all," says Eddie. "It's
never the same twice. I never use a set list as one song begets another
and one crowd is, of course, different than another. A nice applause is
always appreciated, but putting a smile on someone's face or a tear in
their eye--that's magic!" Eddie is an honoree at the
Ingram's Magazine 2014 class of "50 Missourians You Should Know."
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