Yeah Neil, his memory will never be forgotten here on youtube. Amazing story too, how a Yorkshire lad who played classical violin came to London, met these guys, got into Irish music and ended up meeting up with a native of and living in Co. Clare. May he Rest in Peace.
Great to have this on TH-cam. My dad Paul Theasby is the fiddle player, vocals on The Crabfish. Album still sounds magic after all these years. Long live Dingle Spike :)
Wow me and my siblings were brought up on this album on cassette. Our parents saw dingle spike in London one night back in the 90s. I was just thinking of the song crab fish as its very funny. Would you believe we still have the cassette tape and I still listen to it. Sorry to hear about your dad. Thank you for his music and the happy memories the band gave me us
I have been waiting YEARS for someone to post this. I followed this band around london the fall of 78. My album warped!!! thank you, thank you for bringing back awesome memories!!!
Blast from the past, every Thursday night we seen these guys in the archway tavern top of Holloway road, absolutely brilliant to hear them again and bring back great memories of good times in London
I saw them at the Dan O'Connel in Melbourne Australia with my brother. It was one of the best gigs we ever went to - unforgettable. Thanks for posting this and many thanks to the band for the craic.
Lovely to hear these guys again. I used to be a regular at the recording of Richard Digance's folk show on Capital Radio in the late 70s/early 80s, and saw them once. They sung Home by Bearna. I still have that recording, which I nabbed from the radio.
Remember that recording well and we brought in a friend of ours Frankie Simon who has passed away recently. Would you have a copy by any chance ? Great memories. Kevin from Dingle Spike.
Andrea Price . Loved then rill Timmy took advantage of me and my sister. Thank God there was no social media then. He was a Bastard! A song I still sing is . I fired my first bullet today. The lads left me sick after that night though.
I’d never heard of this band. Their vocal numbers are top notch. I met Conlons wife and daughter in California and they told me about this band. His daughter is also a talented musician. They said the pogues used to watch them play. I suspect they got waltzing Matilda from them. I’m very happy to have been introduced to this album. I’m likely to nick a song from them myself only I always attribute. Anyway I was already a regular on your channel. You had some other rarities that I had been seeking in the past namely the wild geese and the Dolores Keene stuff. So it’s remarkable that you had this as well! You’ve got quite a channel here! Good on you!
Thanks for that. Regarding other offspring of the band: Katie Theasby daughter of the late Paul Theasby is also a singer and musician. She has recorded her own CD and also with the band Shaskeen. She lives in County Clare where her father settled and she now has possession of the above album.
@@PereGrino Very nice. I’ll have to look into Shaskeen. I’ve heard of them but didn’t listen. I’ll have to give her a listen. Conlon and his daughter have some other music. He was in a band called Zozimus that made a record you can find on TH-cam. He and his daughter had a pub band called rocknreel and have some live stuff on TH-cam as well as an album on the internet.
@@KCandSiobhanConlonSligo.-iq5zq Hey! Great to see you still making music! My Dad was a big 1970s trad music fan. I sent him a link to this LP and he loved it!
Not sure when, but having drank with them in the Swan every Sunday for years, a gang of us cycling around Kerry, were pleasantly surprised to discover they were playing in Sneem, i think the night we happened to be there. A brilliant night. Presumably the same time.
I never would have thought that I would find this music again. A friend had a copy on cassette and we used to listen to it in the car when we were camping in the Pyrenees, back in the late 80's. Thank you, the band that played Waltzing Matilda is back! Greetings from Spain
I saw Dingle Spike play live in a pub in North-West London years ago....I think it was in Cricklewood....but not totally sure about that...they were great.
I supported Dingle Spike from the first time I saw them at the Swan in Stockwell, followed them to other gigs and even did the door for them in Shepherds Bush, I pushed them into the Evening Standard Entertainer of the Year competition and they reluctantly agreed after I agreed to buy them a gallon of Bushmills if they won, the final was at Blazer Night Club in Windsor and they won , I was pleased to part with the Bushmills
I was stunned to come across this recently. Every Sunday night in the Swan for years. I've been searching on and off forever. And I drank some of that Bushmills with them that night in Blazers. Small world.
@@FrankCon_SW4 Back in the dayI used the Swan regularly following Dingle Spike and my love of Irish music, I always got on well with the bouncers and whilst everyone in the pub knew i was a police officer i was well accepted , so much so that during the bband break on Suinday nights I held a surgery helping many of them get off traffic summones.I like to think it was me that got them to go into the Pub Entertainer competition but I think I was one of several who pushed them into it, however when they got into the final at Blazers they were the last act on and Jacks voice was cracking with nerves, by then I was pissed and stood up an shouted "Give it shit jack" aand the band changed the song and brought the house down, They won fair and square and I gave them the gallon of Bushmills, sadly I lost contact with thema short timelater as they went travelling.
