I thought I would have a pleasant few days thinking of a list and in the end it took about half an hour!
My criteria was to include either a folk song or artist that left a great impression me
They are roughly chronological
I wont bother with my teenage fixation on Dylan or Paul Simon or we’ll never get started
I start with the first time I realised that Pete Seeger was more than ‘Little Boxes’ and could do ferocious singing and banjo playing
Once I started to go to proper folk clubs in the early 70’s I found myself devouring Watersons but preferring Young Tradition
Then discovered what happens when you put 4 folk giants together
Always saw Dubliners as a pop folk band but then you listen to Luke Kelly on full throttle
Discovered this when looking for ideas on accompanying Andy on this
Richard Thompson is a legend for his guitar playing alone but his songs are always full of emotion
Never more so than writing this during his marriage break up
I wanted Andy to sing this song like this. He said ‘No’
PS the original Youtube clip was Sinead singing live but it has since been deleted so this is the next best thing with her miming to her studio recording.
I wanted Andy to sing this song like this. He said ‘Yes’ so we did - sort of ..
A couple of ‘encore ‘ songs
And always end with a smile
Cheers
Dave"