 Thanks indeed and have a safe journey back home again. Anyway, now we say hello and welcome to the Loogs and it's just our kill and Justin, how are you? Fantastic Paul, great to be back. It's been a couple of years now isn't it? It feels, yeah, yeah. Because it was before the pandemic and that's the couple. It was and that's kind of all concept of time, is that the one do these days? Come here, I enjoyed the crack, we used to have two fellas that only had, this war was real drink but I know rightly it wasn't on your Facebook page at night. So on some of the nights there was just a camera in the room and there was no boys there, whatever happened there. But no, it was good crack, how did you enjoy that, that lay Facebook stuff, was it alright? We really did, you know what? It was not only a great way of staying connected with people during everything that was happening but it was great for just keeping ourselves sharp as well, like technically speaking with the voice and the guitar playing stuff and we ended up, we learned something like 500 songs in the end of it after over the, what is it, 18 months we were doing it every week, so yeah. Did you have a big relationship or did you notice? Yeah, definitely, yeah and we had people like, which is still ridiculous to think that there were people shooting in from all over the world as well. That's the benefit of that, it was a different platform, but you know that's your right, a lot of people, I didn't talk to a lot of musicians, some people didn't like it, some people didn't do it and some people, I think a lot of people don't know if there's sanity in the song. Yeah, that was a big part of it for us definitely. Yeah, especially when, you know, users flat the mats like kicking all the time. It's only a big weekend ahead now, opening Castle Derrick, Derrick Fest and as I was just chatting you off here, it's the, it's on a marquee this time. Could you, it wasn't this weekend? That's exactly what we were talking about. I think full cast ways, it gives it all right. Yeah, yeah. So who's, you're on with the spring, who's the spring? No, this is Human Touch, who the singer is from New Jersey as far as I believe and then their best in Ireland, you know, and we saw them just a couple of months ago, they were unbelievable and Queen again, absolutely amazing. I mean the singer is, looks the part, sounds the part, yeah, just amazing. So it's gonna be a great night. So it kicks off this Thursday? Yes, yeah, there's a tin disco thing and then we have the country music night on the Friday I believe and then the dance music, yeah. Jonny Brady and supporting how Jimmy Donnelly from the band, great. Saturday night and then, what I love about this festival that you have up here and there's full credit to the organizers. You're covering most genres there, you know, that DJ night would be something else like, now there's names there, might as well be on it, but you know. You're not alone there. KC Lights and KC Sellout, well that doesn't matter. I mean, from what I hear they're very popular and things, you know, the kids love it, I don't know, we're too long in the tooth for that, we don't know. No, it's brilliant but it is needed, you know, because sticking to one sort of line of music is sort of stricken to a sense, but it gets the young people in there. And you have on Sunday, Europe's Queen Tribute, Queen, Q-W-E-E-M and the Human Touch, you just wrap the whole thing up. You just have wrapped up, you just have finished it off, most times have been on it, you just have final act. Have you been most times? I think you've worked. I think you have the part. I last year as well because I only went twice. Yeah, that's good. We're kind of the finale. And a good finale, that's right, we're only going to do music and I'm going to get slapped in the back of your ear from Jimmy. So first up tonight is... Yeah, we're going to do a song called Pliss Inside Me which is going to be on the next EP. It was very kindly donated to us by our good friend Justin Black who wrote this a good few years ago and we decided to steal it from him. Did he offer tees as in...? No, a complete theft actually, that was a bad joke. Now we kindly donated and it just spoke to us. Isn't it funny, you get songwriters who write songs but for some reason they can pick a band that I think will be perfect for them? Yeah, and that was pretty much the case with that. So yeah, we'll give it a go. When you're ready. Let's go. He's at the very best. How many is in the band now totally? Five. Five, that's good. And Christopher's flat-out with his... He has indeed. The pleasure of seeing them for the first time there in the Abbey Hotel there. Oh, that's Sunday. Last month. Yeah, yeah, brilliant. They were up here and they blew the place out and I heard them in the alley then and oh my God, just something else. Brilliant. And then they got a gig down at the weekend Springsteen's here, I think it is. Yes, that's right, down Dublin, yeah. It's a big operation. Oh definitely. What about yourselves? Are you gigging much or...? We're doing pretty good with the band. We're slowly coming back to the... Well, not that life was ever normal. You know what I mean, but... Not if anybody's seen you. And we were never normal either, but yeah, we're getting back there to... You know, we're getting away once a month overseas, that kind of thing at the minute. And yeah, just doing festivals, obviously, the summer. We've got the Belfast Empire. Yeah. And with a band from America. That we met and they're playing over here and we're playing with them. I think that's the 19th of August. 