Tune of the week

This weekend on Bowen saw the yearly start of day visitors stuck in the cove for an hour or two on Saturday night, when there is no ferry from 6pm-8pm. So people mill around in the nice weather after they get over the shock of not getting on a boat when they expected to. They wander into the Snug and listen some, and sometimes give us brief glances of indignance when they order food that we can't make for them.
Here's the deal. The kind owners of the Snug let us play in their cafe, and we sell prepared food and bevvies from a change bowl on the counter. We don't make the sandwiches that are advertised on the Specials board. The grill is off. The espresso machine is off, but we have really good drip coffee and tea available. When we explain that we don't actually work at the cafe, and that the owners trust us with the keys to their store, well people are just tickled pink and settle in for some locals making music. They catch the next ferry looking visibly more relaxed.
We don't mention that on some nights, more of the musicians are from the mainland.

Colin started this tune up on Saturday: The Lads of Laois.

Here's a video clip from Comhaltas