Hi Dave, I should caveat the following as my view as a music fan as opposed to a Bob Dylan fan. I had seen Dylan twice over the last 20 years or so, there is no doubt he is the greatest ‘individual’ song writer of a generation (though Lennon/McCartney might give him a run for his money as a pair). However as far as his live performances go in my opinion it was a case of ‘the emperors new cloths’. Over the years I’ve been lucky to have seen some great singer/songwriters live including Bowie, Springsteen, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon etc. Are they as good at song writing as Dylan, no, did I enjoy their concerts more than Dylans (in every case) yes. I think when people go to a concert the performer should be obligated to give the audience what they want to hear, not what they want the audience to hear, which was my feeling after my two Dylan concerts. So there you go, nothing like ending the year with a bit of guest book controversy.
Christy's reply
nothing controversial there John …I’ve seen the man a dozen times….I’ve listened, enthralled, learnt, copied, studied, covered, read and followed for about 50 years now..on and off….
Bob has nothing to prove to anyone nor does he try…his gigging schedule is astounding…I assume he does it for one reason only….he loves the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd…I mean its the greatest drug of all and some of us get paid to take it….
Everyone I know loved his recent gig in Dublin..I’m very happy to have attended…terrible venue, great band, very mixed audience, lots of people there for very different reasons…
Bob , fair play to him, shuffles on , shuffles off, shrugs a bit, foosters about and delivers 90 minutes of classic songs….some lovely piano playing, blows the Hohner to ecstatic response….I enjoyed being there, seeing it all once again, could not see very much….stage very lowly lit, a 40 foot trailer parked outside full of lights, I’d have loved some big screens, to see him play the piano, to watch him solo on the Hohner…about 10 years ago watched him thru binoculars…another time saw him in Vicar St to 1200 listeners…
but that the way he does it and FAIR PLAY TO THE MAN…..
you mention some lads giving him a run for his money..not in this house John…much as I love your Townies…them boys were riding a different pony….very beautifully
twas a dark and a damp and a dirty night in Dublin
As Me and Valerie left O’Donoghue’s
On Butt Bridge we crossed the River Liffey
Down along the North Wall we joined the queue
Hippies there with Lurchers from Dunmanway
Flash Harrys down from Killiney Hill
Quare Hawks in Limousines and Helicopters
all there to hear the King of Vaudeville
The lights went down and The Kip went cat melodeon
We were all revved up and ready to engage
Having hitch hiked all the way from Minnesota
Bob Dylan there before us on the stage
He made his way to the piano
One by one the Band began to play
When he laid his fingers down upon the keyboard
He opened up with Lay Lady Lay
( then he sang)
Homesick Subterranean
Hard Rain Gonna Fall When the Boat Comes In
Black Diamond Bay
The Dirge and The Hurricane
Hattie Carroll and Hollis Brown
Summer Days Forever Young
St. Augustine Maggie’s Farm
And Like a Rolling Stone
Charlie Sexton plays a fender Stratocaster
Larry Cambell a ’69 Les Paul
the Bassman Tony Garnie ‘s like an anchor
and the drummer Jim Keltner, he’s game ball
I hear Dobro Fiddle Pedal Steel and Banjo
Angelic backin vocals harmonise
all eyes and ears are on the maestro
here he comes now, 1,2,3,4,5.
Some old singers rest upon their laurels
Some old hoofers hang up their dancing shoes
But when Kings and Queens and Laureates came calling
Bob still had lots of gigs to do
He’s up there now blowing hard upon his Hohner
this old Song & Dance Man was born to sing
like a busker down at Puck Fair in Killorglin
like a tangler at the Fair of Spancilhill
Really enjoying Dylan linked chat…and,thanks to Rory and Pat- reminders of great European music.
Terrific that you played The Mickey Mouse Club,hopefully,there was cheese with the lock in ale…
Having skimmed YouTube,I’m well sorted for festive viewing. Via stacks of TG4 and ITMA posts…I’m hoping that the programme about your ITMA archive will land there asap…great to know that the project is so enjoyable for you
Over and out,for now…time for a brew and back to YouTube.. Dylan Thomas’s ‘A child’s Christmas in Wales’ is pulling me in.
All good wishes to you,family and all here…have a Happy Christmas.
