Dubliners!

The first Irish band I heard --The Dubliners!--with the original line up with Bobby lynch . Luke was still guesting for them a bit like Tommy Makem and the Clancy's The other band to come roaring out of Erins green sod!  The late Ronnie Drews corncrake vocals were superb and Lukes balladeering power vocals were a superb counter! --I heard some of Barneys tenor banjo reels and jigs and that was it--Hooked! I bought "Finnegan wakes" Recorded at the gate theatre Dublin and played it over again--By this time I was boring all my friends to death with this exciting 'new' music and a few of them liked it and came along for the ride!! We learned "Chief O'niells favourite" The first hornpipe in O'Neills tunes--We played it to death.
We took up residence in the "Court house" pub in Commutation Row at the bottom of London road. the pub was run by Danny English who was a well known Liverpool landlord . His son Jimmy hosted a singers night on Saturday night and A host of Characters from Gerrards crescent nearby contributied to the raffish atmosphere! The Liverpool "Writers" of the day came to call frequently and Frank Shaw the
author of "Lern yerself scouse" used to come along with Glyn Hughes Who wrote "Whiskey on a Sunday"