 Oh, when he married her in Pope Well, not many years had passed Through the grip of his strong hands When a great dawn yielding hunger Through its veil across this land His young love soon to gill And with her little mouths to fill It's a call he could to keep them From the forehouse song As pockets had run dry From crying tears that rang like bells And their home to ruin the wind Just like an old seashell Then he gathered everything he had to lose And he walked them up in Pope Little souls were These lyrics are unreal, aren't they? Unbelievable song, Wetter, eh? Ah, he's pure class. You a fan of his? Massive, well, I've seen him a few times live now And every show is just fantastic with his songwriting The stories he tells, like, I've never heard songwriting like it's Quite a long time, eh? He is something else, mate. I haven't heard him live, but all his albums have just... Ah, probably not live, if you get the chance, definitely, no. The story and his writing is just, ah, he hang on to every word. Ah, there's not many like him these days, which is a shame, but he's not too big on himself either, he's not... No, I wouldn't imagine he is, like... Exactly, ah. Come here, you're heading away for a few months. Heading away for a spell, aye? Shortly. Ah, start of October, I believe. I haven't got my exact dates yet, I'm just thinking they're gonna come in maybe this week or next week. But heading over to do a bit of singing with McCafferty's over in the Irish pub. In Dubai? I think they've had four or five pubs out there, and I'm still moving around for a few months and see how it goes. Well, as you have accommodation sorted and... Oh, yes, accommodation sorted, put me up somewhere. Aye, you don't mind as long as it's sorted. Ah, I'll sleep in a bun and paw, you know what I mean. Out in the heat, you could. Aye, is there something... Are you just going with the flow with it, or is there something you're excited about, or what do you think? Nervously excited, aye? Nervously. Cos it's a long enough stint, three months, you know, it's so... Ah, there'll be a wee bit of homesickness, maybe, and it'll take a while to get used to the heat and get used to the vibe of the place, you know, but if it jails well, who knows, maybe... head back out next year for an all-we-spell or move out there, God knows what'll happen, you know. I must have said, you know, no adventure, no gain, and the thing about it is you're going out there, you're going out there, like, the choice is yours, basically, cos you know, your ties is limited, like, a year, you know what I mean, so you can just... No ties, aye, so it's... Go up and go. The time is right, and just give it a go, and see what happens. I like travelling around, don't I? Uh-huh. Been to Venice, Niceland, a few places on my own, no travelling about just... I know, I was trying to see you recently, once again. I enjoy that, aye. Buy in through your Facebook. Yeah, in the way. Aye. I've met a few people, I'm meeting strangers, and seeing a bit of the world, and a culture. Do you take your music with you in that sense, or is it just...? No, I'd thought about trying to get a few gigs in Niceland when it was over there, but the one or two Irish bars, they sort of... They didn't really take on any other singers, you know, so I thought, ah, I'll just support that idea. Right. And Venice, I just wanted to relax. In that case, we just sort of float about the canals, you know. Music's a full-time thing, isn't it? Pretty much. Well, between that and a bit of photography, and the old wedding... Yes. That's doing that this rest... Must be 13, 14 years, I think. But I'm going to start winding down the weddings now in the next couple of years, I think, and just focus on other things. What is the stress for all the weddings? It is. Long day for. And not only that, like, people want to furnish products, and they want to spot on, there's some pressure there. Pressure is on? Pressure is on. Well, you handled well now, I've seen your stuff now, you're excellent at that. Musical influences can have just the most curious about yourself. Rocker? Ooh! Paul, I wasn't expecting that question. You put me on spot there, sure. Ah, let's go first spring scene, obviously. Mm-hmm. Massive final boss. Tom Petty has sent me cover recently. Yeah. I love a lot of Tom Petty stuff. But then you've got your Irish singers who are like your Declan O'Rourke's and your Damien Dempsey's and Crusty and all them boys. So it sort of comes from all sorts. All areas, you know. Well, that's good too, cos it opens your mind. Exactly. You're not the only one. No, well, you've been doing much song written out there. Will you have a lot of time in your hands too when you're out there? A lot of down time. Well, hopefully it will be more work than down time. I'd say it'll be plenty of gigging, but any down time will either be doing something around Dubai itself and maybe a wee sky dive here and go up a building, a tall building there, the Burj Khalifa. Oh, do you know what, have you been there