Dave
Christy's reply
I never met Bob Dylan but I sang with Pecker Dunne
Dave, I wanted to go to Bob in Slane, 1984. I had been listening to him on the radio for quite some time, and that the owner if Slane castle brought him over was magic. A bit if rioting in the streets of Slane the night before put me off travelling. It was a mighty gig.
I was lucky to get tickets for his gig in Dusseldorf I’m at Ok October, and more recently his gig in Cologne. So I have been very lucky to have seen him twice.
A wee video from the Slane gig, riots and all
Check out this video, “bob dylan in slane” https://share.google/s1x6AXSljBbKGsjlm
Christy's reply
I remember that day well….
I had a gig in The Mickey Mouse Club in Edgworthstown, Co.Longford…there was a lock in after….Large Bottles were dispensed,and disposed of…. ……
Dear Christy. I hope your short winter break is going well. I’d like to answer Dave concerning Dylan. I’m born in 1958. In the 2nd half of the 60s my elder brother used to present vinyl singles to me as birthday and christmas gifts. At that time he knew them better than I did and I think he intended to buy them anyway 🙂 But they were the begin of my today’s record collection. When the shelves became overloaded I had to set up a seperate space, a passage between two rooms, for all Bob Dylan and Neil Young stuff. Rather complete I suppose. I’ve just finished listening and working through his new 8 CD Bootleg Box. Fantastic.
Best wishes to all
Günter
Christy's reply
1968…a squat in Finsbury Park., London…Tony Small sang “Tribute to Woody”..since then I’ve accrued a lot of out put ,yet to be heard….every single one of his Theme Time Radio Hour shows that I’ve been saving for my retirement …gifted me by Luke the Drifter over 20 years ago….
Something a bit different folks, but a bit beautiful, We are very lucky that Nadia Birkenstock crosses the French border and comes to Rheinbach every Christmas with her Celtic Harp. Singing in German, French, English, a bit of Latin, and of course a Celtic Harp session would not be complete without a bit of Carolan.
Enjoy, and Happy Christmas!
O list to the lay of the poor Irish harper
scorn not the strain of his old withered hands
remember those fingers could once move much sharper
to play merry tunes of his own native land……..Phelim Brady , The Bard of Armagh
Merry Christmas to you and yours all the way from “The Rock!” Just listening to some Ron Hynes, “I’ll be there Christmas Eve.” It’s up there with “Sonny’s Dream!”
Cheers
Michelle and Derek
Listening to The Byrds,I realised it’s 60 years since I had their version of Mr Tambourine Man on repeat…it led to a continuing interest in Bob Dylan.
I know he’s not everyone’s taste here,but I thought it might be festive crack to know how people found out about /got interested in ‘ the song and dance man’…where relevant to people’s lives…
CM, a chara bháin.
Another Christmas is upon us. Guím Nollaig mhór mhaith ort agus do chlann.
I took a ferry ride with the Gladstone band from Skerries to Inis Meáin recently.
I have to say it was a rough enough night there at the mouth of Cuan Chasla where I spotted young Gretta Thunberg of all the people in the world.
I came home the next day and told of this sighting however nobody believed me because apparently without “photographic evidence” it “didn’t happen”. The boy who cried wolf.
I was remembering my school days when we used to get shown videos of herself, a successful young woman, to illustrate our own shortcomings when we would be messing ar chúl an tseomra. But alas, now the two of us were in the same boat, so to speak.
The mother said stick out your teanga and if there would be a black mark I would have to go to confession. A few prayers wouldn’t hurt now over the Christmas I suppose.
CS
Christy's reply
that bates all CS….to be in or around Greta Thunberg must have been a bit awesome….I hold that young woman in high esteem….her courage in the face of so much world pressure…
Christy
I read with sorrow the news that today an unoccupied creel boat ran aground near Aberdeen, the search continues.
It brings me straight to mind of your soft, haunting song of The Two Conneeleys. It must have shook the islands for months or longer.
A fine song, such a shame it even needed to be written.
Rory
I still make the annual pilgrimage to Miltown Malbay for “Willie Week”. Friel’s always has some of the best sessions in the town. Hopefully I’ll make it again in 2026 and I’ll recount your story in my head whilst listening to some good fiddle playing in Friel’s!
Ive seen Louise Mulcahy in sessions about town, I think she teaches also. Will keep an eye out for Colm Broderick too! Thanks!
Christy's reply
Always a pleasure to reflect back upon the days of Maisie and Thomas….a bit like The Tailor & Ansty…..