This just popped up after playing something completely unrelated and wow! Talk about being transported back in time. We lived a wild few years in London in 1978/79/80, and had an absolute blast of course being in early 20s had something to do with it. But Dingle Spike, the small Favorite in the Holloway Road, the White Hart in Fulham Broadway, and so many more places have such place in my memory. What a time that was, and what a time. The Swan in Stockwell particularly, I remember on Sunday morning packed with Paddy's and local folkies, pints galore, and Dingle Spike or Si Gui (?) on the small platform stage. The bass a feature off the stage, and just great great craic. Trip down the memory lane right now as I listen, I can tell you. Have lived in Boston since.
Brian, Just saw your post and I agree about being transported back in time. I was a few years behind you in London, 1984 but the spots were the same, Favourite, White Hart, The Swan and the Archway, the group you ? were Shegui (u were close) brilliant band who were more or less broken up in 84 probably due to touring, they used to tour right up and down Britain but with a few members gone on to better things Sean Keane (brother of Dolores) making a great job of it as a Singer/Musician with backing band in Ireland, Dennis O'Rourke played with Barleycorn for a few years after Shegui and settled in Australia where the band were huge, John Coakley played with the Boys of the Lough for a number of years too. A few other Groups that may not have been on the go in 78-80 but were good in 84 were Crannog, Crusheen and Shanty Dam but as the saying went at the time, the best Irish music anywhere was to be heard in London, not sure what it's like today! Like you I have lived in US since 1985, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. FYI there is a Visual recording of Dingle Spike at the Abbey in Chicago, prob late 80's here on TH-cam.
@@claoftheninesausages Thanks for this. I had forgotten the post but got an email notice with your reply. yes, on crannog but i must admit to having forgotten that Sean Keane and John Coakley were with them. i know them both. Sean quite well in fact. Great times. A very changed London that the one we lived in, for the better i'd say. But it was definitely a time and fun!
Thank You so much for uploading this album, I originally had the LP, which subsequently "warped" due to overpalying, then I got the Cassette but apparently there was a problem with all the Cassettes so that was short lived too. Yeah, I remember them from the Archway Tavern too, every Friday night in 1984 when it was run by Johnny and Josephine Sweeney.
This album was recorded live in a little studio back in the days when rock bands could afford to spend half a day just to get a good drum sound. Its probably its rawness that made it so popular back then because that's the sound you heard from the stage when they played. Shane Mcgowan RIP, of the Pogues, has mentioned it as being one of his influences when he started in Pog Mahone. I was the multi instrumentalist mentioned above on the sleeve notes, and played with them for some years. Terry Conlan RIP [same name as me but different spelling] was from Dublin ,and I hailed from Sligo. Paul Theasby RIP was a Yorkshire lad and both Jack McCarthy lead singer, and Timmy O Brien on Bass were both Kerrymen. The great Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser played with the group for some time, and also Tommy McManaman RIP from The Popes took over my job when I moved back home some years later. Great Memories of the old days in London.
I had a cassette from these guys I picked up in a University bookstore in the mid nineties. It had a song at the end called 'Sunday Papers'. I sure wish I had not worn that tape out.
Followed this great band all around London in 70,s and 80,s . Some memorable Friday nights in the Archway Tavern.... great to be able to roll back the years and listen to them on TH-cam. Thanks for the memories lads.
My brother Paul the fiddle player sadly passed away in 2010. It's nice to know that he plays on on You Tube. Give it some old lad!
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Yeah Neil, his memory will never be forgotten here on youtube. Amazing story too, how a Yorkshire lad who played classical violin came to London, met these guys, got into Irish music and ended up meeting up with a native of and living in Co. Clare. May he Rest in Peace.
I followed the band for a considerable time and got to know them , Paul was always a gentleman , greatest respect to him, may he rest in peace
Great to have this on TH-cam. My dad Paul Theasby is the fiddle player, vocals on The Crabfish.
Album still sounds magic after all these years.
Long live Dingle Spike :)
Wow me and my siblings were brought up on this album on cassette. Our parents saw dingle spike in London one night back in the 90s. I was just thinking of the song crab fish as its very funny. Would you believe we still have the cassette tape and I still listen to it. Sorry to hear about your dad. Thank you for his music and the happy memories the band gave me us
Its an amazing album, the live folk scene scene was amazing back then. Did they ever play up in the North of England or Scotland?
