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A raw and lively look at a seven piece Irish band keeping tradition alive through spirited drinking songs, fast paced reels, and timeless jigs.
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00:07My mum's Irish. I grew up in a very humorous, shall we say, family of Irish immigrants.
00:17Folk songs traditionally have always had a connection with politics and history.
00:21If you said, right, we're not going to sing any political songs, you'd wipe out most of this catalogue, you
00:25know.
00:25Right, okay, so we've got a very short extract from Mozart's Piano Concerto in D.
00:38Our next song, I can remember we were in his back room, and Danny said to me,
00:43I thought about, what do you think about getting an Irish band together?
00:46And I said, you're joking, aren't you? And I said, no. And he said, no, rather.
00:51And it just seemed to fall together.
00:54Less about the money, really. I'm not going to get rich doing this.
00:57Thank you, boy.
00:59In the sense that, it's not a major part of my income, and it's highly enjoyable.
01:05Really, really, very fun.
01:07Wear the wolf. Stay off the wolves.
01:14Werewolves.
01:16Werewolves.
01:17Would you like to be a this?
01:21I'm not.
01:23Is there a whole part of my house?
01:30I'm not.
01:31I'm not.
01:33What are you doing?
01:33I'm not.
01:34Say, if you're not.
01:35I'm not.
01:35I'm not.
01:35I'm not.
01:37I'm not.
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