Louise plays the flat set, Colm the concert
Great programme on the BBC last night Christy about ‘Fairytale of New York’ It. went into detail about how it was influenced by the soundtrack of the film Once Upon a Time in America, which the Pogues watched continuously whilst on an early tour of America, and how its title comes from a novel by J. P. Donleavy. Also how Cait O’Riordan originally sang the female part & Kirsty really only got to sing it because Cait had left the band and Kirstys husband, Steve Lillywhite, produced the song. The icing on the cake was a clip of your good self & Donal Lunny performing your version & Shane saying how much he enjoyed it. Phil Chevron also saying how he liked it when people put their own twist on covers of the song and although it was written as a duet you still managed to make it work as a ‘solo’. Makes us mere mortals appreciate that there is more to recording than just turning up and belting it out.
Christy's reply
Shane is missed here…even tho I never saw him, he was living about 10 miles away, I was always aware of his presence in the City…I met Shane maybe half a dozen times in all… we sang together once..( Spancilhill )..but I felt a connection…when I recorded Brown Eyes in 1986 he let it be known that he really liked the version..then Aisling moved back and forth and I had a cut at Fairytale as a solo ….always great songs to sing…..the ongoing love for Shane still erupts ..that old Puckaune rapscallion….met Victoria at the Dylan gig…Bob did a grand version of Rainy Day for her
Chevron was a good pal….they’re all in the heavenly snug with the boys from County hell
Hello Christy,
I love this time of year. Such a time for relection. All internally slowed down while the wild circus towards Christmas goes by.
And the guestbook feels it too.
There were many beautiful pictures from Newgrange yesterday, as the solstice unfolds. It was the perfect day for it with a sky like glass. There will be a livestream on Sunday. Let’s see what that day brings.
There was an aerial shot of the stonehenge alignment at sunrise yesterday. The stillness of it!
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Neither concrete block nor bag of cement
still standing proud, loved and cherished
Thanks for such an in depth reply to Gipp’s great question about Tommie Potts…your post adds details that lead to other areas…always fascinating.
Pink Floyd news…50 years of ‘Wish you were here’…shining on via alternate takes etc…there are gems on YouTube…pick of the bunch for me,Stephanie Grappelli’s violin on the title track..better to hear it late,than never.
Just out of interest Christy, can I ask you where you saw Tommie Potts play live. Always had a great interest in him. My father-in-law was a lifelong friend of Sean Potts, or Pottsy, as he used to call him. Mrs Gipp got whistle lessons from Sean as a young wan!
Christy's reply
1973…Willie Clancy died…on the day of Willie’s Funeral Planxty had a gig in Limerick…Liam Óg and myself drove on to Miltown Malbay to attend Willie’s Funeral….after the burial there was a gathering in Friel’s…the pub was thronged, atmosphere very quiet, everyone talking quietly , mourning Willie’s passing….the door opened and Tommie Potts entered… speaking to no one he opened his fiddle case..a silence fell upon the mourners…he checked his tuning, stood there and began to play… I was standing quite close to him….it was stunning….he might have played for 10 minutes….towards the end Tommie was weeping…he replaced the fiddle in its case and left without speaking… he had come to say farewell to his dear friend and away he went…
Liam and I got back to Limerick for a Planxty concert in The Savoy…. Both Willie Clancy and Seamus Ennis willed their Pipes to Liam Óg…in turn Liam willed both sets to An Piobairí Uileann….now they are being played by two young Pipers…. Colm Broderick and Louise Mulcahy
Great,Christy…I thought Tommie would be firmly on your radar.
The book you mention is a key part of today’s ITMA event…
I’m bound for St Peter’ s Sq,M/cr…in my head,I’m going to Merrion Sq…if only!
D
Christy's reply
its a great book for anyone interested in our Traditional Music
Hi Dave, I should caveat the following as my view as a music fan as opposed to a Bob Dylan fan. I had seen Dylan twice over the last 20 years or so, there is no doubt he is the greatest ‘individual’ song writer of a generation (though Lennon/McCartney might give him a run for his money as a pair). However as far as his live performances go in my opinion it was a case of ‘the emperors new cloths’. Over the years I’ve been lucky to have seen some great singer/songwriters live including Bowie, Springsteen, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon etc. Are they as good at song writing as Dylan, no, did I enjoy their concerts more than Dylans (in every case) yes. I think when people go to a concert the performer should be obligated to give the audience what they want to hear, not what they want the audience to hear, which was my feeling after my two Dylan concerts. So there you go, nothing like ending the year with a bit of guest book controversy.
nothing controversial there John …I’ve seen the man a dozen times….I’ve listened, enthralled, learnt, copied, studied, covered, read and followed for about 50 years now..on and off….
