And then there was 'the silent fiddler' (still spoken of here in Miltown Malbay in hushed terms.
He appeared in the early days of The Willie Clancy Summer School; he would sit in on a session, carefully take the fiddle out of the case, rosin the bow - then sit there throughout the session without playing a note.
This went on for a couple of years, when he appeared on the scene with a flute - and didn't play that either.
Everybody was completely nonplussed until they realised that (in those days) all the musicians were given free drinks by the publicans.
Jim Carroll
PS Cap'n - thanks for reminding me of Walter Greaves - lovely man.