Jim Carroll interview

Subject: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST,iains
Date: 25 Mar 26 - 02:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJHYr8zPHaA

An interesting narrative.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Mar 26 - 02:47 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJHYr8zPHaA

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Mar 26 - 02:50 PM

Very Interesting

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: The Sandman
Date: 26 Mar 26 - 03:59 AM

thankyou for putting this up.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST,Steve Shaw
Date: 26 Mar 26 - 09:12 PM

Well it's probably no secret (to anyone who took interest) that I was a staunch ally of Jim here (though in a few private exchanges with him I did tell him like it is) during the time that he was being harassed by several people here who were far inferior to him in most regards except for one: that Jim struggled to realise that the people taunting him here were people who were simply not worth his time and who he should have shrugged off. Quite simply, he was an amazingly insightful and supremely knowledgeable man who understood traditional music in a way that no-one else here could hope to match. This forum suffered one of its most severe losses when it failed to embrace his superb scholarship. Yeah, he was argumentative, opinionated and stubborn and didn't know when to hold back. But in the world of traditional music he is a mighty man - and we just let him go. Tragic.

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Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: meself
Date: 27 Mar 26 - 11:40 AM

Well put, Steve (although I'm a little uneasy about your use of the past tense - I take it that's just in reference to his time here, and that I didn't miss something?).

Btw, some very interesting stuff in that interview, for anyone remotely interested in traditional song and singing.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 27 Mar 26 - 12:14 PM

A similar public interview was done some dark evening in Miltown Malbay. It was filmed/recorded but I fail to remember who holds the footage. It was mighty although it perhaps went on just a bit too long and Jim lost focus a bit. John Tunney chaired the night.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Mar 26 - 12:41 PM

Two questions, and a suggestion - was it Jim who farted in church?
Where's the oft mentioned song? Some misspelled subtitles be fun.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST,Keith Price
Date: 27 Mar 26 - 12:43 PM

Well said Steve Shaw.
I only occasionally look in on this site now. It seems to be mainly lyric requests and obituaries.
It really was a good informative group at one time, and not just Jim.
I wish Max and others well.

Subject: RE: Jim Carrol interview
From: GUEST,Steve Shaw
Date: 27 Mar 26 - 12:55 PM

On reflection, I suppose I should have referred to traditional song rather than traditional music. Whatever both those things are! ;-) I'm far more of a tunester than a songster (though I'll be out this evening singing one or two shanties with the lads in my band, a new diversion!), but I always appreciated Jim's learned input here.