History of the Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society

Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society History

The Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society was founded in 1975 by Owen Hartford and David "Doc" Rosen. Below are covers of the band's first two record albums, and a list of former band members. In March of each year the band does a reunion concert, a benefit for the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library, where former members join in honoring the memory of former band members Susan Zimelis, Patricia Shinehouse, and Vincent Vito, and GH&CS supporter, Eugene Mulcahy.

Early Recordings


First Album	Second Album

Click on the album covers for more information.

Former Band Members

Owen Hartford
Milton, MA
Co-founder,
and member
of the Providence
Mandolin Orchestra
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Betsey (Gerber)
Hartford
Milton, MA
Wrote libretto for
the mini-opera,
The Frog Prince

Laura (Neher)
Leech
Tinton Falls, NJ
Member of the Greater Shore
Concert Band of Monmouth
County, NJ

Ralph Tufo
Winthrop, MA
Accordion player,
formerly with the
Boogaloo Swami's,
now with the
Squeezebox Stompers

Lynn Cadwallader
Cambridge, MA
Educator,
Lesley University

Kevin O'Brien
Teaches Uilllean
(Irish) pipes at
the Comhaltas
Ceoltoiri Eireann
Boston Music
School at
Harvard
University

Jeremy Sykes
Taiwan
Vocalist and
raconteur

Susan Worgaftik
Greenfield , MA
Soapmaker
extraordinaire

Jim Gleason
Holliston, MA
Jim leads a
session Tuesday nights
at Stone's
Public House in
Ashland, MA.
Jim also plays
with the "Carson
Band" for special
events and a
group called
Kinvara, which
has a St. Patrick's
Day concert at the
Uncommon
Coffeehouse,
in Framingham.

Paul Harty sings
and plays fiddle,
guitar, bouzouki,
and mandolin. Paul
has been with a
number of great
bands in the New
England area including
Quarter Moon, Jug o'
Punch, The Old
Brigade, The Maritime
Travelers, The Griffins,
and Boston's original
St. James Gate. He
currently also plays
with the
Squeezebox Stompers
and The Kellsmen..

Tim Murphy
Denver, CO
Tim, and his wife,
Patty founded
Denver's oldest
continuously
running traditional
Irish music sesiun
(now at Fado
Irish Pub Sundays
from 5-8 p.m.)
They are 2/5ths of
"Last Night's Fun,"
a premiere Denver
traditional Irish band.

Andrea Mori is an
active musician for
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri
Eireann, teaching
at their Boston
Music School at
Harvard and Boston
College.
She also teaches
Tin Whistle classes
at the Irish Cultural
Centre of New
England. She
co-leads an Irish
session at The Snug in
Hingham Center
on Monday nights
from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and she is the founder and director of The New Boston Ceili Band, a group
of a dozen talented teenagers who
perform in the greater Boston area.

Susan Zimelis

Vincent Vito

Gareth Hedges
U.K.
See album cover below

Patricia Shinehouse

Former Band Members' Recent Recordings

Owen Hartford	Gareth Hedges	Diane Taraz

Ralph Tufo	Owen Hartford	Jim Gleason

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Band members at a party in Winthrop, MA in 1989. From left to Right:
Nancy Koch on accordian, Betsey Gerber Hartford on guitar,
David "Doc" Rosen on bones, John Berger on fiddle, Tim Murphy on fiddle,
and Susan Zimelis on hammer dulcimer.

Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society Band Members, 1976:
(from back to front) David "Doc" Rosen, C. Jeremy Sykes, Lynn Cadwallader,
Ralph Tufo, Betsey Gerber, Owen Hartford, Vinnie Vito and Laura Neher

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Page last updated 12/01/07 by David J. Rosen