Nice to hear that they made you feel comfortable Barry. Obviously I don't know your character, but I do know from experience that those situations can become awkward when the person famous for his trade doesn't particularly want to chat to a complete stranger, no matter how strong that strangers personality or character may be.

Let me tell you something neat now, I hope you shook his hand! My reason for saying this may well be remote but here goes. I met Steve Lillywhite and his wife Kirsty in Leicester, England a few years ago whilst playing at the local university. Mrs. Lillywhite is, as you may well know, Kirsty MacColl, daughter of Ewan. I briefly chatted with the couple for a while and obviously I shook their hands. So, we could say that you've shaken the hand that's held the hand of a persons hand that I myself has shaken!

Please to meet you Barry. :-)

Back to the "Green Island" song. I still can't say for sure that Ewan wrote the song. The version I heard was by Christy Moore (I hope you've heard some of Christy's performances, nice guy/great performer), but Christy has covered many Ewan songs and as I've said above, I have a nagging feeling that I heard Christy say that Ewan had written the song.

I'm actually becoming frustrated, because I've spent over two hours on the net today trying to pin this down. I'm unable to get conformation of the writer, despite finding the lyrics to the song in a few different locations.

Can anybody direct me to either a good Ewan bio OR a precise Christy Moore bio on the web anywhere???

nobbler@bigfoot.com