Archive shot of one of the many developing stages of that organic band- The Permanent Cure.This was somewhere in Germany on a sunny day,with Squeezebox Teddy,Tommy Gallagher,Dermot O’Connor,George Kaye and the man in the shadow,Leo Gillespie.Later they were engulfed by a herd of nomadic Scotsmen ...
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This is a song that my old friend Johny London wrote and gave me in Dublin in the rare old times and it was a pleasure to integrate it into a Permanent Cure context.I rate it in the top ten Hobo songs and this is the only visual recording of it... ... "Johny London" "Leo Gillespie" "Dermot O’Conn...
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Another fragment from the band which was born in Dublin a million years ago...A nice layed back interpretation of the Washington Philips masterpiece by our friends the Permanent Cure,once again somewhere in sunny Germany.With Squeezebox Teddy,Tommy Gallagher,Dermot O’Connor,George Kaye,and Leo Gi...
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This song was in the original repertoire of the band,during the days of playing in Toners ,the Baggot Inn and the Embankment in the early Dublin days.Dermot was ripping newspapers,George was incognito and Pat Gibbs was still bald.The line up here is Squeezebox Teddy,Tommy Gallagher,Dermot O’Conno...
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This is a quick improvised sketch I did in Akureyri art gallery during the Irish festival a few years ago,later I arranged the song into a more compact socially acceptable version...It’s a story about what happened in Belfast during the 70's. ... "Leo Gillespie" Belfast Akureyri Iceland folk coun...
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This was during the Iriish festival that Haruldor Haraldsson organised in Akureyri the north of Iceland a few years ago,it was an amazing event to celebrate the fact that first settlers were a couple that sailed over from Dublin to find a quiet place to contemplate the mysteries of life.. ... Aku...
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Kris has the most finely tuned ears of anyone I’ve ever played with, and I place him with Fawzi Sayeb as a major influence on my musical odysee, and it's always a pleasure and an honour to be in his company. ... KK "leo gillespie" "fawzi sayeb" "cafe rosenberg reykjavik" iceland "the pyrenees" a...
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This is me and Thorleifor Gudjonsson trying to look cool during a playback session in Eskifirdi in the east of Iceland.KK is playing the solo but was invisible at that time,but his magnificent slide guitar was well present,
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i met leo about one year ago when i was in norway. at the time he showed me documentary telling who he is. i was impressed by his life and the way he lives it. Leo is a busker musician, he travels through cities all over the world and brings to people in the street his poetry, his words and melo...
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