walking down a dirt track somewhere in waterford, 14 years old, cigarette in mouth and a desire to be what some of us then dreamed of being... axe guitar heroes, jimmy page, jimmy hendrix, rory gallagher and the adoring masses chanting your name. godlike. only dreams. innocent dreams. u2 and ronald reagen. 1984. ireland in big trouble. auto de fe in dunmore east. constant rantings of the catholic church in the ears, teenage rebellion, the long hair, jim steinman, then mark knopfler, chris rea, short hair and a little less rebellious. 1986. ronald reagen, gadaffi and moving statues. christy moore and bruce springsteen. a likely duo. so back to the beginning for some answers and clues. and in the beginning, there was elvis, johnny cash, dylan, joni mitchell, john phillips, "pet sounds" and the beatles. u2 and george bush sr. 1991. war. love/hate, ask/ignore, confront/put off. twenty something, ear piercings, first love/last rites… peter kingsbery, green day, jeff buckley, barry moore, born again, just in time before the end of the millennium. 2001. one fine day in september, a new century, and everything has changed. u2 and george “dubya” bush. more war. actually, nothing has really changed. top song "dolores" written by john madden from nyc. that's his mug beside the track in the jukebox.
Pat performs "It's Your Life", "Davis Road", "Alice Is Not In Wonderland" & "Secrets" Live in the Netherlands
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Now there's a funny thing Pat! Great to hear! I was looking at your site the other day. I haven' t done the North Holland/ German/ Scandinavian circuit for years and also I have Jutland roots and pals in Kopenhagen so wanted to get up that way in September as, well, the music and travel gods have been smiling on me of late (fingers crossed). All the best with the music look after yourself and good luck Ken
hey! how are you? hope santa was good, hehe. just wanted to say: i'll be at the irish rover tonight (26nd) to listen to you. maybe you could bring a cd, i'd like to buy one. hopefully you read this before. bye stef
hallo! i enjoyed the singing, as well. haven't done it for a very long time and i was sooo nervous. but thank you so much!! it was a pleasure. hope to meet ya again in the Irish Rover. merry christmas for you. steffi
Hey Pat have a carlsberg for me and I' ll have a stella or whatever in Belgium for you this weekend! Good stuff going on here re music /comedy Wishing you the best Ken
Wow, you don't pay attention for a moment and the next thing you know he's in Denmark! Shame to see you go, but we wish you all the best and hope to see you soon in Holland! Maybe we'll even see you up north, you sort of have given us a reason to make our long-awaited debut in Scandinavia.... ;)
Dennis
PS: I'll let Robert know you're up there know, he's in Sweden on his internship till feb....
Hello My Friend, and our respect for your work !!!
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The helpless must be protected, and those with no voice of their own must be spoken up for. Those who prey on our children rely on silence, and it must not be allowed to continue! So thank you for adding your voice to ours, together we will grow louder...AND WE WILL BREAK THE SILENCE!!!
Hey Pat, I've seen your name posted up more then Bruce Springsteens this summer mate so you must be working hard. I'm sure we'll bump into each other on the road at some stage. Take care, Eamonn
Thank you! :) Looking forward to see you next week. I haven't made my mind up about Aalborg as I might be going away for that weekend too - but I'll let you know, and definitely see you in Aarhus. Ta-ta!
Hey there, thanks for your comment it made my day, in the last two weeks of college (2nd yr) so a bit up the wall at the moment. New york New york, I'm so jelous....enjoy the journey, take care...x
My parents don't live in Antwerp anymore, so I guess I won't be seeing you in Irish Times anymore... :o( I might come see you in NYC though, and if I don't, you should definitely go to Bella's party on the 30th!!
