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Backstage with the ‘Rock n’ Roll Kids’
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
I DON’T know how many times I’ve been asked “What was it like winning the Eurovision?” And I suppose I’ve answered that question a thousand times.
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The musicians made the showbands what they were
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Reading of the showband exhibition which opens tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Country Life Museum in Castlebar reminds me of when I heard my first showband.
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We don’t have to drink alcohol to visit a pub
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
I’m not usually one to get up on a soapbox about things but all this talk of the drink driving laws affecting those living in “isolated” areas is beginning to get to me.
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Magic moment when I got my first guitar
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
I wrote in a previous article about my first guitar. In those days we didn’t get our Christmas presents until Christmas morning and I can remember my child-like anticipation of this present to end all presents.
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Guitar love affair goes back to ‘50s
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
I have had a love affair with guitars since the late 1950s. It’s hard to explain what it is about them but how my life has panned out was largely governed by my involvement with guitars and guitar music. Sad I know, but there it is.
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My first summer job...and the shooting of Mary Farmer
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Driving through Bundoran recently resurrected memories of my first summer job. It was in early July 1964 at the Olympia Amusement Arcade, which imposed itself on the main street of Bundoran like some large Las Vegas gambling casino.
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Musicians rest on seventh day after Nashville album
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Way back in 1985 or 1986 I was over in Nashville singing backing vocals on Maura O Connell’s album Just In Time which was being produced by Bela Fleck.
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Clowning about when the circus came to town
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
The summer months normally bring the colourful sight of the circus to towns in the north west and this year has been no exception.
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