Jimmy Higgins

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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Jimmy (aka Jim) Higgins (from Renmore, Galway) is an Irish Bohran player and percussionist who played drums with The Sawdoctors and is an honorary member of Altan. 2) Jimmy Higgins was an American band. 1) Jimmy (aka Jim) Higgins (from Renmore, Galway) is an Irish bodhrán player, drummer and percussionist. He played drums with The Sawdoctors and is an honorary member of the Donegal-based traditional group Altan. Born into a musical family, Higgins went on to study music in University College Cork under Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin amongst others. While in Cork, Higgins caught ‘the bodhrán bug’, playing alongside players such as Mel Mercier, Colm Murphy and Frank Torpey. During this period Higgins was an active member of ‘The Stunning’ rock band playing trumpet and keyboards as well as percussion. He went on to play drums with fellow Glaswegians ‘The Sawdoctors’ following a four year stint with ‘The Riverdance Show’ which took him around the world. He is an honorary member of the Donegal-based traditional group ‘Altan’ having recorded and toured extensively with them for the last fifteen years from the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House. He has recorded and performed with such luminaries as Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Liam O’Flynn, Donal Lunny, Bill Whelan, Martin O’Connor and Lunasa. Higgins also specializes in ethnic percussion encompassing the djembe, the darabukkas, the dumbeq and the mbira. 2) Jimmy Higgins