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Sally V McHenry's avatar

Thanks for that gift this morning.

David Mcdonough's avatar

Ah, the rock n roll life! And him a Canadian, too! And did you fuck off?

Robert O'Connell's avatar

Of course I did. I wasn’t exactly sober. I realized I was out of line so I made a quick retreat.

David Mcdonough's avatar

And didn't Aoife say that Ronnie Wood was very taken with Bobby Clancy and invited him to a gig? And didn't I read that Neil Young was very rude to Bobby?

Robert O'Connell's avatar

Ronnie has a house and studio in Kildare and he invited us all to visit him. Later Bobby got a phone call inviting him to a party at Ronnie’s but he declined. Neil Young told me to fuck off when I asked him for an autograph for my daughter at the after party at Tommy Makem’s Irish Pavilion. I don’t hold it against him. That was better than any autograph.

Jesse Winch's avatar

Beautiful! Love the open D.

BRIAN QUINN's avatar

I think I recall that during that MSG Dylan Fest, that when you performed, the monitors were not working and had to sing without hearing each other.

Robert O'Connell's avatar

Actually, Brian, it was the opposite. The monitor level was so loud it was disorienting. It felt like standing under Niagara Falls. You could not distinguish your own voice in the mix. It was literally painful. We did a soundcheck earlier in the day but they obviously didn’t save the settings.

Harold Lepidus's avatar

I made a CD-R for myself with the track list featuring the Clancy Brothers version of a song, each followed by Dylan’s rewritten version. A great combination and education. Love this version!