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Tommy Potts was born on 1912 in The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland, is a Tommy Potts was Irish fiddle player. Discover Tommy Potts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?
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firefighter
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76 years old |
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1912 |
Birthday |
1912 |
Birthplace |
The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland |
Date of death |
1988 |
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Ireland
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Tommy Potts Height, Weight & Measurements
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John Potts
Honoria Potts |
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Tommy Potts Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tommy Potts worth at the age of 76 years old? Tommy Potts’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from Ireland. We have estimated Tommy Potts's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Tommy Potts (1912–1988) was an Irish fiddle player and composer from Dublin who gained iconic status in traditional Irish music circles for his virtuoso musicianship.
Potts' given name is also frequently spelled Tommie.
His music has influences from jazz and classical music, making it a highly individualistic take on the Irish music tradition.
Based at Tara Street fire station, he was injured in the Pearse Street fire of October 6, 1936, during which three firefighters died.
Despite his controversial approach, Potts is today acknowledged as a figure of vital importance to the evolution of Irish folk music.
Recordings were sourced from three collections: tapes made by Potts for flute and fiddle-player Peadar O’Loughlin in 1962–3; studio and outside broadcast recordings made by producer Tony MacMahon in 1975 and 1977 for his RTÉ Radio programme The Long Note; and tapes made by Potts in c. 1982 that are in the possession of his nephew and former Chieftains whistle player Seán Potts.
Although Potts never received formal training, he was able to read and write music, giving his works structure and purposeful variation, rather than simply inventing them as he went along.
One of the most notable aspects of Potts's style is the treatment of traditional Irish music as a creative art form rather than as music for dancing.
This is particularly evident in his version of the hop jig "Top it Off", in which he deliberately adds occasional extra beats and slight pauses between phrases, taking away the rhythm needed for dance.
The addition of occasional extra beats can also be found in the Donegal fiddle tradition, though it is rare, for instance in the playing of John Doherty.
Potts was a firefighter with Dublin Corporation.
Only one commercial recording of his playing, The Liffey Banks, (Claddagh Records, 1972) was made during his lifetime.
Potts was the subject of a 2009 TG4 documentary, Tommy Potts - Cérbh É?, in which a series of major figures in contemporary traditional music trace his life and pay homage to Potts and his mastery of their craft.
In 2012, Tommie Potts – Traditional Fiddle Music from Dublin (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, 2012) was released.
The album was compiled and produced by fiddle player Paddy Glackin and consisted of digitally re-mastered tapes held by the RTÉ Sound Archives.