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Thread #14018 Message #1124842
Posted By: paddymac
26-Feb-04 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Give Me Your Hand/Tabhair Dom Do Lam
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Give Me Your Hand/Tabhair Dom Do Lam
Well, Com, I can't say for sure, but there's a guy, now probably in his sixties, who is a bit of a fixture in the Dublin trad scene during the winter months. He's maybe 5'8", or so, usually with a goodly beard, and plays an old wooden flute. I think he's a bit of a hermit, lives in the woods in Norway somewhere, and comes to Dublin in the wintertime - sort of a warm vacation for him. Doesn't say much - might be a language barrier, but he has a lovely smile, always a twinkle in his eye, and always ready to play or have a pint. I haven't been over in four years now (way too long), but I recall he was a pretty steady player on session nights in O'Donoghue's. I ran into him 5 - 6 years in a row, and always thought it a pleasure to spot him a pint. In my mind, anyway, he's kind of an instrumental "Zozimus."