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Celtic Crush Newsletter I'm thankful for every moment. Al Green Thanksgiving, 2013 Hi Crushers: Have a very happy Thanksgiving - I hope you can spend it with your families. Thank you for listening to Celtic Crush Hammond travel now has details of the 2014 trip to Ireland. It will run from Nov. 18-24 and take in The Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, W.B. Yeats grave, Donegal, Derry, Giants Causeway, Belfast, Dublin, Wexford & Mary's Bar. We'll take you off the beaten path and introduce you to the real people as well as the historical and literary Ireland. The trip will be immediately after the disbanding of Black 47 - in fact you can attend the last concert in New York City on Nov. 15th - then leave from Kennedy Airport and attend my first solo gig on Nov 22nd at Wexford Arts Center where I first performed. For details and to book early drop a line to [email protected] or call 866-486-8772 LAST CALL Thanks so much to all of you who have supported our drive to fund Black 47's final CD, LAST CALL. We've now reached 41% of the recording costs. You can become a part of the album by pledging to download the finished CD at PledgeMusic for $10 and be well ahead of the general public. There are many more items and experiences you can pledge for, including an opportunity to sing with us on Shanty Irish Baby, get an autographed, hand-painted bodhrán (see picture above) or have Larry Kirwan help you with your song, play or novel. There you'll also get access to a special 'pledger only' part of the Black 47 PledgeMusic site where we'll share rough mixes, pics and videos from the recording. LAST CALL will be released in late January 2014. NEW YEAR'S EVE IN CONNOLLY'S, 121 W. 45TH St. NYC 212-597-5126 Tickets now on sale at Connolly's for Black 47's Last New Year's Eve in Times Square or online at http://black47.tickets.musictoday.com/Black47/moreInfo.aspx?event=158424&outlet=1843 BLACK 47'S 25th. and FINAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY SHOW IN NYC BB KING's, 42nd Street/Times Square March 17th - Show 7pm, Doors 5pm (Right after the Parade) Tickets on sale now at BB'S or at http://www.bbkingblues.com/bio.php?id=3374 "I'll love you forever on St. Patrick's Day" You can now hear CELTIC CRUSH anytime ON DEMAND Two shows always available for listening. But don't desert me on Saturday mornings 7- 10amET or Tuesday nights 11pmET on The Spectrum, Ch. 28 For those on Facebook go to Fans of Celtic Crush. Christopher Carroll adds videos and relevant information on Saturday morning while the show is broadcasting http://www.facebook.com/groups/98160297580/ Some upcoming Black 47 & Larry Kirwan gigs. More info: www.black47.com Dec 28 Towne Crier, Beacon, NY Dec 31 Last New Year's Eve at Connolly's, NYC Jan 17 Noble Maritime Museum, Staten Island, NY (Larry Kirwan solo) Jan 18 First Universalist Church, Salem, MA Feb 8 Connolly's, NYC Feb 22 Madison Theatre/Molloy College, Rockville Center, NY Feb 28 Tellus 360, Lancaster, PA Mar 3 Ciccone Theatre, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ Mar 8 Boulton Center, Bay Shore, NY Mar 9 St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival, FL Mar 17 BB Kings, NYC Mar 21 Bridge Street Live, Collinsville, CT May 24 Blackthorn Resort, East Durham, NY May 25 Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Festival, Oak Forest, IL May 26 Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Festival, Oak Forest, IL June 7 Staten Island Irish Festival, NY Aug 1 Dublin Irish Festival, OH Aug 2 Dublin Irish Festival, OH Sept 13 Irish 2000, Ballston Spa, NY Nov 8 International Irish Famine Commemoration, New Orleans, LA To find Playlists, Books/Movies/Poetry scroll down. Talk to you Saturday. All the best Larry Kirwan LIVERPOOL FANTASY Larry Kirwan's first novel, Liverpool Fantasy now available for download: kindle nook scribd It's 1987, The Beatles are gathering in Liverpool for a reunion. It's been 25 years since John Lennon walked out during the recording of Please Please Me. Liverpool Fantasy examines life as a rock 'n roll musician, and a world without the Beatles. "Wow, this bloke Kirwan can write! He's got the Liverpudlian patois down to a t-bone. When you read what the four lads have to say and how the say it, well you'll think you're in A Hard Day's Night. And the lads - 25 years on - I love it...It's a hoot and a half! Good on ya, mate." -- Ray Manzarek, The