Comments on: Limerick Music — The O'Malleys at Nancy Blake's http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CianHa http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-124503 CianHa Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:22:57 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-124503 Found this looking for O'Malley's stuff online, a great way to spend 15 mins, cheers Bock! Found this looking for O'Malley's stuff online, a great way to spend 15 mins, cheers Bock!

]]> By: Tom Cronin http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-99940 Tom Cronin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:12:02 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-99940 Thanks Bock !! TC Thanks Bock !!

TC

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-99913 Bock Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:05:08 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-99913 Sorry to hear that Tom. Comment deleted as requested. Sorry to hear that Tom. Comment deleted as requested.

]]> By: Tom Cronin http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-99908 Tom Cronin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:07:36 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-99908 Hi again Bock ! I would be very grateful if you could delete thread 96 above. I wrote it myself back in January but due to some very narrow minded people it has cause me a lot of grief since then. TC Hi again Bock ! I would be very grateful if you could delete thread 96 above.
I wrote it myself back in January but due to some very narrow minded people
it has cause me a lot of grief since then.

TC

]]> By: John O'Regan http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-91361 John O'Regan Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:20:19 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-91361 one comment I forgot to make in the space above some more memories come now Freddie White playing downstairs in the Basement in Perrys -we had moved as the Theatre Club building was bein renovated so we had the gigs in the basement area - Freddie played surrounded by candles - very atmospheric and Sonny Condell and his new band played a 3 hour set one night. Also the biggest crowd we had was for Eamonn Hehir when he launched his Bloodmil Road Cd - we had 120 people crammed into the basement, Eamonn had a ful band with him there and it was amazing, For anyone archiving the last gig we held was the Phillip Donnelly Acoustic Band in summer 2000. Things changed after that as the hotel was being renovated and so the gigs just stopped - it had run its natural course. I was still getting requests from artists looking for gigs so after a while I started doing things with the AMC (Aspersions Music Collective) with Albert Twomey and friends. We had some great nights in the Savoy, High Stool and Tims Bar with people like Buddy Mondlock, B,A, Robertson, Jonsmith, Richard Gilwitz, Jim Page, Rory Faithfield, Annie Burns, Doug Hoekestra and Kat Parsons, The Prodigals, Tanya Opland and Mike Freeman etal. It was another exciting period from 2000 to 2002, thank you for this opportunity to share and relive some very happy memories. Best wishes John O'Regan one comment I forgot to make in the space above some more memories come now Freddie White playing downstairs in the Basement in Perrys -we had moved as the Theatre Club building was bein renovated so we had the gigs in the basement area – Freddie played surrounded by candles – very atmospheric and Sonny Condell and his new band played a 3 hour set one night. Also the biggest crowd we had was for Eamonn Hehir when he launched his Bloodmil Road Cd – we had 120 people crammed into the basement,
Eamonn had a ful band with him there and it was amazing, For anyone archiving the last gig we held was the Phillip Donnelly Acoustic Band in summer 2000. Things changed after that as the hotel was being renovated and so the gigs just stopped – it had run its natural course. I was still getting requests from artists looking for gigs so after a while I started doing things with the AMC (Aspersions Music Collective) with Albert Twomey and friends. We had some great nights in the Savoy, High Stool and Tims Bar with people like Buddy Mondlock, B,A, Robertson, Jonsmith, Richard Gilwitz, Jim Page, Rory Faithfield, Annie Burns, Doug Hoekestra and Kat Parsons, The Prodigals, Tanya Opland and Mike Freeman etal. It was another exciting period from 2000 to 2002, thank you for this opportunity to share and relive some very happy memories.

Best wishes
John O'Regan

]]> By: John O'Regan http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-91360 John O'Regan Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:55:05 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-91360 one further comment I forgot to make to the piece above. T one further comment I forgot to make to the piece above. T

