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| Albert Niland with Dave Carey at Dolans |
Albert Niland is currently doing a short Irish tour and as we had missed him at the Island Music Club, Clare we made the expedition to Dolans for a midweek gig. He was supported by fellow Galwegian, Ultan Connolly who sounded pleasant although we just heard a little of him. Albert, looking like a actor from a French Cop movie bounded on stage, plugged in his Spanish guitar and served up a flamenco infused set of very attractive songs to energetic and skilful guitar accompaniment holding his guitar mariachi style high up against his chest . I particularly enjoyed the 1930's World War 2 anthem (I'll Be Seeing You Sammy Fain and Irving Kamal ) with his improvisational guitar style adding a distinctive stamp, making the rendition very much his own and unlike any of the many other covers.