Bob has nothing to prove to anyone nor does he try…his gigging schedule is astounding…I assume he does it for one reason only….he loves the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd…I mean its the greatest drug of all and some of us get paid to take it….
Everyone I know loved his recent gig in Dublin..I’m very happy to have attended…terrible venue, great band, very mixed audience, lots of people there for very different reasons…
Bob , fair play to him, shuffles on , shuffles off, shrugs a bit, foosters about and delivers 90 minutes of classic songs….some lovely piano playing, blows the Hohner to ecstatic response….I enjoyed being there, seeing it all once again, could not see very much….stage very lowly lit, a 40 foot trailer parked outside full of lights, I’d have loved some big screens, to see him play the piano, to watch him solo on the Hohner…about 10 years ago watched him thru binoculars…another time saw him in Vicar St to 1200 listeners…
but that the way he does it and FAIR PLAY TO THE MAN…..
you mention some lads giving him a run for his money..not in this house John…much as I love your Townies…them boys were riding a different pony….very beautifully
twas a dark and a damp and a dirty night in Dublin
As Me and Valerie left O’Donoghue’s
On Butt Bridge we crossed the River Liffey
Down along the North Wall we joined the queue
Hippies there with Lurchers from Dunmanway
Flash Harrys down from Killiney Hill
Quare Hawks in Limousines and Helicopters
all there to hear the King of Vaudeville
The lights went down and The Kip went cat melodeon
We were all revved up and ready to engage
Having hitch hiked all the way from Minnesota
Bob Dylan there before us on the stage
He made his way to the piano
One by one the Band began to play
When he laid his fingers down upon the keyboard
He opened up with Lay Lady Lay
( then he sang)
Homesick Subterranean
Hard Rain Gonna Fall When the Boat Comes In
Black Diamond Bay
The Dirge and The Hurricane
Hattie Carroll and Hollis Brown
Summer Days Forever Young
St. Augustine Maggie’s Farm
And Like a Rolling Stone
Charlie Sexton plays a fender Stratocaster
Larry Cambell a ’69 Les Paul
the Bassman Tony Garnie ‘s like an anchor
and the drummer Jim Keltner, he’s game ball
I hear Dobro Fiddle Pedal Steel and Banjo
Angelic backin vocals harmonise
all eyes and ears are on the maestro
here he comes now, 1,2,3,4,5.
Some old singers rest upon their laurels
Some old hoofers hang up their dancing shoes
But when Kings and Queens and Laureates came calling
Bob still had lots of gigs to do
He’s up there now blowing hard upon his Hohner
this old Song & Dance Man was born to sing
like a busker down at Puck Fair in Killorglin
like a tangler at the Fair of Spancilhill
Hi Christy
Really enjoying Dylan linked chat…and,thanks to Rory and Pat- reminders of great European music.
Terrific that you played The Mickey Mouse Club,hopefully,there was cheese with the lock in ale…
Having skimmed YouTube,I’m well sorted for festive viewing. Via stacks of TG4 and ITMA posts…I’m hoping that the programme about your ITMA archive will land there asap…great to know that the project is so enjoyable for you
Over and out,for now…time for a brew and back to YouTube.. Dylan Thomas’s ‘A child’s Christmas in Wales’ is pulling me in.
All good wishes to you,family and all here…have a Happy Christmas.
Dave
I never met Bob Dylan but I sang with Pecker Dunne
Dave, I wanted to go to Bob in Slane, 1984. I had been listening to him on the radio for quite some time, and that the owner if Slane castle brought him over was magic. A bit if rioting in the streets of Slane the night before put me off travelling. It was a mighty gig.
I was lucky to get tickets for his gig in Dusseldorf I’m at Ok October, and more recently his gig in Cologne. So I have been very lucky to have seen him twice.
A wee video from the Slane gig, riots and all
Check out this video, “bob dylan in slane” https://share.google/s1x6AXSljBbKGsjlm
I remember that day well….
