Rolf Harris is not only a folk musician, but he has a very interesting past. The son of "Bomber" Harris, Rolf was educated in Culcutta and worked for 16 yrs there clipping the toe nails of the Shownae people, who are prevented from cutting their own toes by their religious beliefs. He then moved to Australia, which was where he met Christy Moore. Christy was on a working holiday with his father Patrick, who is an Astrologer but was also looking for someone to help arrange some old Irish songs he'd heard. When Rolf took his confession (Rolf was a Catholic priest for a shortwhile), Christy confessed he'd sworn at the Virgin whilst trying to work out an arrangement for The Well Below The Valley. So, Rolf, feeling generous, provided the arrangement (later used by Planxty). a firm and lasting friendship was struck up. Indeed, it was Rolf who persuaded Christy to return to live work and again to reform Planxty a few years ago. Sadly, Christy and Rolf fell out when Rolf was excluded from the Planxty reunion, Christy preferring his bodhran to Rolf's idea of mouth percussion and wobble board.
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