Irish weather...

You'd think I'd be used to it by now; but no.
But a really great evening. There were some really great acts on and I'm raging I missed a few! Caught the end of Paddy Nash with enough time to join in with singsong along with the crowd.
The rain was out full pelt and seeing about 80 people crammed under a canopy is indeed a sight to behold!
After 10 or so minutes of getting very wet, I nipped back into the Cafe for some amazing steak wine gravy potato stuff (can't mind the name of it... Rion? Help me out here!!)
A mate of mine stopped me mid-feast and exclaimed 'You's boys are on now, they're onstage!'
Needless to say, I finished my dinner, then casually wandered out to see what was happening. Wally was onstage; and it was only Keith... So I stayed about, listened to a new song of his, then back in I went.
When we finally were set-up and ready, the rain hadn't relented and it was pissing buckets. But we trooped on, and the spirit was there! Opening with Baditude got the crowd from the shelter and right up front for a dance.
To be fair, I can't remember the set much (I was forced beers), but I used the squeeze box the Rion got me for the first time... I don't think I did too bad for a beginner, but I'm gonna work at it.
We finished off the night with Whiskey Town, and everyone was leaping about. Good craic, good crowd and good times.
Packing up acoustic gear is brilliant. 5 minutes, and you're done!
Balkin Alien Sound headlined the night, and they were phenominal! Never seen a band as tight as them boys! Everyone was going nuts, and in the rain, it was something else!
So home again for me; I've had a pretty exausting few day's and am looking forward to not being outside for at least 8 hours.
Should be there tomorrow, so more then. But for now... Zzzzzzz
J