19th of August of the Empire, yeah. I love the Empire. That's one of our favourite venues actually, yeah. Both upstairs and downstairs. Yeah, yeah. Amazing place. That's right. And I heard you mentioned just your record or track off your new EP. Are you working on it, obviously, tomorrow? Yes, yes, so that was one track and then Luggy's going to play a track from it as well. In a second. Are these a regimen? That'll all be, I think, well, obviously, the Justin song, we call it semi-regional. It's been put through the mixer kind of thing. But yeah, it'll all be original stuff. Did you change that song much from Justin's empty? Not hugely, to be honest. You know, more of a production kind of instrumentation, a wee bit more different, you know, that kind of way. Do you record yourself? Do you do the process yourself or do you do the studio? We have done both in the past. At the minute we're trying to get something started, basically, at the minute, but hopefully that ball will be rolling soon. Hopefully. Hopefully. And we'll get something out. When I say it, when I say giggin' and all, you're not, I don't know what, you're not a band that want to be out every weekend. Is it a, are you? We have done the slag, the, you know, the five nights a week type thing, but I suppose it's not selective, it's not very hard, but, you know, just doing bigger events last afternoon, I suppose, for, you know. Go five nights a week, like, after a while, I don't care who you're. Yeah. Yeah. You can born out, like, you know, it takes us tall and you're lost, maybe, the balls and the, the bikes. Well, that's it. That's it, yeah. I kind of found that before the, before the pandemic. Like, and then we just started playing on the Wayne Wednesdays, like, and kind of got the balls back again. Right. We were just learning. It was good. Different songs, like. It was very good. You're, you're just one of the better ones. Now you have to. I used to enjoy it. Oh, we've actually won this Wednesday as well. We do them about once every six weeks at the minute. You know, it's good. We're not, we haven't given up completely. Is this because of your lover or. Health doesn't help either. Health reasons. Oh, dog orders. Pretty much. That's exactly what I was looking for. Brinn and Daglin, one of the four of us, Oh, yeah. they started them and they didn't know it. If I started, I didn't know how, you know, because they were, they were up when we, we, we were doing them. Jimmy, we were doing a thing, and Brinn and Daglin came home this one night and then they were talking about it and they went on all these media courses and all this. And they're still doing it. And they're still doing it. And they're still doing it. And they're still doing it. And they're still doing it. It's so simple, you know, it and they're they're flat out they're loving it you know they released a limited edition vinyl got rid of them and you know they're right there so there's no there's no and of course they like a wee wine there too don't we all it's nice to be you know get out and avoid looking out for your sitting in your own living room right definitely second song up then lads tonight yes logger i'm gonna well maybe i'll play a wee bit of best with you but i don't that's there i can't play the best but um logger you you introduce this one my friend yep no bother so this is a wee song i wrote called advice um it's a song about um if you're let me see how do you describe it's like kind of looking after your mental health the best way i found to do it was to enjoy the good times and survive the bad whenever you say that like there's people that have different quotes and all it's not really a quote it's like actually have to enjoy the good times to survive the bad so i wrote this song justin hopefully hopefully people will enjoy it well you got me out here oh tell me son have you got fire light me up as i walk the streets it's been too long since i've desired to be drinking my whiskey neat well i have a son i hope he loves me we don't talk but that's okay i've made mistakes i hope he's learned from me and me missing my life away while you're still here can i tell you what i've learned throughout the years no one's a saint and we're all different but everyone's experienced tears so live each day like it's going to be your last look towards the future forget about the past needs are only words and words can't help your life just enjoy the good times survive the bad enjoy the good times survive the bad any religion and i don't care what life you lead because fighting talk leads to collision and everyone that fights will bleed so i'll go on my way but please remember never judge or ridicule you never know what people's going through and everyone is just a fool so live each day like it's going to be your last look towards the future get about the past these are only words and words can't help your life just enjoy the good times survive the bad so