>>your local lad Connolly is a national treasure, and should be treated as such<<
I would agree with that.
John Conolly (there isn't two n's) is IMHO one of the best.Total respect for that man. He has played at my music venue on many an occasion and has always done me proud. He lives about 30 minutes drive north of my venue. In fact he holds the record together with Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher (also from Lincolnshire) for the most amount of people I have had in the village hall for an evening. The record is 89.
Lincolnshire has quality written all over it for performers, and I am proud to have been involved with most of them at my venue.