Jerry O'Sullivan

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Jerry O'Sullivan is a contemporary Irish-American musician.

Jerry was born in New York. As a youngster he learned Scottish highland bagpipes. Following a visit to his cousins in Dublin he took up uilleann pipes. He became a member of Green Fields of America in the 1980s, rubbing shoulders with Seamus Egan, Eileen Ivers and Mick Moloney.

He has appeared on over 90 albums. Some of the more notable are "Heartsongs" (1994 - Dolly Parton) and "Bones" (1996 - Susan McKeown). Jerry's presence was rather more obvious on two albums by Eileen Ivers - "Wild Blue" (1996) and "Crossing the Bridge" (1999). He has recorded three solo albums, "The Invasion" in 1987, "The Gift" in 1998, and "O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrel" in 2005.

He is currenty in the process of making "O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrel: Volume II." It will be the follow up to his 2005 release, "O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrel."

[edit] Discography

solo albums

  • The Invasion (1987)
  • The Gift (1998)
  • O'Sullivan Meets O'Farrel (2005)

as session musician

  • "Live in America" by Green Fields of America (1989)
  • "Four Marys" by Rebecca Ridgeon (1999)
  • "Crossing The Bridge" by Eileen Ivers (1999)
  • "Celtic Solstice" by Paul Winter
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