i remember i was forty odd driving to a gig somewhere, and Christy Moore was being interviewed on Radio 4's Front Row.
Christy said, the very worse thing an artist can do is forget his roots...

So I thought to myself, what ARE my roots? Easy for you to say that, charming Irishman!
So I thought about my family.....both sides.
It was then I thought, oh bugger! I'm Irish as well....
Bloody hell.....I never knew that!!????

Anyway I did another gig somewhere. Still not referencing my roots. I think maybe some of us colour our roots...like some people colour their hair and forget what the original colour was.