Everybody at Average Joes went Irish for the Irish Descendants and to celebrate Alexander Keith’s birthday.
I was glad the return of the Irish Descendants at Average Joes started early, at 8:30 p.m, Oct. 5.
Average Joes was full of green antler adorned Newfoundlanders and people who wished they were Newfoundlanders, all of them were celebrating Alexander Keith’s birthday by drinking his special brew.
I arrived in the middle of a beautiful four man a cappella version of Stan Rogers’ Celtic classic Barret’s Privateers.
For a special treat, former Rawlins Cross member David Panting joined the Descendants on stage to play everything from bouzouki to banjo and a little guitar with Duncan Cameron and frontman Con O Brien.
Cameron showed his prowess on a number of instruments, but especially the fiddle and even sang lead for a couple numbers in the first set including a standout which I think was “Mickey Relligan’s Pup.”
The Irish Descendants played an array of sea shanties, drinking songs, and songs about pirates plus a lot of traditional Celtic music.
Then ended with a song about the night “Pat Murphy Died” and took a break.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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