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As promised, here are free downloads of Spancil Hill and Planxty Johnston from the Bachelors Walk 2003 album 'Train To Galway'. Spancill Hill features the late great Chris Jones who joins me on acoustic guitars here. Planxty Johnston is a Turlough O'Carolan tune I play here on a Lowden acoustic. Please simply click on the links to play them, or right click and 'save link as' to download.
Spancil Hill  Planxty Johnston  Good Vibrations

My Albums Freeflight and Home to the Heart are now available for digital download at  CD Baby  iTunes  Amazon mp3  and most other DD outlets. These links should take you directly to the relevant pages. Thanks for your interest!

Bookmarks:
Animals' Voice Online   Turlough O'Carolan  DPRP  Dick Farrelly  Kieran Halpin  Alan Hayes  Günter Hetzner 
Hubble  IMRO  Paddy Keenan  The Luke Kelly  Lone Star Webstation  McGuinness Irish Pub Basel  Bill Maher  Tom Petty  Tommy O'Sullivan  John Pilger  Jody Pollard  Heinz Pöhlmann  Mark Prendergast 
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Links  (a-z) 
Animals' Voice Online - A great site for anyone with an interest in the struggle to alleviate animal suffering and mistreatment in the world, what's going on globally, and what we can do about it. Highest recommendation.
Garrett Brown - Original Jimi Slevin Band bassist and one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure work with,
Garrett is currently based in Dubai and playing music with one of the best local bands. He is a talented bassist and 
dynamic live performer. This is Garrett's current e-mail contact. (July '05)
DPRP - The Dutch Progressive Rock Pages - Fine site for anyone interested in progressive rock. Features 
in-depth CD & concert reviews, band pages, polls, a forum and much much more. Highly recommended and great
reading for the discerning rock aficionado.
y CD graphics and layout and always did a great job. 
Dick Farrelly - A superb guitarist and all round musician, Dick has recently worked with Hazel O'Connor, Mary 
Coughlin and Van Morrison and is an old friend of mine (e-mail). You can see pics of Dick onstage in Moran's hotel
in the late '70s in galleries 2, 3, 4 & 6 on this website. These pics also feature Ditch Cassidy on vocals, Anto Drennan
[the Corrs] on guitar, (Irish) Ian Anderson on drums, and Garrett Brown on bass. The Ditch Cassidy All-Stars!
online shopping, chat, jokes (good ones), web design and much more. Definitely worth a visit.
Kieran Halpin - One of the most prolific singer/songwriters to come out of Ireland, Kieran is an outstanding live
performer and has recorded a string of well produced CDs of his own compositions, many of which have been covered by other artists. He tours Britain and Europe regularly where he's been accompanied on tour recently by the talented Maartin Allcock and currently by the equally talented  Chris Jones - Chris  was Bachelors Walk's guest on their previous CD Train To Galway where we arranged and played a very alternative version of the well-known but usually murdered Spancil Hill. (Audio Samples page)
Alan Hayes - Alan is a talented Dublin guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has played music all over the world. He has recently published a new website which features great audio samples of his new CD "Silk Stockings" which sees him in various musical roles in a laid back melodic jazzy style. I came to know Alan during my years in Dun Laoghaire.
Günter Hetzner - A special thanks to Günter from Obermichelbach, Germany, for all his help and advice during the
initial development of this website.
The Hubble Space Telescope  More Galleries - This was a mid-Nineties stab at Bush and his shower of wasters on Capitol Hill: In its on-going and infinite wisdom, the Bush administration has decided to cut funding for the wonderful Hubble Space Telescope, instead offering to fund a project to dump it in the Pacific ocean by the end of the decade. Is there ANY good news with these people? Well, time has proves us right: they were indeed a shower of gangsters, and Hubble has lived to tell the tale.
IMRO - The informative and well presented website of the Irish Music Rights Organization. 
Irish Showbands and Groups Archive - Highest recommendation for this well presented and informative site, and much appreciation to Francis for the great job he's doing. I'm sure all Irish musicians would echo these sentiments.
The Luke Kelly - Something of a rarity these days, this Irish pub is actually run by an Irishman, Paul O'Connor from
Dublin. The Luke Kelly is located in Cyprus in Ayia Napa and is a must if you plan to visit the Island. There you'll find a friendly Irish atmosphere with great live music, and you can sit in the corner "happy as a pig in shite".
Paddy Keenan - Paddy & myself are old friends, and we firstly met on the Irish folk scene back in the early '80s. 
One of the greatest ever exponents of the uilleann pipes and low whistle, Paddy is also a great character and a hellova 
