Horslips
Blind man, man of straw, shufflin' down the night
Going to visit little girls who never do things right
Scarecrow, wooden heart, finds it hard to love
Dressing up in dead men's clothes to charm the stars above
Do you ever feel like dancing, when the evening turns to gold?
Or does life's simple melody make your blood run cold?
(From Blindman, 1974)
orslips were the first band to successfully fuse traditional Irish music with rock; never afraid to experiment they came up with an astonishing array of pieces during the '70's. It didn't always work, of course, but when it did the results were spectacular. And then, in 1980, they decided they'd had enough; at the end of a final barnstorming gig in Belfast Charles O'Connor threw his violin into the crowd, walked offstage and went to the pub...
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