Ah Mick; We do in deed have to get together. I beg to differ with you, there is no obligation to the blessed! We are given many talents, and Amanda is blessed with so many it makes one's head spin! I am sure one of these day we may hear great things from and about her, as a writer, a... thousand and one things which her gifts to which will lead her... or she may lead a quiet and spectular life in the small haven of a family I am sure she will have some day ( her gifts with children are as impressive as her singing )
But, if she ever choses to sing again in public or on CD, I would be more than privalged to be asked along.
As to my writing... I don't know... the song above, for example, so many of my songs are just re-hashings of other people's stuff. It is the curse of the folkie... I am rather sure the above song is just a retelling of a Furey Brothers and Davie Arthur song, I just can't quite place. It seemed to familier when I wrote it.
Give me a shout, maybe come into New York some tuesday night for a sessun, Mick-a-vic