Sunday was more a catch our collective breath day. We woke late, when you fall into bed at 2AM you wake late, what can I say? I’m enjoying the vacation and lack of pressing problems to be solved. If you want to read a fantastic book on the wandering musician’s life read Ciaran Carson’s Last Night’s Fun. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18754 We wandered down to the village, we wanted to say hello to Frank O’Mahony, but he closes at 1:00 on Sunday, so we stopped in at Eileen’s, It was much more quiet than the night before, the hikers having gone to hike elsewhere, so we settled in with some tea, later some Murphy’s and played some tunes. There were a handful of locals and a couple of visitors. We met an American couple who are visiting out on the road. He’s heard us the night before at Eileen’s and had some questions about Irish music. He’s a musician as well from Wisconsin, named Terry Murphy, his wife Katy, He asked if he could sit in with us, wasn’t sure how to accompany the tunes, we gave him a few tips and he did pretty well for not knowing the repertoire. He kindly gave us each a CD he’d produced of his songs and we bid them goodbye.
We headed up the road to Arundel’s because Wayne Sheehy said he’d meet us there. He’s got a recording studio at his home on the North side of the Sheepshead on the other side of Kilcrohane. He’s in the middle of mixing an album of music created by African refugees, so only had time for a quick pint. We chatted for about an hour, spoke about the poor state of affairs in the USA, seen through an Irishman’s eyes, and agreed to meet Monday evening at Eileen’s for a session from 6:00-8:00. The start time is correct, who knows when we’ll end.
Tunes in Eileen’s