live each day like it's going to be your last look towards the future forget about the past these are only words if these words can't help your life just enjoy the good times survive the bad enjoy the good times survive the bad I say enjoy the good times, survive the bad. You've got to enjoy the good times to survive the bad. Well done, Loggy. Brilliant. Thank you very much. You did brilliant. Abyss was unbelievable. Fantastic. You only switched it on. Last note. That was just something. Well done. Do you write much stuff, Loggy? In the past I would have written more. Like I would have written a lot of stuff. For the Logs and all. The past while I haven't written as much just for the EP. But hopefully I'll get back to writing again. I suppose the Logs are busy like it, you know. So you think that was it? We were playing so much. And then, like with the Wine Wines, you know, we were drinking more. But then, I think now you actually have started to pick up the guitar and write it. A few more, so hopefully. Well, you'll enjoy that. Do you know what I mean? You're coming at it from a different angle. A better angle, I mean. And a good track we're expecting that to be on the EP then. Any release date or any, no. Well, we've had the son of Promise and Deaths before. Yeah, so we're better just staying in the future. The near future. Stay tuned. I like that. So, right, this weekend, as I said, this Dergfest is up and casting there. Where do people get the tickets? Get them online on their Facebook. And they have a website as well. Yeah. If you type in Dergfest into your social media sites or Google, you'll find all the details there. Come down. It's going to be great. As always. It is. Absolutely. Like there has been some great festival. You see the videos. And the team fest is on Thursday night. And obviously, that's a team type disco. Yeah, very good. And then on Thursday night, Friday night, then you have the DJ thing. The DJ set. And Saturday night is... Oh, sorry. Big apart. Sorry. A big apart. Friday night is country night with Derrick Ryan, Johnny Brady. And supporting Johnny Brady would be Jimmy Donnelly. And then Saturday night, it's all them international DJs with KC lights and KC sell out. Amazing. So, no doubt that'll be good. People would know who we're talking about. Exactly. So, what's the plans going forward? Are you heading out far? Yes. Hopefully. Subject to Uncle Sam, Alain Hassan. We're still waiting on the visas. Hopefully we're going to be in Iowa at the start of August. Over in the US. And then we're doing a big festival in the Netherlands. Again, start of September. You say again we got before it? Oh, yeah, yeah. In a few years at it? Probably the most... Well, apart from here obviously, it would be the most popular place we've been, maybe a few times a year we would go. You've played that much that actually learned how to sing in Dutch. Yep. Well, the thing about out there, they can speak fluently. Exactly. I remember living in Germany years, I'm talking 40 years ago, 40 plus, and young people were talking, and they're in primary school too. Yeah. That was the same. But no, it's good. The music is good to see it back again, it's good to see it picking up again. No, it's... Maybe now everybody's sort of taking a more sort of perspective and looking at it from, I don't know, maybe a more appreciative way, I think. No, absolutely. For granted, I think. Yeah. I don't think we'll never complain about being busy again or getting early flights or things like that. You know, it's, you know, that's what we're running for, you know what I mean. You'd just be glad to get a flight full stop. That's another one, actually. You may take care of what they hold. Yeah. Well, listen, I'd say, once again, it's a pleasure having you down again, and we always enjoy the crack. Have you settled down on any on stage? No. Not at all. Not at all. What's the point in that? No. There's certain things you can do and certain things you can't do, you know what I mean, but you can't do that, don't you? But that's, listen, it's been an absolute pleasure. It's always a delight. Thanks for traveling down. The best. I know you'll have an absolute better, because you're home crowd, really. Yeah, yeah, that's it. That's it. I'm Turf. And I always enjoy the videos that come up the next day. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mean, the cast of their crowd, they've always been so good to us, and like yourselves, everybody, it's just been humbling. Yeah, we enjoy having you here. Keep us updated on the EP. We certainly will. Final song first, if you don't mind. Yes. This is... Special request from Jimmy. Yeah. We're close enough to tune. We're not too bad. There we go. Sounds good enough for me. So first with the wee brisk over here. Oh, lovely. We're gonna spin this Thursday night on the center stage with Jimmy. It's taken from his 1984 album, born in the USA, of course, Bruce Springsteen. That's the logs. And, oh, hello. Always great to hear you guys. We're here at the Iowa Irish Fest. You? That's from Diana McFarland. Yeah, Bill. Hi, Diana. So thank you. That's, as always, it's a delight having you on there. It's always a good atmosphere, a good feeling for me. Thank you very much. Have a great Saturday night, and...