I am going to come to this festival next year........need to have a bit of a ramble down in those parts anyway....

Yeah, Jed, Bohola may be the finest band of its type that I have ever seen/heard. I am not exaggerating when I say that the last band that got to me this way was The Bothy Band. I know that may sound like heresy to some of you, but I am telling you that they have that much quality in their style and presentation. You owe it to yourself to hear them when you get the chance. This trio is one of those rare groups where it all came together.

In fairness, I must admit that Pat Broaders of this band is one of my close friends. But I make my comments in spite of this.............hahahahaha. Pat is an incredible Uilleann Piper, one of the finest. The instrument he plays that Jed refers to as a bouzouki is actually called a Dordan. It is like a bouzouki on steroids. It actually is a bouzouki scale, but the sound box is 1/3 again deeper and also wider and longer. I believe Pat tunes it C - G - C - G. He is up against a fiddle played by Sean Cleland and a Piano Accordian played by Jimmy Keene. And he comes right through. A wonderful grouping of three of the most respected instrumentalists around. And you haven't lived until you have heard Pat sing "The Storm is on the Ocean". Now............enough with the compliments to my friend......hahahaha

Thanks for the update, Jed. By the way, I want to hear that song you sing with the chorus en Espanol. The lyric is so beautiful that I just may be forced to cob it from you.

We need a Beef Brothers reunion concert.

Mick