Holy sh*t! I walk away from this 'invitation to a party' thread for a little while and walk back into a fire storm! What the heck happened?

It's very simple; the Blarney Brothers are a great Dallas area band, with an important show at one of the nation's oldest and best acoustic music venues this weekend. These are warm hearted, fun loving, hard working, talented musicians with no idea of the tempest that has brewed in this tea cup over one of their performance numbers - and I promise you, not even an inkling of the heinous crime that has been laid at their feet.

For me the somg is no more insidious then jokes about banjo players, bodhran players, Republicans, Democrats (in fact those 2 are sometimes nasty), blondes, red heads, Irishman, Scotman ... all play on generalities and stereotypes, and point to the fun and humor we can find in all of our life situations. If you see evil beyond that, in this song, well so be it. Don't listen to it. Don't laugh.

I hope you enjoy the Poor David's show Branwen. Please give my very best to the lads. I'm working elsewhere tomorrow, or I'd be there myself.

I'll also pass this link on to Matt or David. Maybe they would care to respond to the thoughts expressed in this thread themsleves.