Froze your ass off last year?? And this from a guy who tours Alaska in the winter on purpose?

I just got home. It was a great festival - but we missed you Seamus! All the stages were indoors this year (except for the rock tent - we kept those bastards outdoors under a very large tent).

They had a great turnout. Great crowds yesterday. My 6PM show had 800 people. Danu was on just before me and they had quite a few more.

I enjoyed very much Lunhasa, Bohola, Cathy Ryan, Patrick Ball, Danny Doyle and Jim Flanagan. I have to say that Bohola just kicked ass! What a sound. Just three of 'em, but truly fine players all, and a great selection of music.

Ed Miller was terrific. I saw two halves of his shows, and played one with him. We sang a few Irish/Texas/Mexico stories - we had a good crowd - and I enjoyed the show as much as anyone in the room. Ed's a treat to work with. We had a great response from the show ans a lot of requests to consider repeating it. I hope we'll get the chance to do it again.

Except for us missing Seamus Kennedy this year; it was a fine festival!