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ancientjaguar ([personal profile] lady_kishiria) wrote2008-04-27 10:46 pm
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the original Celt-rock band

So I herd you liek Great Big Sea. Or Ashley MacIsaac. Or dare I say it, Squeeze of Scotch. Well then, doff your fisherman's cap before their ancestor, Figgy Duff! I saw this video exactly ONCE on MuchMusic in the late 80s and spent years and years trying to track them down via this one song. I eventually did and have two CDs by them. This is the video that started me on the quest, haunted as I was by the image of the late Noel Dinn playing bodhran. It was also years before someone got this video on YouTube:

[identity profile] dmckilli.livejournal.com 2008-04-28 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Paul Gross paid them homage as well; he included two of their songs in a Due South episode (The Gift of the Wheelman).

[identity profile] kishiriadgr.livejournal.com 2008-04-28 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I remember that. However they're almost unknown in the States, and sadly can never re-unite because of the death of their frontman. Although Pamela might be able to move into that slot; I don't think Noel sang that often.