An Evening With Ronnie Drew

Yesterday was a grand day. But the fun of it began the night before up at the Irish Arts Center on 51st Street. There the beautiful Angela and I and forty or so other souls spent an evening with Dubliner Ronnie Drew. The singer story-teller, formerly of The Dubliners, was accompanied on guitar by ex-Stockton's Wing front-man, Mike Hanrahan. What a brilliant laughing evening we had with the words and wit of Ronnie and some of Ireland’s best writers that he made larger than life and more real at the same time. Sure didn't Ronnie drink with Behan and Kavanagh.

The show runs until Sunday. If you are able, treat yourself to some proper Irish craic and culture.

After the gig, Angela and I ran into Ronnie in Druid’s bar on 10th Ave and he was kind enough to pose for a portrait. What a gentleman is he.