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Post by malcolm on Apr 9, 2020 18:56:24 GMT
I used to see Davy and the others in Les Cousins in the 60's, and then saw him in Dublin a couple of years before his death, it was very sad indeed. That film of "Cry me a river" is superb isn't it? He also had a cameo role in a black and white movie starring Dirk Bogarde, I think it was called "The servant"
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Post by earwighoney on Apr 9, 2020 21:47:29 GMT
I used to see Davy and the others in Les Cousins in the 60's, and then saw him in Dublin a couple of years before his death, it was very sad indeed. That film of "Cry me a river" is superb isn't it? He also had a cameo role in a black and white movie starring Dirk Bogarde, I think it was called "The servant" Drugs seem to be glorified in the arts and for every example of an artist who was able to use it for their artistic gains, there are countless others who's lives were either prematurely ended or were never the same again after heavy exposure.
DG not being the same performer towards the end of his career seems to be a concurrent theme.
I saw 60's legend of the acoustic guitar (albeit not as widely appreciated) a few years back, Peter Walker and his hands weren't the best but there were still a few good moments in terms of hearing his music. The great part of the gig however was speaking to him prior to the gig and he was genuinely delighted to find out I was a guitarist and inspired by his music but it was nothing to seeing how incredibly moved he was to see a sold out crowd there to see him play, he genuinely seemed to have no idea how influential he was.
That gig taught me sometimes as an audience it's easy to focus on our own experience but it can be easy to overlook the experience for the person we are there to see and what we can give them.
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