Biography
Peter Conlon
Real name: Peter James Conlon
Effective period / Period of releases: 1921
Peter James Conlon (d. 1954), Irish accordion player was from Bellmount, near Milltown, County Galway. He was among the first Irish musicians recorded in America in the late 1910's. Conlon was an exceptional performer on the ten-key melodeon, and his recordings have been influential on subsequent generation of Irish-American accordionists.