]]> By: John O'Regan http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-91324 John O'Regan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:51:17 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-91324 Hello Thanks for the nice mentions of Freddie White at the Theatre Club. I was one of the gig organisers there with Mark Donnelly and Brendan Wallace of The Outfit and The Groove fame. We ran the club between 1997 and 2000 and had Freddie White, Mick Hanley, Phillip Donnelly, Louis Stewart and Honor Heffernan, Lesie Dowdall, Cran, Cafe Orchestra, Maurice Dickson, Andy Irivine, Jim Page, Don Mescall, John Spillane, Paul Tiernan, Ronnie Taheeny, Maca, Maggie Keane, Sonny Condell, Gerry O'Beirne, Thom Moore, Juliet Turner and the late lamented Pigmeat Pete Smith among others play there. The club met a need as there was no real live music venue in Limerick along the lines of Cork's Lobby and Whelans in Dublin. The idea was to present quality live music in a good listening venue where the artists and audiences could enjoy it. It was a wonderful 3 years and I enjoyed it immensely. It was my first time running gigs and Mark and Brendan were a pleasure to work with. I am glad that people remember it fondly as I know the artists do and still ask about it from time to time. Good luck with the site and if anyone is interested look at this site www.siiye.co.uk and check out 'Caught in the Act' a wonderful music webzine from the UK. I contirbute regularly and have a feature on 'New Limerick Bands'' there also material on The Driven, Miami Showband with Johnny Fean and much more there. Oh and one more thing I wrote a full page obituary on Eugene Wallace published in 'The Limerick Leader' shortly after his death and I interviewed him on my 'Regan's Rambles' radio show back in the Pirate days of John the Man's Radio Luimni. Great character. Thank you Yours sincerely John O'Regan Hello

Thanks for the nice mentions of Freddie White at the Theatre Club. I was one of the gig organisers there with Mark Donnelly and Brendan Wallace of The Outfit and The Groove fame. We ran the club between 1997 and 2000 and had Freddie White, Mick Hanley, Phillip Donnelly, Louis Stewart and Honor Heffernan, Lesie Dowdall, Cran, Cafe Orchestra, Maurice Dickson, Andy Irivine, Jim Page, Don Mescall, John Spillane, Paul Tiernan, Ronnie Taheeny, Maca, Maggie Keane, Sonny Condell, Gerry O'Beirne, Thom Moore, Juliet Turner and the late lamented Pigmeat Pete Smith among others play there. The club met a need as there was no real live music venue in Limerick along the lines of Cork's Lobby and Whelans in Dublin. The idea was to present quality live music in a good listening venue where the artists and audiences could enjoy it. It was a wonderful 3 years and I enjoyed it immensely. It was my first time running gigs and Mark and Brendan were a pleasure to work with. I am glad that people remember it fondly as I know the artists do and still ask about it from time to time. Good luck with the site and if anyone is interested look at this site http://www.siiye.co.uk and check out 'Caught in the Act' a wonderful music webzine from the UK. I contirbute regularly and have a feature on 'New Limerick Bands" there also material on The Driven, Miami Showband with Johnny Fean and much more there. Oh and one more thing I wrote a full page obituary on Eugene Wallace published in 'The Limerick Leader' shortly after his death and I interviewed him on my 'Regan's Rambles' radio show back in the Pirate days of John the Man's Radio Luimni. Great character.
Thank you
Yours sincerely
John O'Regan

]]> By: olivia 10th Feb 2010 http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-90331 olivia 10th Feb 2010 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:20:15 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-90331 Dear Wrinkley Joe I know where Derry Bray is ! He would have been at Nancy Blake's John Mayall revival but, now living in the U.S.A Dear Wrinkley Joe
I know where Derry Bray is !
He would have been at Nancy Blake's John Mayall revival
but, now living in the U.S.A

]]> By: Audrey http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-88626 Audrey Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:09:42 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-88626 Comment deleted. Right Audrey. I've had enough. We've had the same argument on three separate threads in recent days and I'm sick of it. You clearly are unwilling to respect the comment policy. I will decide how matters are handled here, not you. Therefore I feel that you should post your views elsewhere for a while. Take a break. Bock Comment deleted.

Right Audrey. I've had enough. We've had the same argument on three separate threads in recent days and I'm sick of it.

You clearly are unwilling to respect the comment policy. I will decide how matters are handled here, not you.

Therefore I feel that you should post your views elsewhere for a while.

Take a break.

Bock

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2009/06/limerick-music-the-omalleys-at-nancy-blakes/comment-page-1/#comment-88620 Bock Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:51:43 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=5189#comment-88620 Audrey -- Your comment was deleted. You're well aware of the comments policy. Personal abuse to another commmenter will get you blocked and you know it well. Audrey — Your comment was deleted. You're well aware of the comments policy. Personal abuse to another commmenter will get you blocked and you know it well.

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