Sometimes you meet the most amazing people. This is a thank you entry.
I spent the better part of yesterday transcribing songs written by a lovely Irishman named Mick Flanagan. We were lucky enough to meet Mick during the August Súnas/Kismet tour to GeorgeTown in Tasmania & spent the better part of the afternoon playing in a session with him. As well as playing the accordion, Mick has a fantastic voice, and I fell in love with his style of acapella singing & songwriting & badgered the poor man to send me some songs so I could learn them, as he also has a vast knowledge of trad songs. Well Mick the Wonderful sent me a tape filled to bursting with both his songs & trad songs he loves to sing, which I have been soaking up like an obsessed sponge. I believe it's important to keep the trad songs going, as nothing saddens me more than beautiful music lost forever. So Mick, sláinte my friend, your songs are brilliant, and I look forward to catching up with you in January!
Listening to ''Dicky Goodchild'', by Mick Flannagan
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