 Good afternoon. Let me get all the correct makes here. Good afternoon. Good to see you both. Good to talk You're on a short Irish tour where you were to come from Litrum. Is it come from Kerrygallon? Okay, we're in Kerrygallon last night. It's one of those places where you just don't expect it And you think it's just the village hall there, but in it is the most beautiful little theater 150 seater plush seats great sound great light. I mean full professional theater And I love that about Ireland is you know in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, you get something great. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely and Whatever about the venue if the venue isn't great, then you just create something great there. Oh sure Right, tell tell me a little bit about yourself thank you described as that the Godfather of alternative country music in the UK and It sort of picking at the Troubled soul of country music for years That's as rich pickings there. They're sure are. Yeah, anybody who knows country music knows that Well, Harlan Howard one of the great country songwriters said that it's three chords and the truth But the truth is the important bit about country music is it tells the truth? And and if you think of any activity in human life, there's a country song about it Doesn't matter what it absolutely doesn't matter what there'll always be a song and I love that about country And the dark side. Yes country music is a lot darker than people give it credit for you know They think rock and roll is the big rebel music music or it was But country sticks the knife in deeper True country rather than sort of some of the stuff that we get the Absolutely John true country real country. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a Say traditional I was brought up on George Jones. I mean I was Brought into country by a man called Grand Parsons and he loved George And it took me ten years to get past George Jones. Nobody, you know, I I never got to earn It's time never got to Willie Nelson never got to All the great singers because George ruled He's the absolute king Okay, I'm just Break off a little bit and chat to Noel Noel How have you how did you get in touch with hanker? Where did your music association first begin? Well, it was very organic I was playing a show in Norwich in East Anglia Where Hank can be found now and again And he he was invited down to play a couple of songs and he spotted I had a Dobro and invited me up to play and Here we are Yeah, very organic. Well, that's much organic more organic than that I'm sorry, I'm just I'm just being distracted there and anyhow Tell me hank about The messages because there's a donny goal. This is the there's a big donny call connection Yes, and that's one of the reasons we're playing in glinty's tomorrow night is because Senon Sen and Brennan is a great guitar player and bazooki player plays with Keela He's from maize from further south. He's from Bondoran And then the great Denise Boyle who's a wonderful fiddle player And again, I'm lucky enough wants to play with me and you gather up the finest I do man. I don't I don't know how I really it's a mystery to me Yeah, well no more than all here the finest seem to be attracted to you hank Yeah, well Denise when I first heard her not only can she play traditional, but she can play country too She can do those lovely double-stop things, you know And I immediately warned her and luckily she warned to me too. So we did a week to her last year And then this year because of this new album that Noel and I have done because it is only a duo album It's just the two of us And there's loads of blandishments of people saying oh, I'll come and pay a bit of drums We know no, it's a duo. I will put some bass on for you. No Noel plays bass. It's a duo So This time we're doing the tour just to introduce it. It's not yet released But we want to start the process because it's been a long time since I really played Ireland seriously So I'm definitely yesterday's news So how do I stir them up and get these records in the shops? Live live dates no better dates. That's just yeah, I mean that hasn't changed a lot of things have changed But you just cannot be connect and connect in plain life. No, that's how you shift CDs and CDs anyhow, that's for sure and we have to say to that. This is Noel Dashwood's first time in Ireland ever. Oh, what a place. It's always this sunny. Is it? Oh, yeah, absolutely Yeah, how did you miss out until now? Not a clue. I don't know. But I'm very glad I'm very grateful I can't believe I've never been here, especially as a musician. It feels different. I don't know what it is But something feels different. I feel like I'm not the first and also having red hair and being called Noel I feel like I fit in way more here But you'll be back. Oh, I think so if anyone's listening you need a Dobro player. I'm available That's good. And you're you're well through the tour is the Highlands is the Highlands date the the last in the tour It's the last day in that tour in that tour and listen, I must say also as well We mentioned Denise and we mentioned Senon, but we didn't mention Fiona Maria Fitzpatrick Okay, who's a lovely singer and she's from Cavern and she's organized the tour largely and So we need the folks out there in Highland radio land to know about Fiona Maria Okay, as they know about Senon and they know about Denise because the message is a really good band Well, yeah, I mean the album the two of you, but this is a this is a full full band experience Yeah, and no we're saying last night, you know some of these things now where we're getting little vocals coming in from the messages Oh, we're getting some lovely arrangements are just beginning to grow Organically it's transatlantic, isn't it because they open the show with three numbers and do a couple of nice fiddle tunes and Fiona plays a great bar on and doesn't she I think it's a good show. I kind of want to be at the show Yeah, so now when you've reached the peak now, and it's really coming together the tour is over But there's one more date. There's one more date and that is tomorrow night in Glentys in the Highlands Hotel And then and then there's the album you're gonna be promoting the album after that I presume the album's coming out when it's coming up first of December So we're planning we would love to come back in the early spring and do another promotional date And maybe we take in as well as the places we played already Yes, because this time he started in Clifton in the Arts Festival. Yes, we played in in Galway Monro We played in Port Leish in Straboli and Then last night in Carygallon in later. Yeah, and later, but we'd like to play Belfast I played the black box there before and that was a lovely venue And we'd like to play Dublin and Cork and do those other bits Well, if you've kind of ticked the two boxes here You're playing a live in Donegal in Highlands. You've been on Hell Radio. You mentioned the album So so so really you can you know you use your time then and in other in other parts of the territory next time round and No, I'll be leading the way because you will actually I love to know to McGrory's in Kaldaf Which is a great venue. Maybe when you're back in the spring. Yes I look forward to coming back up on in the show. Okay. Well, yeah, so you're you're obviously well familiar with Ireland and Donegal I'm half Scottish John, you know, so I'm halfway there Tell us about the the track that we're about to play way of the world Well, the world is just a cynical little song about how watch out You think it's okay, and it's nice and sunny, but it's just about to rain on you Listen for those want to go along the stuff, you know, they can pay it I presume you can pay at the door. There's still some places other things. Yeah tomorrow night done in Glent East at the Highlands Hotel and Thank you both very much for taking a wee bit of time out because I appreciate it You know played last night and playing against morning. So Hank Wangford and Noel Dashwood. Thank you very much So this is taken from the album, which isn't out isn't released isn't released yet, but it will be okay Okay, and it'll be on vinyl too for you folks out there Yeah, that's well, that's brilliant, but it'll also be eventually on Spotify. Oh, it'll be on Spotify Of course like all my other stuff is already on spotting line. Yeah, okay as we play it But this is actually from CD and I cannot remember the last time that I played something off CD But this is a way of the world. Thank you both very much. Thank you. Thank you, John