Sunday, May 6, 2012

On The Road Again ...

It's good to be back home, and getting stuck in to doing some live gigs again. This weekend the NTB are performing in Syd Harkins and The Ormond Hotel in Kilkenny as part of the Annual Kilkenny Roots Festival. Check the Kilkenny Roots site for details. There's an amazing line-up of American and local Bands playing over the weekend. I'm also looking forward to the up-coming Eigse Festival in Carlow in June, during which I will be presenting a Guitar Workshop, that's on Sunday the 10th at 11.30am. All welcome, and bring your Guitar ! After that, the NTB will be playing a show at the replica Wyoming Barn, which is being specially constructed for the occasion, and that's at 8.30pm on Wednesday the 13th of June. See you there. On Saturday the 23rd of June we are back at Croc An Oir, one of our most favourite spots in the World ! It's probably the most remote location in Ireland, but they are hugely supported by the locals, and always have the 'full house' sign on the door. July the 14th sees us at the Annual Athy Bluegrass Festival. This is Ireland's longest established Bluegrass Festival, and it's a great testament to the dedication of Martin Cooney, the original organiser, and Tony O'Brien, who took over a few years back, and continues to run this well organised event. Today's photo by Fiaz Farrelly shows me in the middle of a Tennessee stream. There's something about water in my blood that keeps bringing me back to places that are full of Croppies, Crawfish, Trout and Bass.