Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: music

  • Get Ready for the Party of the Year!

    It starts Friday night at Riley’s when Duane Davis and I take the stage at 8:00, and it’ll continue Saturday when we open for the Wild Geese Band  at 6:00. Should be a rocking good time. The party continues on Tuesday (the official St. Patrick’s Day). Other musicians performing at the three-day event will include John Puckett , Mike Gallagher, and Mark Guiser. Seriously, you…

  • Rocking the Pour House:
    A Great Way to Spend a Friday Night

    Riley’s Pour House just keeps getting better. Since Jim  and Cheryl Riley took over a few years back, the pub has become a mecca for people who love fun times and good music . . . and last night was no exception. My good friend Duane Davis joined me on bass and backing vocals. We’ve been…

  • Scop 101

    scop (skop)  — n (in Anglo-Saxon England) a bard or minstrel an Anglo-Saxon minstrel, usually attached to a particular royal court, although scops also traveled to various courts to recite their poetry. In addition to being an entertainer who composed and performed his own works, the scop served as a kind of historian and preserver…