The band billed him as the Irishman from Yorkshire , a real gentleman and great musician
I have been waiting YEARS for someone to post this. I followed this band around london the fall of 78. My album warped!!! thank you, thank you for bringing back awesome memories!!!
Used to go to The Stonebridge Park pub years ago with my folks to see these guys. They were so good live. Happy memories.
Great nights in the Swan in Stockwell SW London in late 70's and 80's!!! Fondly remembered.
Blast from the past, every Thursday night we seen these guys in the archway tavern top of Holloway road, absolutely brilliant to hear them again and bring back great memories of good times in London
I saw them at the Dan O'Connel in Melbourne Australia with my brother. It was one of the best gigs we ever went to - unforgettable. Thanks for posting this and many thanks to the band for the craic.
Lovely to hear these guys again. I used to be a regular at the recording of Richard Digance's folk show on Capital Radio in the late 70s/early 80s, and saw them once. They sung Home by Bearna. I still have that recording, which I nabbed from the radio.
Remember that recording well and we brought in a friend of ours Frankie Simon who has passed away recently. Would you have a copy by any chance ? Great memories. Kevin from Dingle Spike.
Oh my God.
I'm so proudly to listen this lovely song.
I believe that you're the Best musician in the world.
Saw them in the Archway Tavern...misspent youth. Can't remamber the year. Still have the album somewhere !!
Andrea Price . Loved then rill Timmy took advantage of me and my sister. Thank God there was no social media then. He was a Bastard! A song I still sing is . I fired my first bullet today. The lads left me sick after that night though.
I’d never heard of this band. Their vocal numbers are top notch. I met Conlons wife and daughter in California and they told me about this band. His daughter is also a talented musician. They said the pogues used to watch them play. I suspect they got waltzing Matilda from them. I’m very happy to have been introduced to this album. I’m likely to nick a song from them myself only I always attribute. Anyway I was already a regular on your channel. You had some other rarities that I had been seeking in the past namely the wild geese and the Dolores Keene stuff. So it’s remarkable that you had this as well! You’ve got quite a channel here! Good on you!
Thanks for that. Regarding other offspring of the band: Katie Theasby daughter of the late Paul Theasby is also a singer and musician. She has recorded her own CD and also with the band Shaskeen. She lives in County Clare where her father settled and she now has possession of the above album.
@@PereGrino Very nice. I’ll have to look into Shaskeen. I’ve heard of them but didn’t listen. I’ll have to give her a listen. Conlon and his daughter have some other music. He was in a band called Zozimus that made a record you can find on TH-cam. He and his daughter had a pub band called rocknreel and have some live stuff on TH-cam as well as an album on the internet.
@@EricOwensFlute Conlon here lol. Thanks for the mention.
@@KCandSiobhanConlonSligo.-iq5zq
Hey! Great to see you still making music! My Dad was a big 1970s trad music fan. I sent him a link to this LP and he loved it!
fantastic. I shared it friends and family in Conniemara. outstanding. thank you.
great band
Not sure when, but having drank with them in the Swan every Sunday for years, a gang of us cycling around Kerry, were pleasantly surprised to discover they were playing in Sneem, i think the night we happened to be there. A brilliant night. Presumably the same time.
thank you for uploading this it brings back so many memories, I still have the 30 something year old cassette but nothing to play it on
I never would have thought that I would find this music again. A friend had a copy on cassette and we used to listen to it in the car when we were camping in the Pyrenees, back in the late 80's. Thank you, the band that played Waltzing Matilda is back! Greetings from Spain
I saw Dingle Spike play live in a pub in North-West London years ago....I think it was in Cricklewood....but not totally sure about that...they were great.
I supported Dingle Spike from the first time I saw them at the Swan in Stockwell, followed them to other gigs and even did the door for them in Shepherds Bush, I pushed them into the Evening Standard Entertainer of the Year competition and they reluctantly agreed after I agreed to buy them a gallon of Bushmills if they won, the final was at Blazer Night Club in Windsor and they won , I was pleased to part with the Bushmills
And I supported to the bitter end.
I was stunned to come across this recently. Every Sunday night in the Swan for years. I've been searching on and off forever. And I drank some of that Bushmills with them that night in Blazers. Small world.
