Eddie McFarlane

Ballyshannon native and adoptive Sligo guitarist Eddie spent his formative years playing with rock bands in the Donegal area and since moving to Sligo in the early 80’s has performed with a variety of Sligo bands such as the Jazz Lads and the Last Picture Show. Eddie now performs with the Sligo Quinteto Latino alongside Mike Nielsen (guitar), Felip Carbonell (guitar), Eddie Lee (bass) and Ken McDonald (percussion). The band along with Swiss diva Veronika Stalder stole the show at the 2005 Strandhill Guitar Festival’s sell-out headline show.

Also a founder member of Sligo’s premier jazz outfit Ellamental, Eddie co-promotes jazz @ the left bank, Sligo’s first jazz club. Through his work with Ellamental Eddie has performed with Richie Buckley, Michael Buckley, Louis Stewart, Jim Doherty, Gay McIntyre, Veronika Stalder, Kieran Wilde, Phil Ware and Justin Carroll amongst others. Eddie has performed at many Jazz festivals including the Cork Jazz Festival and Kempten Jazz Festival in Germany.

Contact info: +353 71 9843027, M +353 87 2528428