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  Welcome
to my news and gigs page. It's been a very busy 2010 so far
and I recently got back from doing some gigs in New Zealand,
great fun. I'm back in Blighty now so look out for some open
dates on here soon. My main gigs thesedays are private
functions and corporate events but I still do the odd pub
gig here and there. My
favourite highlight of 2009 gig-wise was a 6 week series of
Scandinavian cruise gigs with my band 'The
Kilburn Cowboys'. We played on various ships with 'Viking
Lines' cruises. It was a real hoot and the gigs were great, with both Finnish and
Swedish people showing themselves to be great fans of Irish
ballads and music, we probably played 'Whisky in the Jar',
'Molly Malone' and the 'Wild Rover' enough times
consecutively over those six weeks, to merit some kind of an
entry into the Guinness book of records! We did 42 straight
gigs and although it was
somewhat exhausting it was a hell of a lot of fun too! I have a few
London gigs in the pipeline, as well as a few
weddings and private functions in other parts of the
country, so I'll keep you updated on all of that as we go
along. Keep in touch and thanks for all of the emails and
feedback, especially from the people on board the Viking Line gigs, I
had a couple
written in Finnish which I'll need a translator for! but
it's always nice to hear from you anyhow! It's always
interesting to make a note of which songs get asked for in
different countries and cultures and it was pretty eclectic
to say the least! Oddly enough a real favourite was 'It's a
long way to Tipperary', which we got asked for several
times. It's defo not one you'd play much in either Ireland
or the UK. It's quite a controversial and somewhat sad song
for some people and for good reason. We got asked for all
the favourites such as
'Danny Boy', 'The Fields of Athenry', and lots of songs from the Pogues,
Dubliners, Wolfe Tones, Christy Moore, etc. It was also a
wonderful experience to play on board our last ship with the
iconic Dubliners on the bill. They went down a storm with
the Swedish crowd as one would expect. There's only John
Sheehan and Barney McKenna left from the original line up
but nonetheless they did Irish music and song proud! Hope to
see you soon!
 FANTASTIC
win for Millwall at Wembley and Championship League here we
come! As fate would decree it, I had a wedding gig that day!..Groaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... Ah well, I got there
last year against Scunthorpe and acceptance is the key! I
have already bought my season ticket for the next campaign
and hopefully the Lions can get up there and stay in the
Championship and who knows, maybe the Premiership next?
Looking forward to playing against the likes of Palace, QPR and the rest
of them. It's
been a long hard season but lots of fun and excitement along
the way. I was lucky enough to get to tons of games home
and away. Well done Kenny Jackett and the team! GOOD LUCK
NEXT SEASON! See you down the Den for the Hull game!
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H&H
Music have just released these two double albums. They'll be available via my online shop soon. You can still buy the
original single cd's from the shop.
Maybe snap up one or two
up now, when they're gone, they're gone! I'm delighted there
are still people out there who want to buy my old stuff.
THE THATCHER SONG was originally released on Crubeen Records in 1984
with the second version with the current tracks released via Prism Leisure in 1988. It has nigh on all of my
underground hit singles from 80's and 90's and all of the lyrics.
PLUS you get a free copy of my 'IRISH PUB SONGS' album. The Shamrock
& Thistle double album is the original massive selling two albums
that I recorded with Archie McPherson. 
I'm
regularly asked for the words of my songs. The main
ones asked for are 'De Valera', 'Never too old to love'
and 'The Thatcher Song'. Visit my
