Flour Power

I think this is, so far, the event that made me feel more sorry for not being in Portugal…

Shake Me Like a Monkey

Ants Marching

Don’t Drink the Water

Aligator Pie

Seven

Interview with Dave Matthews

On my attempt to really get to know Galway’s nightlife, I took upon myself the task of not staying at home a single night during this this week. Only two days have passed and the tiredness is already building up, but so far it has been worth it.

On Monday the destination was The King’s Head. It’s one of Galway’s oldest pubs, and well known for it’s nightly live music gigs. I have to say that there is a good reason for it to be known for the live music gigs. A two-man band was playing a nice selection of covers, including some Jack Johnson, The Beatles and Counting Crows. The crowd (mostly foreigners, a lot of them Americans) was always very involved, especially in everyone’s favorite Galway Girl (with a few improvised, and much more interesting, verses).

I was too lazy to record any videos, but I did take a couple of pictures:

On Tuesday the idea was going to some other pub, but after checking out a few of them, all of which were either too crowded or too empty and with no music, I ended up at The King’s Head again. And I was again greeted with a two-man band (a different one), playing great covers. A special reference to the awesomely performed Hotel California and, of course, Galway Girl. And this time not only did I take pictures but I also recorded a couple of songs. The problem is, they turned out pretty dark, but at least the sound is decent. So, here’s Galway Girl (a few seconds missing at the beginning, but the more interesting verses are still there):

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjvexKdt1-w

Update: Did some editing on the video to try and make it less dark. The result is embedded above.