Happy birthday to John. There's a wee tune he composed for the anniversary of Tonder Festival in 1999 and he kindly allowed me to record him playing it a year or so later as I had expressed an interest in learning same. This was in very informal surroundings while we were cooking the famous curry! As far as I know, it hasn't been recorded but I treasure the tune in my repertoire. Re "the only remaining survivor of The Dubliners", he is of course the only remaining survivor of the *original* Dubliners as Sean Cannon(joined early eighties) is still with us.
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