Arrived late and Bob was on stage.
He had just been asked by a woman in the audience for “an Irish Song” and he sang ‘she moves through the fair’ which he said was the only Irish number he knew. He got Ronnie Simpson up to sing ‘the Green fields of France’ next,
followed by Ian Adie who sang his song ‘William Wallace’ [ despite more cries from the woman for “an Irish song“!]
Bob then got Elspeth Durkin up to sing Autumn Leaves and then to harmonise with Bob on the Little Feat number ‘Dixie Chicken’.
At this point the Open Mic section ended for a short period while the duo ‘The Hot Tamales’ took over for a set [to cries of “give us an Irish song” from the same woman!]
After their first set had ended, Bob once more got on stage and performed ‘Deportee’ followed by
‘You’re as drunk as me’. Jer McDade then got up and sang ‘Bob Treetop’ and an old Kinks number ‘Lola’.
"Leprechaun or Diddy Man??!!??" Bob then carried on the sixties theme with ‘The Mighty Quinn’ before persuading Marlene and Annie Fagin up to sing ‘The Galway Shawl’ = an Irish number!!
Joe Mac then performed a couple of songs ‘Ride On ‘ and then the only Irish song he said he knew ‘The Sally Gardens’.
Ian Adie was then back on stage and sang ‘Take the ribbons from your hair’ followed by an Eagles number ‘Tequila Sunrise’.
{Ian had requested some more photos of himself - glad to oblige Ian!!}
Bob then got Elspeth to sing ‘After the Goldrush’ before finishing the Open mic portion of the evening off with ‘You keep me hanging on’ with Elspeth singing backing vocals.
The Hot Tamales then got back on stage to finish off the evening.
Ian asked if I could take an 'official photo' of all the people in the bar who were wearing the shamrock and guiness hats, - so they all squeezed onto the stage for a group picture.
Some of the 'shenanigans' of the evening:
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
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