Hi, I was the Dubliners 'roadie' in 1966 and I remember sitting up at night in the hotel drinking Bacardi and Coke until breakfast time (except John Sheehan who was teetotal). The Octupus thingy came about one night after a few jars. Another thing they used to do was one of them, Barney say, would go out of the room and come back in as Luke for instance. That was hilarious! As for Ronnie and the Corries, I remember Ronnie 'phoning me to see if I minded him adding a verse to a song of mine called the Wallace. He even sang the verse, a truly courteous man. The whole group were excellent and I know he won't mind me telling you their nickname 'Chapati Bell and the Curry folk trio'. I think they also knew Karachie Fisher. Cheers Ronnie, Jim McLean