 they hit the road once again in the new year the ever-popular Three Amigos show they kick off once again next January right through February and delighted that one of the Three Amigos Patrick Finney has joined us on the program today Patrick good afternoon how's it going David not so bad Patrick more importantly happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear Patrick happy 21st birthday to you oh lord you know I just about remember my 21st well Patrick listen we're delighted to have you on the program how you keeping today yeah I keep it very good you know I'm it's my birthday so I enjoyed the day and but yeah not too bad now David we've been we've been housed again for another little while but we're hoping that it's back soon again kind of same thing over and over I know you've had a couple of great nights though since before you finished up you're telling me at a packed house and ball in the slow last week you were actually at a concert of mine a few days before that and you were in Kalarney so you were flying it there for a while yeah I mean we were very very busy over the last few weeks and I meant to be on on that was meant to be you know gigging this week as well but yeah it was it was a busy time and Christmas is always kind of you know the busy season for us all us entertainers and it was kind of just bought to it and abrupt in their last begin but look we have to to figure out the the regulations now and hopefully that won't last for too much longer and exactly it's always important as well I think to keep positive because you you don't have a bit of a positive attitude you're going to be buggered all together but you're excited because the three amigos they're hitting the road again in the new year yeah we've been we've been looking forward to this tour because you know it's been a while it's been nearly two years since we toured together so we've been rehearsing the last few weeks putting our new show together and we've a new album out for the Christmas so we've a lot of new material in the new show for anybody that didn't see it it's it's a it is a brand new show a lot of new material new posts and going to be new to our audience so um the rehearsals are going great and we're planning to be back with that tour on the 10th of January we'll be starting off and we're coming to Ballet Buffet um on the 16th of January and 18th of January sorry 18th sorry yeah and we're looking forward to coming to it it's always like Dunigal is the heart of country music really so yeah we've never had a bad we've never had a bad night with the amigos in Dunigal yeah it's very rare that you get a bad night for country music in Dunigal as well but Patrick whilst the show is kind of brand new that you guys have put together at its core the principles of the show remain the same in the sense that it's a real kind of variety performance that you put on for people who might never have seen a three amigos show can you tell us what you might expect um in a three amigos show well we we basically the base of the show is is we pay tribute to um country legends both here in Ireland and abroad predominantly in America um and we've done a lot of their covers like the Charlie Pride, King Campbell, William Nelson that the whole lot right up to Rod Stewart that we do as well we do Irish country music as well selection of songs we're on stage all together we're singing together and we feature a couple of our own individual songs throughout the night but um predominantly we're all we're on stage together we're singing together and then then in between you know the songs we have a battle with each other which is it's good our personalities they really blend well together for anybody that has seen the show that they would agree that you know there's nothing there's nothing rehearsed as far as that our links are chatting with each other and literally anything can happen and anybody could say anything to each other and we have fun we have a lot of fun like people when they come to the show they'll cry and and they'll laugh but they'll go away you know with three hours after being entertained for three hours of great fun music and and laughter and it's just a real lively sort of fun show yeah and it's hard to describe that kind of magic that happens whenever the three hit the stage together it's clear that the three are very good friends but you know a lot of the time whenever you have three big personalities three wonderful singers three wonderful entertainers on the one stage quite there's a lot of potential effort things to clash but that doesn't happen with the three amigos you gel so well together what would you put that down to Patrick well well you know David it you know it acts from time to time it look at I mean we're like a band of brothers we do have our arguments we do have disagreements and stuff but like you know we're we're rooting for each other one minute we could be killing each other five minutes there but in general like you know you know it isn't we've been very very very lucky in the sense that you know when we went into the studio the first time to sing a song together we were very lucky that our voices blend well together because you know individually they're very different and but apart from all that our personalities blend really really well together you know but we always have them fun and you know we're waiting with each other and you know that we're just very very very lucky that that's something that's very natural there we don't have to rehearse this we don't have to make it up or put it on it's all very very natural and people can see that in the audience they know that they can see after five minutes these guys they're just like a band of others they get on so well and like that you know as I said we could be killing each other you know an hour later but it's all forgotten about and that's that's the way that's the way you are this way life is and whilst the three is are absolutely wonderful singers it's only such a small part of it as you say the gel that you have together on stage is brilliant and there is some people texting in here really looking forward to seeing you the three amigos live in concert on the 18th of January is this a rescheduled show Patrick? It is and when the restrictions come in for for up until the 9th of January we have to reschedule the first week because we start on the 27th of December and we're in the waterfront of Belfast which is going ahead but then the next few dates we had to be rescheduled and it was supposed to be the 6th of January in in the but it's changed over to the 18th so that's the that's the new the new days and tickets are still now available lots of people from Donegal texting in to wish you happy birthday happy birthday hope you have a great one from Neve and also from Barry who's in Wexford Caroline Stewart what a wonderful voice Patrick loved seeing you in Ballyliffen last week and I loved your version of I believe which is a great song and that's the beauty of the Amigos shows as well while she's doing a lot of things together you will do your big songs or your biggest hits as a solo on them as well yeah we do like a collection of songs together of our lively numbers and then you know it's a great opportunity for us as individuals to get an audience to sit on front of you and you get to do the likes of I believe and Jimmy would have great thou art and songs like that you may not get to do it at a dance and it shows maybe a different side to the to the entertainer as well so we do two individual songs each in the show and the rest is in collective yeah brilliant well Patrick the last time that we were speaking you had just got engaged and you know you were telling me last week that preparations are well and truly underway for the wedding tell us all the crack what's going on yeah we have a lot of preparations done and you know for me it's the that's the part of the thing that came out of of the COVID over the last year and a half and lockdown and we've had loads of time for to to to book things and we're getting married on the 3rd of April next year so you know we're able to secure the days and book everything that has to be booked in place with a wedding and you know it's my first time to do it so you know there's a lot of stuff involved that you would never have thought of but it's exciting at the same time and we're both really we're both it has kept us really really you know on a positive note and something to look forward to when we're going down our quiet days at home well we're wishing you all the very best for that and as well we'd like to take this opportunity from everybody here at Highland Radio and all the country music fans in Donegal to wish you and your family and your loved ones a very merry christmas so thanks so thank you for taking the time out to join us today Patrick no problem David and happy christmas to yourself and to and all the listeners and thanks for all your support over the last 12 months and indeed in the last couple of years and your show has gone great and you sound great and as well so the best luck with everything and the best luck with your new single it was very good ah thank you very much that is Patrick Feeney the three amigos they tick to the road this January they're coming to Jackson's Hotel in Ballet Buffet on the 18th of January if you haven't seen the three amigos show you don't want to miss it it is definitely worth seeing that's January the 18th in Jackson's and tickets are now on sale from the hotel Patrick great to chat to you as always if you want to check out more information on the three amigos you can check out their Facebook page they have some live performances up there but as I said January the 18th Jackson's Hotel Ballet Buffet the three amigos