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Thread #144230   Message #3334336
Posted By: Peter K (Fionn)
05-Apr-12 - 11:56 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Barney McKenna of Dubliners (1939-2012)
Subject: RE: 2012 Obit: Barney McKenna of Dubliners
That would be terrific, Jim. I've sent my address by PM.

That live album was the first of theirs I had. I valued it as much for its sleeve notes as its content. but lost it in a burglary 40 years ago. I've been on the lookout for another copy ever since. I did get the reissue, but it jumbled up the songs, destroying the continuity of the live recording.

I once saw Barney turn up incognito for a session at McCaul's outside Warrenpoint. My eyesight isn't great, and for 20 years or so he'd been looking older than I always think of him, so it was only when he started playing that I realised who it was.