More Sean Ó Riada and That's All Folk!

Hi there Mr. Joyce,

First of all thanks for the excellent post, not only this one but many of them.

Well, I write a blog about traditional music too, in portuguese though (I am brazilian - no, we do not speak spanish lol) at http://revistamovinup.com/thatsallfolk/.

I also wrote about, and posted records from, Séan Ó Riada there. Introducting him to the brazilian listeners of irish traditional music (who knows a lot about the Chieftains, but nothing from the genius of Sean ó Riada).

A link to his 64's record Sa Gaiety maybe will be an adition here(?): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yqg42nm10gd

About Sean the man, I was reading a Chieftains biography, John Glatt's book, and I found some funny histories:

First of all, his unusual way to deal with money. One day, tells a Ceaóltóirí Cualann percussionist, Sean ó Riada arrived to give him a ride, driving his brand new Jaguar, just to ask him: "Could lend me some money for the petrol?" lol

The books tells also that Ó Riada often used the holes in the wooden floor of his house as an ashtray lol!

All The Best,

Tiago

Thanks Tiago, a cursory glance shows that you have a fine fine blog indeed, and I'm using Google Translate to convert it to English. There's much more there than I can read at the moment, but I look forward to the day I can plunge in and really explore it. Recommended to my readers (especially those who enjoy the European folk & trad music)!