As Tommy O’Sullivan ‘stellar’ Irish Trad. guitarist, star of Sliabh Notes fame and currently dueting with Paddy Keenan (ex. De Dannan) on their new CD…said to me, in Shanna Quay, recently 
Tommy is the one that looks like a muso, by the way!
Steve
[ This Message was edited by: StevePower on 2002-04-18 12:35 ]
Hey Steve,
I know this sounds unlikely, but a few months ago Paddy and Tommy were passing through Virginia Beach, Virginia and the local folk music society hosted an impromptu concert in someone’s home. I was very impressed with Tommy’s playing (and Paddy’s). Got to talk to Paddy briefly during a break. It was a delightful evening with 2 top notch musicians.
Vinny
On 2002-04-18 12:35, StevePower wrote:
Paddy Keenan (ex. De Dannan35 ]
Oh Steve how well you know your music.
On 2002-04-18 14:04, Peter Laban wrote:
Oh Steve how well you know your music. >
I assume by that, Peter means: “No, Steve, Paddy Keenan was actually a founding member of the Bothy Band and you made an error that time.”
It’s a pity he couldn’t have been nicer about it!
Hope it didn’t spoil the picture!
Steve
On 2002-04-18 12:35, StevePower wrote:
Tommy is the one that looks like a muso, by the way!Steve
Wow, I never knew that musicians wore sweaters like that…
On 2002-04-18 14:25, StevePower wrote:
[I assume by that, Peter means: “No, Steve, Paddy Keenan was actually a founding member of the Bothy Band and you made an error that time.”It’s a pity he couldn’t have been nicer about it!
That wasn’t so un-nice, not meant that way anyhow. Offcourse I meant he replaced Peter Browne in the Bothy band [oops, doing it again aren’t I/]
Nobody likes a smarty-pants! Except the smarty pants himeself. Trust me, I went to SPA. ‘I am Steve and I was a smarty pants!’.
But, in true SP mode, I feel I have to correct Peter (just this one last smarty panting, no more I promise, just one for the road!).
At 17, having fallen in love with the blues, Paddy Keenan left Ireland for England and Europe, where he played blues and rock. Returning to Ireland after a few years, he began playing around Dublin with singer/keyboardist Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and singer/guitarist Micheal O Dhomhnaill. Fiddler Paddy Glackin then joined the three, and they asked flute player Matt Mollov to play with them shortly thereafter. Next accordion player Tony MacMahon joined the group, and then guitarist Donal Lunny was asked to listen to the six. Liking what he heard, he joined as well, and the loosely-knit band began calling itself “Seachtar,” the Irish word for “seven.”
Seachtar’s first major concert was in Dublin. They played a few more gigs around the country, but circumstances soon forced Tony MacMahon to drop out. When the rest of the band decided to turn professional Paddy Glackin left as well; he was replaced by Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples (who was later replaced by fiddler Kevin Burke). All the group needed now was a name.
Micheal O’ Dhomhnaill had recently returned from Scotland, where he happened across a photograph taken in the 1890s of a group of tattered musicians. “The Bothy Band,” it was titled, in reference to the migrant Irish laborers who worked in England and Scotland and were housed in stone huts known as “bothies.” Micheal suggested that the band take this name, and the others agreed. Thus was born one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, The Bothy Band.
So, I think you’ll find, Peter, that paddy was a founder member of the Bothy band, as I said, originally!
(atually, I’m not really a SP at all, I stole this from paddy’s home page).
Steve
[ This Message was edited by: StevePower on 2002-04-19 04:36 ]
OK, so I see the celebrity.
Now who’s the guy with the beard?
On 2002-04-19 04:25, StevePower wrote:
So, I think you’ll find, Peter, that paddy was a founder member of the Bothy band, as I said, originally!
Steve, I think you originally said that Paddy Keenan was “ex-DeDannan”. But in fact I think Peter is right in pointing out that Paddy is one of the four remaining Irish Traditional recording artists who hasn’t been featured in that line-up. They’ve never had pipes, I believe. (Little know fact: Andy Irvine was a part of DeDannan for a brief period, but does not appear on any studio recordings).
It’s all in good fun here, of course, and everybody gets a bit of a ribbing from Peter at some point or other…
On 2002-04-19 10:29, Bloomfield wrote:
teve, I think you originally said that Paddy Keenan was “ex-DeDannan”.
Well, yes originally I said he was ex De Dannan, but originally when I said he was in the Bothy Band, I said he was a founder member. So, when I was originally talking about his membership of the Bothy band, I was talking about him being an original member and not a replacement for another original member, as Peter had suggested he was, originally.
Clear?
(Steve I just sent you a private message, don’t know if you watch for them)
ER… what’s a ‘muso’?
(in other words… uh… er… ahem who’s who?
hi again sp/SP 
long time no chat!! i see you’re still your usual sp self! lol
~Z
On 2002-04-19 20:25, Zax wrote:
- ER… what’s a ‘muso’?
- (in other words… uh… er… ahem who’s who? >
- hi again sp/SP >
~Z
Steve
Steve, please forgive me but I just gotta ask: That looks like an Argyle sweater. Do the socks match?
Neil, you could answer that question by asking Steve is he married or not.
Tony
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On 2002-04-18 12:35, StevePower wrote:
As Tommy O’Sullivan ‘stellar’ Irish Trad. guitarist, star of Sliabh Notes
Just how do you pronounce “Sliabh Luckra” anyway?
Neil
Not wearing socks, just open-teod sandals and painted toe-nails.
How does being married answer the question - but my own socks - and who’d marry a guy who wears sweaters like that?
Weekenders: Sleeve Loo-kra
Steve
Thanks, Steve! I’m quite relieved.
TonyH – I may not have been as clear as I should have been with my question but, as Steve realized, I was asking if the socks matched the ( Argyle ) sweater, not each other. Fortunately, as he says, it turns out he’s wearing sandals and painted toenails instead.
Update:
Paddy Keenan and Tommy O’Sullivan will be at Dolan’s Warehouse on the Dock Road, Limerick on 8th May. A bunch of Muso’s and me will be going. If anyone out there is in the area, give me a call and come along!
I doubt that any ex De Dannan members will be in evidence, but one never knows!
I’ve burn the argyle sweater and now only wear an old kaftan coat, mosaic head-band and love beads. I’ll be easy to spot in Dolans!
Steve
On 2002-04-20 20:11, StevePower wrote:
How does being married answer the question - but my own socks - and who’d marry a guy who wears sweaters like that?
Here’s why…
A guy can dress like a slob all his life and people will say “what a slob”
The day he gets married, it changes to
“I can’t believe she lets him out of the house looking like that”
(in no way implying you’re a slob Steve, just illustrating the spousal fashion responsibility clause in most marraige licences.)
Cheers,
jb