Yes myself and my friend Tom, the great bear, driver and protector, rolled along in the Ford Taurus from Nashville all the way to Colombus Ohio. We passed through many strange places along the way, including Minneapolis! We landed in Columbus on a snowy night and rocked that town that night in the BELLA CAFÉ, and the following night in the Peggy McConnell Arts Centre, where I played to 130 people and though I say so …
Well lads I’ve been on this amazing roadrip, doing gigs around the South Eastern states of the U.S. for the past 11 days, and I have one week to go before I return to Cork, the centre of my universe. It’s all thanks to my friend Tom Pigott, from Limerick, of ENCHANTED WAY TOURS, and Vicki Belinowski, from Austin Texas, who set the whole thing up, like. Tom often brings groups of Americans to Ireland and shows them the REAL …
From John Spillane, Passage West, County Cork, Spring 2009 …
PASSAGE WEST:
I have been living in the town of Passage West, County Cork for about 11 years now and about a year or so ago, an approach was made to me by a member of the local community who walked up to me in the street, pressed a book into my hand, and said, “John, would you ever write a song for Passage?”
Well, …