Going to gigs to hear the singer – not the audience

A Different View with Dave O’Connell

The Workman’s Club on Dublin’s Quays is a wonderful live music venue not dissimilar in size and style to our own Roisín Dubh – and it was the venue for a recent unforgettable gig with Coral frontman Bill Ryder Jones.

There was a lovely atmosphere among a fairly seasoned crowd and Bill himself is so laidback that he might as well live his life one step from horizontal.

But in a rare spark of irritation, he had a cut to get people to tone down the talking between songs; banter that was........

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