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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7270 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Irish journalist George Byrne has died, aged 57. He was a huge Go-Betweens fan. He once took Grant McLennan to a Dublin pub to do karaoke after a Go-Betweens gig. The pub is called The Clock (https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatiqu e/13967410579/), which always made me wonder about the subsequent Go-Betweens song. Part of his review was included in the sleeve notes of one of the Beggars Banquet rereleases in the '90s. I did several radio programs with him over the years and wrote for some of the same publications. RIP, George. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 273 Registered: 06-2005 |
Very sad news Padraig, he was always entertaining & didn't hold his punches. He seemed to be at every gig I was at for years. He is quoted on one of the BB re-releases remarking on the achievement it was for The Go-Betweens to have a double L in each of their first 6 albums! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7277 Registered: 05-2005 |
There is a good George Byrne/Go-Betweens story here http://www.herald.ie/news/george-byrne-h ad-soul-and-dublin-has-lost-a-rare-talen t-31116880.html | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 277 Registered: 06-2005 |
another piece on George & The Go-Betweens here Padraig: https://theblackpoolsentinel.wordpress.c om/2015/05/02/the-go-betweens-george-byr ne-2/ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7351 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thank you, Peter. That is wonderful. I used to know Colm pretty well a quarter century ago. |