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"Traveling acousto-electric troubadour" and instrument-maker who created the "Mó Cará" (Gaelic for My Friend) combining the "basic dulcimer shape...taken from an instrument designed and made by an Algerian musician, Kris Hosylan Harpo" and combining both sitar and Zelochord. Performances later included the sounds from another self-created instrument, the "Black Hole Space Echo Box" with further amplication and electronics.

Born: 11th January, 1947, Newry, Northern Ireland

Died: 23rd December, 1991, London, United Kingdom following a coma multiple injuries suffered from being struck by a London post-office van.

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