before? No, no, no. I think you'll do well in it, you know. I think you'll settle well in it. Hopefully. You'll definitely get the audience that's going. There must be a big Irish contingent out there. There is, aye. There's four bars. There's a right few Irish pubs, and that's just McCaffrey's. There's other ones, too, you believe. There you go. There's plenty of ones out teaching out there and even from Sturban, you know. There is, aye. And then people just end up living out there. See, a couple of documentaries, you know, was on Sky Channels there about Dubai. And it's a completely different world. That's great. Very futuristic. What is that? Light years ahead of us over here, now. They're rich. Oh, money-wise, aye. Oh, my God. Definitely. Hey, we're going to burst into another song if you don't mind. I'm going to take an ad break, and I'll give you a chance to reach in. What are you coming back with, if you don't mind? It might be a wee original, if I'm feeling confident about it. If you're feeling confident, we're coming back in original. Don't dare go away. A public interest message from Dunnegal County Council. Attention farmers. Dunnegal County Council would like to advise farmers of some key messages about water quality at this time of year. Check that all silage effluent is collected in a properly sealed storage tank and not entering waters. Before spreading slurry, farmers and contractors should pay particular attention to the weather forecast and ground conditions to avoid applying it to land which is waterlogged, flooded, likely to flood, or if rain is forecast within 48 hours. Remember, slurry and fertilizers lost by overland flow to waters is a loss of vital nutrients for your crops. 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So I thought I'll try something new, pick up the guitar and this here just happened to come out. And I thought that might sit there, Grant. That's perfect. Absolutely perfect. Brilliant, eh? I've been off with it, so it might just get a re-recorded version baby. Would you record yourself? Would you do most of that yourself too? I do, I have enough gear there to get away with it, you know. Like things sound happy, isn't it? The pub gigs are keeping you going. They are indeed. Three or four nights a week anyway, as much as I want they take on, because we other wee jobs. Of course. Photo and video things that I get up to, I get up in the week sometimes, trying not to crush myself, but taking on too many gigs. Well, you have to be careful at the same time too. And you're right what you say, go for a holiday and head away. This will be the experience here for you, as I say, McCafferty's bar. And you play in all their venues? Most of them I. As I say, they're opening a venue all the time somewhere, so it's hard to keep up sometimes. But I try and get around and do a few gigs here and there. It's always a good crowd in McCaffer. Some of the videos you put up there, you always have to... It's important to you as an artist, you have to create the atmosphere too, you just can't come on there, work your crowd. If they sort of gaze the audience to us. Look around, is it a young crowd? Is it an older crowd? Adjust your set list for that? It might have worked last night, it'll not work tonight. Exactly, that's what it's all about. Look, come here, I'm excited. You'll have to keep us up to date. I can see a blog there. I thought it would be very interesting. I bought myself a wee fancy phone gimbal life for doing me video vlogging. How did you? I might put out wee weekly videos. Why not? God knows who would want to hear about it. You know, you'll be surprised. You know yourself, the way this whole thing's changed, everything's changed like YouTube and stuff. I would watch more YouTube than I would TV. We shot videos where people are doing and where people aren't doing. That's the whole landscape now. It's changed. People won't be short video contents. It's given people who've never got an opportunity to get a few pointed, to look after themselves and keep themselves well. It's brilliant. I've got my careers out of it. Absolutely. We wish you all the best. We certainly do. You'll have to keep in touch with us. I haven't looked at the blog. I think it would be a good crack. We'll be following you from here, keeping an eye on things. A final song if you don't mind. Why not? That's what it's all about. In just case you've tuned in, it's Gav Kelly. It's probably his last radio interview before he heads off to Big Things and Dubai. Thanks very much, guys. You're welcome. Nice to be here. Paul Brady song. Easter Band, man. Why not? A song about travelling and coming home and stuff like that. Absolutely brilliant. Absolutely nailed it. Good man, Paul. Of course, Paul Brady anthem. Oh, yes. A song around the place. Oh, it'll get a good rattle out there. Oh, I thought it would. People in tears now. For the right reasons. Come here, we want to wish you all the best. Fair pretty. Give it a go. Go out to Dubai and smash it. Keep in touch. We will be following.