Peter T....I used to LOVE the drawings you did of small urchins clutching valuable instruments! Their HUGE sunken eyes hungrily peering out from the black velvet backround, while their bony little fingers curled around the necks of vintage D-28s......

You DID feed them didn't you?

Ahhh yes, your Brian Epstein phase..........I thought about being a furniture salesman as well, but I knew I'd get board and pine for the fjords.

Jeez Mick, were you into those fancy names as well? What was wrong with:
The Irish Rebels
The Irish Newcomers
The Sons of Erin
The Irish Ramblers
The Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers' DAD (!!)

I played at least a week with all of the above.

By the way....the most INTERESTING of the bands? The Dad of three of the Rovers! he had a little Showband that had played in Ireland for years before he came to Canada. Lotsa swing stuff.

Cheers

Rick