Jeezus Jon! Glad you went back and READ all the verbiage! My swollen record collection has lots of Corries AND Dubliners in it. Didn't mean to imply that one group was more "talented" than the others. Only that the "skills" were used in different ways. Roy was an amazingly adept technical musician and many Corries arrangements reflected this. I never saw them in person. I DID however see the Dubliners a couple of times and they were hugely entertaining...but also sloppy in their approach to tuning, playing the same chords (as each other) and on intros and endings. Lotsa off-key singing as well. I had a great time....but...I also appreciate tight singing, original arrangements, and great picking.(you're right about Barney in the Dubs though. When I saw them they weren't using a fiddler though)

Caught the Clancy Bros. at least 5 times, and to tell the truth I got totally bored with the same songs, same jokes, same intros etc. Maybe had Tommy M. stayed, they'd have learned a few new songs.

Rick