Fair City Grass at the Green

Fair City Grass did the first of their gigs on the Bandstand, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, at lunchtime today, Friday 20 July, for the OPW Summerfest programme of events 2007.

Despite the inclement weather, there was fantastic enthusiasm from the audience - they took lots of photos & some video footage of the performance. There was a good tight acoustic sound achieved with a plethora of quality condenser mikes & well-rehearsed routine. Andrew was in fine singing form despite having to race away from a business meeting. Paddy shed his builder's hard hat to be there & picked away to his usual high standard.

Despite having to organise equipment & overall sound, Enda gave us a great peformance on mandolin and vocals as well as an outstanding display of rhythm & lead guitar on his new Blueridge, while Smithy held down the bass end with his Fender fretless.

FCG's next Summerfest gig is on Friday 10 August, lunchtime 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.

Fair City Grass is Enda Donnelly (mandolin), Andrew Basquille (guitar), Paddy Kiernan (banjo), and Mike 'Smithy' Smith (bass).