Harry McGowan, flute player

In November of 2011, Blayne Chastain and I had the opportunity to go to Ireland for 10 days to film flute players for our documentary, “The Keymaster: Patrick Olwell’s Story”. We met and interviewed 14 flute players, traveled over 1,000Km, and had one of the most memorable trips of our lives.

Our first interview was the wonderful flute player Harry McGowan, from Carrowmore, Co. Sligo, and he warmly welcomed us to his farm. We were fresh off the airplane that morning, jet-lagged like crazy, but Harry made us feel right at home, and shared some lovely tunes with us. I still remember how effortless he made it seem, barely moving his fingers and tapping his shoe, but the music danced around the room.

I hope you enjoy watching and listening, and if you do, please enjoy the full documentary for free at: https://vimeo.com/jemmoore/patrickolwell?share=copy

Here are the other flute players featured in our series so far:

Colm O'Donnell vimeo.com/163538667

Eibhlin De Paor facebook.com/TheKeymasterPatrickOlwellsStory/videos/1129937473704428/

June McCormack https://vimeo.com/162962433

Tom Doorley https://vimeo.com/164283121

Kieran Munnelly https://vimeo.com/163988634