I had a gig in The Mickey Mouse Club in Edgworthstown, Co.Longford…there was a lock in after….Large Bottles were dispensed,and disposed of…. ……
Dear Christy. I hope your short winter break is going well. I’d like to answer Dave concerning Dylan. I’m born in 1958. In the 2nd half of the 60s my elder brother used to present vinyl singles to me as birthday and christmas gifts. At that time he knew them better than I did and I think he intended to buy them anyway 🙂 But they were the begin of my today’s record collection. When the shelves became overloaded I had to set up a seperate space, a passage between two rooms, for all Bob Dylan and Neil Young stuff. Rather complete I suppose. I’ve just finished listening and working through his new 8 CD Bootleg Box. Fantastic.
Best wishes to all
Günter
1968…a squat in Finsbury Park., London…Tony Small sang “Tribute to Woody”..since then I’ve accrued a lot of out put ,yet to be heard….every single one of his Theme Time Radio Hour shows that I’ve been saving for my retirement …gifted me by Luke the Drifter over 20 years ago….
Something a bit different folks, but a bit beautiful, We are very lucky that Nadia Birkenstock crosses the French border and comes to Rheinbach every Christmas with her Celtic Harp. Singing in German, French, English, a bit of Latin, and of course a Celtic Harp session would not be complete without a bit of Carolan.
Enjoy, and Happy Christmas!
https://youtu.be/OKojM-ngpxE?feature=shared
O list to the lay of the poor Irish harper
scorn not the strain of his old withered hands
remember those fingers could once move much sharper
to play merry tunes of his own native land……..Phelim Brady , The Bard of Armagh
Hi, apologies Dave, my encounter with Dylan is limited to an album of his songs in French by the great Francis Cabrel. Rb
Merry Christmas to you and yours all the way from “The Rock!” Just listening to some Ron Hynes, “I’ll be there Christmas Eve.” It’s up there with “Sonny’s Dream!”
Cheers
Michelle and Derek
Hi Christy
Listening to The Byrds,I realised it’s 60 years since I had their version of Mr Tambourine Man on repeat…it led to a continuing interest in Bob Dylan.
I know he’s not everyone’s taste here,but I thought it might be festive crack to know how people found out about /got interested in ‘ the song and dance man’…where relevant to people’s lives…
Dave
CM, a chara bháin.
Another Christmas is upon us. Guím Nollaig mhór mhaith ort agus do chlann.
I took a ferry ride with the Gladstone band from Skerries to Inis Meáin recently.
I have to say it was a rough enough night there at the mouth of Cuan Chasla where I spotted young Gretta Thunberg of all the people in the world.
I came home the next day and told of this sighting however nobody believed me because apparently without “photographic evidence” it “didn’t happen”. The boy who cried wolf.
I was remembering my school days when we used to get shown videos of herself, a successful young woman, to illustrate our own shortcomings when we would be messing ar chúl an tseomra. But alas, now the two of us were in the same boat, so to speak.
The mother said stick out your teanga and if there would be a black mark I would have to go to confession. A few prayers wouldn’t hurt now over the Christmas I suppose.
CS
that bates all CS….to be in or around Greta Thunberg must have been a bit awesome….I hold that young woman in high esteem….her courage in the face of so much world pressure…
Hi Christy
For anyone interested…loads of online links to the Newgrange Solstice…I’m watching Irish Central ..great commentary too…
Enjoy,all
Dave
Christy
I read with sorrow the news that today an unoccupied creel boat ran aground near Aberdeen, the search continues.
It brings me straight to mind of your soft, haunting song of The Two Conneeleys. It must have shook the islands for months or longer.
A fine song, such a shame it even needed to be written.
Rory
Thanks for that Christy, much appreciated!
I still make the annual pilgrimage to Miltown Malbay for “Willie Week”. Friel’s always has some of the best sessions in the town. Hopefully I’ll make it again in 2026 and I’ll recount your story in my head whilst listening to some good fiddle playing in Friel’s!
Ive seen Louise Mulcahy in sessions about town, I think she teaches also. Will keep an eye out for Colm Broderick too! Thanks!
Always a pleasure to reflect back upon the days of Maisie and Thomas….a bit like The Tailor & Ansty…..
