The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #167887   Message #4053721
Posted By: Jim Carroll
19-May-20 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Critical discussion of Ewan MacColl's singing
Subject: RE: Critical discussion of Ewan MacColl's singing
2told me that the leggy dancers in their micro-minis were not for me,"
They really do underestimate us oldies sometimes
Don't mind the tourist trad - it tends to keep the bodhran drivers out of the real sessions
In Clare, we send them up to Doolin where the tourist go to listen to each other
I think the saddest thing I saw was in O'Connor's pub where the Russell family used to play
The finest of them IOM, Micho was fed drinks by the visitors so he didn't interfere with their sessions - we never got to hear him play concertina for years, though he did give us a couple of songs
Jim