In October of 1975, at the end of a long tour of Britain, Billy Connolly came to Ireland to perform his comedy act here for the first time. The Troubles were at their height, and he had been warned by many that his safety could not be guaranteed. “They asked me,” he tells a journalist at a Dublin press conference, “so I thought what the hell.”
“WHAT could be better than performing to an enthusiastic audience and singing the songs of your musical hero!” So says Muddy River Band member Willie Headon who…
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