THE first time I came across the fine pipes of Mr Danny Vaughn was when he was lending his talents to the wonderfully shambolic Mr Pete Way's side project Waysted. Waysted were supporting Status Quo at a now closed Belfast Leisure Centre. In front of a packed audience Mr Vaughn won a lot of admirers, not least with performances of Heaven Tonight
Now,
Putting Davy Warren, Phil Black and Nigel Jackson on the door at a gig is not going to be good for passing trade.
Having me hanging about doing nothing except drink Guinness and scratching my Knackers probably isn't going to improve matters!
However, when you've a line up of bands like we had in the Spring and Airbreak in Belfast a couple of Fridays ago, folks are prepared to avert their vision and hold their breath for a few seconds, and come on in anyway!
THERE’S a lot of stories about the fighting, fucking, all round bad ass Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle. The Hound of Ulster can rightly be described as one mean so and so of a bezerker…
But like all myths, the story Cú Chuliann was probably just some bloke who enjoyed a pint of ale, partying, and when it came down to it could
But like all myths, the story Cú Chuliann was probably just some bloke who enjoyed a pint of ale, partying, and when it came down to it could
Read more: Cú Chulainn’s rockin’ the house - and we're right in the middle of the Stormzone
ARE Darkest Era Northern Ireland's answer to Amon Amarth? Now before you raise a steeply arched eyebrow at such a bold claim, hold on to your cup of ale, still that whiskey that was about to caress your lips with its golden bite, and draw closer to where an ancient fire burns...
Amon Amarth draw deepy from the well of ancient
Amon Amarth draw deepy from the well of ancient