Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?

Subject: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: InOBU
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 09:29 PM

Hiya Kids:
I need to speak with Daithi about our new CD... I hear he is back from Ireland and living in Vergina or South Carolina or something... anyone have a line on him???? Larry

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: Frank Maher
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 08:47 AM

Paddy O'Brien,the Irish Accordion Player who lives in Minnesota,may be able to help You!!! His e-mail address is [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 09:00 AM

Daithi is best reached through the Altan website. You can email Tom, their manager, through the site and he can forward your message on to Daithi.

The band just finished up their summer US dates, and the band has gone back to Ireland. If Daithi isn't doing the Irish gigs in Donegal (Mark often does them), he is probably home by now--to St. Paul.

Dunno that Paddy would necessarily give you the info on how to contact Daithi directly, or if they know where he is at any given moment. They are great friends, but not exactly each other's keepers.

I also don't know how Paddy and Erin feel about having their email address published publicly. They may not mind a bit, but if it were me, I'd go through Tom, especially if you don't know either Daithi or Paddy well. Tom is very helpful.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 09:19 AM

I wouldn't worry about publishing Paddy O'Brien's email address. It's already published at the site for the Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection. And I wouldn't be surprised if that's his home address and phone number also.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 09:30 AM

As to Paddy and Erin, I said I didn't know if they would mind or not, and they likely wouldn't mind a bit. Some people mind a great deal. If you are looking for professional help, you should never assume that the people you are dealing with "don't mind" having their email, phone, or address published on the Internet. Bad form, and all that.

But I also said, "if it were me" looking for a favor from a busy artist, especially if I didn't know them well, I'd bend over backwards to be polite. Which means, at least at first, going through channels.

As I said, Daithi can be contacted through the Altan website. Isn't that good enough?

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: InOBU
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 06:33 PM

Thanks all: I don't know idf Paddy O'Brian would remember me, but, the first time I heard Loftus Jones, long before the Irish Tradition recorded it, I heard it from Paddy at a session. We have a bunch of common friends. Thanks all, according to a mutual friend, I don't believe that Daithi is back in St. Paul anymore. Thanks for all the leads all, I will let you know if I find him. Cheers, Larry

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 08:44 PM

Larry,

With all due respect, your friend is wrong about Daithi's residence. He still lives in St. Paul.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 10:12 PM

Isn't "Daithi" the Irish equivalent of "David"? Well, the St. Paul phone book lists a David Sproule living in Lauderdale, a suburb of St. Paul. You can find him on qwestdex.com. Mind you, I have no reason to think it's the same guy, other than the Daithi/David equivalence.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 11:35 PM

Of course, it doesn't even matter where Daithi lives, because he can be reached no matter where in the world he is via the Altan website.

But then, as Jim Dixon suggests, there is also the alternative of calling strangers and asking them to give you his number.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 11:49 PM

Here's Tom Sherlock's contact info:

E-mail: [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: InOBU
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 08:08 AM

FRIENDS!!!
Thanks to all, Paddy sent me Daithi's email, so all is in the works. Thanks to all. I also sent a note to the Altan web page, so all has been tried with greatful thanks to all
Larry

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 08:50 AM

Guest, have you ever tried contacting a musician through an official website? Well, I have tried twice that I can remember. Peter Berryman sent me an immediate and cordial reply. Lou Killen NEVER replied, though it has been more than a year.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 10:24 AM

Jim,

I've never heard of anyone not receiving a prompt reply from Altan's manager, Tom Sherlock, promptly. He provides his personal email address on the website at the bottom of the "Contact Us" page. In fact, it's so easy to contact Altan this way, I can't imagine anyone not trying it as their first means of contacting any of the band members.

Larry,

Glad to hear you got the information you were seeking.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: InOBU
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 06:54 PM

Thanks to BOTH! Cheers Larry

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 12:00 PM

btw How do you pronounce Daithi?

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 02:03 PM

Da as in "ah" and hee, with emphasis (as is usual in Irish) on the first syllable.

Subject: RE: Anyone in touch with Daithi Sproule?
From: Brían
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 02:06 PM

I can affirm that Tom Sherlock will indeed answer any request to Altan's website very promptly.

Brían.