nice fellow. I recently met him along with musical partner, the brilliant Tommy O'Sullivan  when they shared top billing
with Bachelors Walk at a concert in Germany. There was a mighty session after the gig and Paddy and Tommy were truly
great on the night. I send my heartfelt thanks Paddy for his inspired rendition and dedication of "The Kerry Reel".
Lone Star Webstation - Here's a big, comprehensive and impeccably presented website that features links to so many interesting people and places and specializes in the music of Lucinda Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and
others too numerous to mention. 25 out of 10 to Marq for putting it all together.
McGuinness Irish Pub Basel - is perhaps the best Irish pub in Europe and hot contender for the prestigious "European Pub of the Year" award. Basel's McGuinness pub is a must for your next visit to that beautiful city with its opulent but tasteful decor, great Guinness and a selection of Irish whiskeys that's second to none. Boasting upcoming live acts like the Wolfe Tones (who I supported there in December 2007 - great band and very nice people), The Dubliners, The Chieftains AND the famous Irish traditional duo of Mick Davis & Jimi Slevin, the live music is indeed world class! Highest recommendation!
Tom Petty - The Heartbreakers are one of the best rock bands ever, and Tom is simply a great guy and amazing talent who I've always admired. Like this website spoke out against the Iraq war fiasco even before and during the ill-fated and ill-conceived invasion, Tom recently spoke out about Mr. Bush and his cohorts: "The war in Iraq is shameful. Whether you're pro or con Bush, you've got to admit: The guy lied. And he continues to do so. I can't understand why he's just not run out on a rail. To send somebody's kids off and have them killed for no good reason - he's going to have his day in hell for that. I wouldn't want that karma. When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more". Well said, Tom!
John Pilger.com  Here's a link to the website of Australian journalist and film-maker John Pilger. I've always admired his honesty and integrity in telling the truth about what's really going on behind the scenes in world politics. He told the truth about the invasion of Iraq long before it took place, and now he's telling it all over again with the impending invasion of Iran with all the whitewash, the lies & deceit, the spin and conditioning that we're being fed all over again! That and much more, John's site is well worth a long visit and has my highest recommendation.
Jody Pollard - Born and raised in Dublin, Jody has over 30 years of experience playing electric, slide & acoustic guitar, bass and mandolin. A prolific songwriter and vocalist, he has been a vital part of many top bands in Ireland, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, The Greek Isles, Canada and the US, including Skid Row and Elmer Fudd. He has also played the Reading music festival and London's Mean Fiddler. Fudd were one of the best bands to have played in the legendary "Cave" in Dublin's Stella House in the late 60s where I first met Jody during the Crossroads days. (see biography) Jody has also worked with Joe Dolan, Phil Lynnott, Colm Wilkinson, Benny White, Sean Keane, Nicky Ryan, and the great Rob Strong.
Apart from being a very nice guy, he is one of Ireland's finest guitarists. 
Turlough O'Carolan - A well produced and presented site for those who love the man and his music. my acoustic
guitar repertoire includes some Carolan pieces. 
The Heinz Pöhlmann Website - Heinz is an old friend of mine and apart from being a great guy, is a talented singer-songwriter and bandleader. This is a link to his new website. See the Audio Samples page. 
Mark J. Prendergast - Author of 'Irish Rock Roots' - the definitive history of rock music in Ireland. See the
Reviews page.
x-andra - is an inspired musician from Ireland who writes and records her own music at home using a midi keyboard and multitrack computer software. In a previous incarnation she has mixed live sound for a host of acts including Chuck Berry, Ronnie Scott, Eric Clapton, The Boomtown Rats, Paul Brady, The Chieftans, Alan Stivell, Janis Ian, Don Everly AND The Jimi Slevin Band! She also lectured at Queen's University Belfast before retiring to concentrate on music & sailing.  x-andra recently visited Riteroad Music Studio to give a selection of her music the finishing touch. The resulting 12 tracks will soon be released in CD format. I include an mp3  Bay of Love  which features myself on guitar and Dave MacHale on percussion - x-andra did all the rest. 

x-andra is not only a very talented lady but one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure to work with, and I wish her every happiness and success in the future. This is a link to her new website.

more links coming soon..

 

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