Davy Knowles & the Discovery Astronauts ("Roll Away")

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Uploaded by on Aug 1, 2011

Davy returned to the Isle of Man in July 2011, to play one night only headlining The Garden Party Festival. He was joined onstage by many musical friends of Mann - Simon Campbell and the Very Bad Men were his backing band (Kev Whitehead on drums, Steve Rowe on bass); Christine Collister, Christy DeHaven and Anna Goldsmith were his backing singers and he was also joined by Katie Lawrence (fiddle), Mark Brabbs (percussion) and Matt Kelly (mandolin).

It was a spectacular gig, but the highlight of the night was when Davy was surprised onstage by Nicole & Chris Stott, and the rest of the Discovery Shuttle Crew, who are huge fans of Davy's music and played his CDs in space on their last mission! Following a special presentation, Davy sang 'Roll Away' - the song which NASA has adopted for the theme on Discovery's Last Mission Documentary. There wasn't a dry eye in the field :)

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  • I was very privileged to be there for this unique event - on the front row, no less.

    Will never forget that night and still get goosebumps and tearful when watching this video. Thanks for posting this so that others can share it.

  • Great video! I can't wait to see him in a few days at Daytona.

  • Talk about returning with a story to tell!

  • Totally awesome Davy. Amazing story of your CD being up in space - what a once in a lifetime opportunity ---- very very special indeed. Keep on rolling....love it :)

  • Wow, just wow. Wish I could have been there. What an emotional moment. Thanks for posting.

  • awesome! davy knowles tweeted about this video, very cool!

  • Wow! An emotional moment for a fine musician and a fine young man!

  • Thank you for posting this... a very special moment, a unique performance of this song and wonderful memory for us

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