@@FrankCon_SW4 Back in the dayI used the Swan regularly following Dingle Spike and my love of Irish music, I always got on well with the bouncers and whilst everyone in the pub knew i was a police officer i was well accepted , so much so that during the bband break on Suinday nights I held a surgery helping many of them get off traffic summones.I like to think it was me that got them to go into the Pub Entertainer competition but I think I was one of several who pushed them into it, however when they got into the final at Blazers they were the last act on and Jacks voice was cracking with nerves, by then I was pissed and stood up an shouted "Give it shit jack" aand the band changed the song and brought the house down, They won fair and square and I gave them the gallon of Bushmills, sadly I lost contact with thema short timelater as they went travelling.
Dingle Spike, Archway Taven, still got signed record. Your verson of Walzsing Matilda is played here on ANZAC day, Shellharbour Australia. Thank you.
This just popped up after playing something completely unrelated and wow! Talk about being transported back in time. We lived a wild few years in London in 1978/79/80, and had an absolute blast of course being in early 20s had something to do with it. But Dingle Spike, the small Favorite in the Holloway Road, the White Hart in Fulham Broadway, and so many more places have such place in my memory. What a time that was, and what a time. The Swan in Stockwell particularly, I remember on Sunday morning packed with Paddy's and local folkies, pints galore, and Dingle Spike or Si Gui (?) on the small platform stage. The bass a feature off the stage, and just great great craic. Trip down the memory lane right now as I listen, I can tell you. Have lived in Boston since.
Brian, Just saw your post and I agree about being transported back in time. I was a few years behind you in London, 1984 but the spots were the same, Favourite, White Hart, The Swan and the Archway, the group you ? were Shegui (u were close) brilliant band who were more or less broken up in 84 probably due to touring, they used to tour right up and down Britain but with a few members gone on to better things Sean Keane (brother of Dolores) making a great job of it as a Singer/Musician with backing band in Ireland, Dennis O'Rourke played with Barleycorn for a few years after Shegui and settled in Australia where the band were huge, John Coakley played with the Boys of the Lough for a number of years too. A few other Groups that may not have been on the go in 78-80 but were good in 84 were Crannog, Crusheen and Shanty Dam but as the saying went at the time, the best Irish music anywhere was to be heard in London, not sure what it's like today! Like you I have lived in US since 1985, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. FYI there is a Visual recording of Dingle Spike at the Abbey in Chicago, prob late 80's here on TH-cam.
@@claoftheninesausages Thanks for this. I had forgotten the post but got an email notice with your reply. yes, on crannog but i must admit to having forgotten that Sean Keane and John Coakley were with them. i know them both. Sean quite well in fact. Great times. A very changed London that the one we lived in, for the better i'd say. But it was definitely a time and fun!
Thank You so much for uploading this album, I originally had the LP, which subsequently "warped" due to overpalying, then I got the Cassette but apparently there was a problem with all the Cassettes so that was short lived too.
Yeah, I remember them from the Archway Tavern too, every Friday night in 1984 when it was run by Johnny and Josephine Sweeney.
first bullet best song
What are you on about?
This album was recorded live in a little studio back in the days when rock bands could afford to spend half a day just to get a good drum sound. Its probably its rawness that made it so popular back then because that's the sound you heard from the stage when they played. Shane Mcgowan RIP, of the Pogues, has mentioned it as being one of his influences when he started in Pog Mahone. I was the multi instrumentalist mentioned above on the sleeve notes, and played with them for some years. Terry Conlan RIP [same name as me but different spelling] was from Dublin ,and I hailed from Sligo. Paul Theasby RIP was a Yorkshire lad and both Jack McCarthy lead singer, and Timmy O Brien on Bass were both Kerrymen. The great Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser played with the group for some time, and also Tommy McManaman RIP from The Popes took over my job when I moved back home some years later. Great Memories of the old days in London.
Kevin, I have always felt that Nicky Power never received due recognition for his considerable contribution on flute and whistle on this recording.
+- 40 years ago @ the Royal Hotel, Knightstown, Valentia Island, CO Kerry, they still wander my mind..
I had a cassette from these guys I picked up in a University bookstore in the mid nineties. It had a song at the end called 'Sunday Papers'. I sure wish I had not worn that tape out.
RIP TONY Mc Glone
Out with jack in the red cap last night, with my pal jake black aka the reverend d Wayne love from Alabama 3 x
Followed this great band all around London in 70,s and 80,s . Some memorable Friday nights in the Archway Tavern.... great to be able to roll back the years and listen to them on TH-cam. Thanks for the memories lads.
Do you remember who was his supporting musician then?