Doors Black 47 Merchandise For all Black 47 t-shirts, CDs, DVDs and autographed copies of Larry Kirwan's book www.black47.com A MESSAGE TO YOU, RUDY What do you think of Robert Anthony Noonan? Doesn't ring a bell? Well, he's originally from Buffalo but could just as well be hailed as the Mayor of Bleecker Street. Oh, you mean Willie Nile? Yeah, the very man! I don't know when I first met Willie thought I do remember his record company president, the legendary Clive Davis, boasting that Willie would be the next Dylan. Back in the early 80's that was akin to a death sentence. Willie has had a number of near misses in the superstar stakes but I'm firmly convinced this is his time. Why, because he's got great songs and the wherewithal to deliver them onstage. His new album, American Ride, is a revelation. It hasn't been easy for Willie, but then again, the man wanted it all - the family, the music career, the home life, the bright life. He raised four children and still managed to hone his craft and turn out a number of top-class albums - all the while developing his legendary stage presence. There were times he had to do without himself in order to put food on the table for his family. That's the Buffalo Irish ethic. You do it, you do it quietly, and you only talk about it years later when it's history. "We all got through it, and were tougher and wiser for the experience," he shrugs, although those of us aware of the full story know the cost. That's what a dream does for you - and no matter what calamity befell him Willie always kept his eyes on the prize. Probably no surprise since he's descended from Noonans, Kiernans, Kanes, and Gallaghers; from an early age he was determined to fuse the immigrant poetry of their lives with the rock & roll he grew up listening to on FM Radio. That's what propelled him onto the mean streets of New York as a young man. He got a job in the mailroom of a publishing house and played the Bleecker Street strip at night, burning the candle up the middle as well as at both ends. Ending up with an illness that one doctor feared was Leukemia he was forced to return to Buffalo for some years to restore his health. No one on the strip doubted that he'd be back and his friends were always there for him. Willie too was never less than encouraging to his peers: I don't know how many nights I saw him in Paddy Reilly's bopping to the beat while urging on Black 47. But he never lacked for his own fans. The late great Mayoman, Pat Kenny booked him numerous times, and it was while performing at Kenny's Castaways that the New York Times gave him a spectacular endorsement on his return to New York. him a spectacular endorsement on his return to New York. Bruce Springsteen is another admirer and has invited him onstage at Shea Stadium and other arenas. I asked Willie about that experience - "It was great, man," he replied with a glint in his eye, "except that one night Clarence Clemons' ring fell off and rolled over center stage. When I tried to retrieve it for him, I looked up and Bruce was staring down, no doubt wondering what I was doing on my knees in front of him." Bono too thinks the world of Willie. Speaking about American Ride, he enthused, "There are a few Americas here to discover - the mythic, the magic, the very real. It's one of the great guides to unraveling the mystery that is the troubled beauty of America." Willie's family is grown now. He raised his kids and did the right thing. But the dream still shimmers before him. He's on the road much these days, in Europe and all across America, punching the Rock & Roll clock and enjoying every moment of it. There's a lot of ear candy out there - mucho gloss with very little substance. When you want to get to the heart of the matter and come face to face with the real deal, Robert Anthony Noonan is your man - or should I say, Mr. Willie Nile. ROCKIN' THE BRONX For a digital edition of Rockin' The Bronx go to Amazon.com, also available at bn.com, smashwords, scribd autographed hard copies at www.black47.com The Bronx is burning. John Lennon is being stalked, Bobby Sands is dying, but life goes on in the immigrant bars of Bainbridge Avenue as Sean arrives from Ireland searching for his girlfriend, Mary. He finds a lot more, including Danny McCorley, a hard-hitting, book-loving, construction worker with a shadowy past in the Irish Republican movement & a secret..
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