caliber66 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm with napoleon on this one.Me too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Junji Shirota, guitar player in Jody's Heaven, one of the best Irish traditional bands in San Francisco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Completely agree w/ the Saw Doctors, Black 47 (my favorite), The Tossers and i'll throw in The Drovers as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrrice Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Amen. Trailer and 1977 were sooooooo great. Back when they were covering Ween songs are turning down Pearl Jam to be their opener. They were the best. [quote name='pn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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froggie Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 You two should curl up together in front of a fire, drink some Guiness and listen to the Corrs. i wouldnt mind doing that with Andrea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plasticeyeball Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 a friend spent many years in The Prodigals. I would be remiss not to mention them, unless someone already did and i missed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 i was in dublin this past december and a friend there dragged me to a rodrigo y gabriela gig and a guy named fionn regan opened for them. if you enjoy the acoustic solo performances of jeff tweedy, you'll def. like this guy www.myspace.com/fionnregan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pnêyu Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 No one's mentioned Boyzone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I saw them at the Fleadh in Chicago one year, and they were a highlight of that day. Wilco didn't play that one. Actually they did. At the first one at any rate both Wilco, Billy Bragg and McGowan and the Popes were there. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Actually they did. At the first one at any rate both Wilco, Billy Bragg and McGowan and the Popes were there.This was at the Chicago Speedway, and Wilco most assuredly didn't play that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 This was at the Chicago Speedway, and Wilco most assuredly didn't play that one. No they certainly didn't play that one. This was the one at Arlington Racetrack the year before. Having seen McGowan the previous year give an incredible performance and also after sitting in the mud most of the day, I went and saw John Prine and left that one. All in all both were fun, but both very different. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Having seen McGowan the previous year give an incredible performance and also after sitting in the mud most of the day, I went and saw John Prine and left that one.Yeah, the mud was intolerable. They had announced that no lawn chairs would be allowed, so we didn't bring any. Of course, everyone there had lawn chairs. We badly wanted to see MacGowan, but that side stage was running very late, and his set was already nearly two hours overdue when we finally decided that we were too miserable to hang around another minute ... so we left. We did see some good stuff that day, despite the prolonged misery -- Costello & Nieve, Van Morrison, the Saw Doctors, John Prine, and the highlight for me: Steve Earle with the Del McCoury Band. That day was, however, the final straw for me as far as those kinds of festivals go. I will never attend another one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Yeah, the mud was intolerable. They had announced that no lawn chairs would be allowed, so we didn't bring any. Of course, everyone there had lawn chairs. We badly wanted to see MacGowan, but that side stage was running very late, and his set was already nearly two hours overdue when we finally decided that we were too miserable to hang around another minute ... so we left. We did see some good stuff that day, despite the prolonged misery -- Costello & Nieve, Van Morrison, the Saw Doctors, John Prine, and the highlight for me: Steve Earle with the Del McCoury Band. That day was, however, the final straw for me as far as those kinds of festivals go. I will never attend another one.I saw all the same stuff you did except for the Steve Earle set. In the strangest instance that day was Joe Henry in a side tent with virtually no one there to see him. Even I found it dull (and I like him) and went back to the main stage. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Calexico Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Jesus baldheaded Christ....I am ashamed to be Irish. Mickey Joe Harte? Planxty...great if you like the trad stuff. Rory Gallagher...simple...GOD. There are some awful shitty Irish bands. No wonder I listen mostly to American music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Jesus baldheaded Christ....I am ashamed to be Irish. Mickey Joe Harte? He's a cousin of mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 He's a cousin of mine. Fair enough. I just don't dig on no Eurovision. He's a cousin of mine. Wait a minute....Mickey or JC is your cousin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 MJ is probably the closer relative, but really, aren't we all cousins of JBHC, in a greater sense? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm sorry, I didn't mean any offence about your cuz. I am on antibiotics so I shall not be responsible for anything I say or do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Planxty...great if you like the trad stuff.And I do.I would marry a man that played Uilleann pipes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I love Planxty myself. Not that great of a fan of the trad stuff but once in a while it hits the spot. Then again I didn't grow up with it so it doesn't mean that much to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Neither did I, but I developed a taste for it in my 30s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Neither did I, but I developed a taste for it in my 30s. Yeah, like bondage...I understand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I mentioned Jody's Heaven earlier, even for folks who don't consider yourselves fan of traditional Irish music, their Garden of Butterflies is just some of the sweetest music you'll ever hear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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