Louise plays the flat set, Colm the concert
Great programme on the BBC last night Christy about ‘Fairytale of New York’ It. went into detail about how it was influenced by the soundtrack of the film Once Upon a Time in America, which the Pogues watched continuously whilst on an early tour of America, and how its title comes from a novel by J. P. Donleavy. Also how Cait O’Riordan originally sang the female part & Kirsty really only got to sing it because Cait had left the band and Kirstys husband, Steve Lillywhite, produced the song. The icing on the cake was a clip of your good self & Donal Lunny performing your version & Shane saying how much he enjoyed it. Phil Chevron also saying how he liked it when people put their own twist on covers of the song and although it was written as a duet you still managed to make it work as a ‘solo’. Makes us mere mortals appreciate that there is more to recording than just turning up and belting it out.
Shane is missed here…even tho I never saw him, he was living about 10 miles away, I was always aware of his presence in the City…I met Shane maybe half a dozen times in all… we sang together once..( Spancilhill )..but I felt a connection…when I recorded Brown Eyes in 1986 he let it be known that he really liked the version..then Aisling moved back and forth and I had a cut at Fairytale as a solo ….always great songs to sing…..the ongoing love for Shane still erupts ..that old Puckaune rapscallion….met Victoria at the Dylan gig…Bob did a grand version of Rainy Day for her
Chevron was a good pal….they’re all in the heavenly snug with the boys from County hell
“All the pub mourned while Eugene played Taps”
Pete St John?
Yes….
I just love that song…
Pete wrote some great songs..
His “Fields of Athenry” resounds around the world
“Ructions Murray was weeping
the Tar Barrel was keening”
Hello Christy,
I love this time of year. Such a time for relection. All internally slowed down while the wild circus towards Christmas goes by.
And the guestbook feels it too.
There were many beautiful pictures from Newgrange yesterday, as the solstice unfolds. It was the perfect day for it with a sky like glass. There will be a livestream on Sunday. Let’s see what that day brings.
There was an aerial shot of the stonehenge alignment at sunrise yesterday. The stillness of it!
Rebecca
Neither concrete block nor bag of cement
still standing proud, loved and cherished
Hi Christy
Thanks for such an in depth reply to Gipp’s great question about Tommie Potts…your post adds details that lead to other areas…always fascinating.
Pink Floyd news…50 years of ‘Wish you were here’…shining on via alternate takes etc…there are gems on YouTube…pick of the bunch for me,Stephanie Grappelli’s violin on the title track..better to hear it late,than never.
Enjoy the day
Dave
Just out of interest Christy, can I ask you where you saw Tommie Potts play live. Always had a great interest in him. My father-in-law was a lifelong friend of Sean Potts, or Pottsy, as he used to call him. Mrs Gipp got whistle lessons from Sean as a young wan!
1973…Willie Clancy died…on the day of Willie’s Funeral Planxty had a gig in Limerick…Liam Óg and myself drove on to Miltown Malbay to attend Willie’s Funeral….after the burial there was a gathering in Friel’s…the pub was thronged, atmosphere very quiet, everyone talking quietly , mourning Willie’s passing….the door opened and Tommie Potts entered… speaking to no one he opened his fiddle case..a silence fell upon the mourners…he checked his tuning, stood there and began to play… I was standing quite close to him….it was stunning….he might have played for 10 minutes….towards the end Tommie was weeping…he replaced the fiddle in its case and left without speaking… he had come to say farewell to his dear friend and away he went…
Liam and I got back to Limerick for a Planxty concert in The Savoy…. Both Willie Clancy and Seamus Ennis willed their Pipes to Liam Óg…in turn Liam willed both sets to An Piobairí Uileann….now they are being played by two young Pipers…. Colm Broderick and Louise Mulcahy
Great,Christy…I thought Tommie would be firmly on your radar.
The book you mention is a key part of today’s ITMA event…
I’m bound for St Peter’ s Sq,M/cr…in my head,I’m going to Merrion Sq…if only!
D
its a great book for anyone interested in our Traditional Music
Hi Christy
YouTube rabbit holes at Yuletide…
First time in ages,watched the official video for ‘Faitytale….’,so good and poignant,with the passing of key characters…
The surreal anarchy of Dylan and chums,’Must be Santa’…
I googled ‘NYPD…Galway Bay…a great,recent video,showing a choir recording the song…a new venture by the EPIC museum…well worth seeing.
Have a good festive season,all
Dave
Ar Feabhas