Gaughan's Irish tour Epistle, Part the Ninth
Dublin, 11.00am, Friday 19th Oct 2001

On Thursday nights Whelans has a late-night disco which starts at 11.30pm and last week I ran into bother because I overran and some of the disco people started coming in at the end of my set. So tonight I decided to do without a break and just play one set straight through. Went on at 9.15 and got off at 11.25. I had to fight against a fair bit of noise from some idiots who persisted in yacking and, in spite of my request at the start for mobile phones to be switched off, there were still two went off during the gig, inevitably right in the middle of slow songs.

But the performer is the wrong person to ask how the evening went. I wasn't entirely ecstatic about the night yet a load of people came up to say how much they'd enjoyed it - including one who said he'd been there last week and this week was better. And I sold twice as many CDs as on any other gig so far. I'll never understand it all. The more I think I've learned the less I know.

It was great to see Seamie O'Dowd who plays these days with Dervish. His father was the great Sligo fiddler Joe O'Dowd and I've known the family for years. Seamie is one damned talented musician and it's great to see him getting around and getting the recognition he deserves. Joe would have been proud of him. My grannie was from up around Sligo so I have connections with that area and it's about time I had a trip back there, it's been several years. Won't have time on this tour, unfortunately.

So now I have an interview with Peter Browne for RTE then hit the road for Kilkenny. The long and winding road windeth onwards.

25th January 2005

Tour Dates - last update 30 August 2005

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