00:03Sharon played tunes like other people breathe.
00:06I think she's the best box player alive.
00:09She's really made the accordion hip and sexy.
00:12Nobody would have thought that could happen.
00:14And the young lady in question is, of course, Sharon Shannon.
00:18She's almost 40 years on the road now
00:20and would have a fan base in places where
00:22traditional Irish music was never heard before.
00:25Anywhere she plays in the world, mouths are open, you know?
00:29Not only did she achieve huge commercial success,
00:32but she also actually achieved that on an instrument
00:35that was predominantly associated with men.
00:38I know there were traditional musicians
00:39who would not have approved of the sort of things
00:43that Sharon was doing.
00:45What Sharon did is just blow those doors off.
00:50The amazing Sharon Shannon!
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