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Rocking the house at Daniel O’Connell’s Pub

A cozy venue, friendly staff, warm patrons and talented supporting musicians: what a perfect combination for an entertaining evening!

Once again, Lisgar O’Connor performed in front of a full house, Friday November 19, 2004, at Daniel O’Connell’s Pub (1205 Wellington Street in Westboro).

The evening began with Lisgar O’Connor’s very own arrangement of "John The Revelator", a spiritual blues song so old nobody remembers who wrote it. And – along with other popular songs by Fred Eaglesmith, Cat Stevens, Neil Young and Stan Rogers – Lisgar O’Connor performed, for the first time, their rendition of "Don Quixote" by Gordon Lightfoot.

A key part of Lisgar O’Connor’s show is a segment called "Language Night" during which Bill sings the Jazz Butcher’s "La Mer" in his best Liverpuddlian French (gotta keep working on that "C" level), and Sylvain, in French waiter attire, sings, in Russian, "At The Hospital" by Vladimir Vissotski.

One thing about Lisgar O’Connor is that we believe that if we can go on stage to play and sing, pretty much anybody can, as long as they have the guts and determination. Last Friday, we were very fortunate to see Dragana and Ranko taking over the stage to perform "Rain" and "Knocking on Heaven’s Door". Also, Jacques and Suzanne showed us their stuff with "Any Man Of Mine" by Shania Twain.

Actually Suzanne, who is very shy by nature, got so inspired later on in the evening that she tackled her demons and joined Lisgar O’Connor for an electrifying rendition of "Bobby McGee".
Dragana, Ranko, Jacques and Suzanne: thanks for making this evening so special, and thank you Suzanne for the shooters!

Lisgar O’Connor will be back at Daniel O’Connell’s on Friday January 28, 2005. In the meantime, keep visiting this blog for other performances (there are rumours of a semi-private – you’ll have to show up with only half of your privates – Boxing Day Party in downtown Ottawa).

Click on the photos below to enlarge them - please: no enlarging your privates!

Booking info: lisgaroconnor@yahoo.com

Openin' it up at Daniel O'Connell's

Dragana and Ranko can rain on us anytime!

Dragana and Ranko let us know how it feels to be knock, knock, knockin' at Heaven's door.

Three sharp (lookin') shooters. Bottoms up, I say!

When you smile ...

The Lisgar O'Connor Circus Road Show!

Jacques and Bill shoot the breeze over nuts

Jacques, Suzanne and the spirit of Twain

Just two wild and crazy guys

Suzanne and Bill fighting dehydration after closing time.

Lisgar O'Connor will appear at Daniel O'Connell's Pub this Friday. See you there!

It's Time Once Again ...

Well, it's time once again for another live performance by Lisgar O'Connor(!) So, join us down at Daniel O'Connell's Pub at 1205 Wellington Street in Westboro this Friday (November 19) at 9 p.m. No cover, just comfortable surroundings, friendly people and the folked-up blues of Lisgar O'Connor.

And now, for your amusement, the latest installment in the on-going saga of the imaginary story of Lisgar O'Connor ...

Bill and Sly were playing Scrabble with PaintBall Joe at the Little Chicago, way over in "The Darkside" (the last holdout within the National Capital Region where people can still smoke). After all the long, complex and learned words were exhausted, the guys called it a night and walked back to their cars, only… Sly’s Toyota was gone!

"What a pain in the neck," said Bill. "Let’s hope it was just borrowed for a joyride, and you’ll get it back in a few days.""Unless it’s the ‘cannibalized for parts’ scenario," said Paintball Joe (he likes to take things apart)…"Ah well, it's pointless wasting energy on something I have no control over," said Sly. "Let’s call the cops and file a missing car report."

"Hey, there’s a police cruiser right there!" said Bill. "Somebody’s getting a ticket for parking too close to the intersection!"Paintball Joe looked helplessly as the police officer slipped the ticket under his car’s windshield wiper…"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away: may the Name of the Lord be blesseth ... or something". In the meantime let the people who took Sly’s car know they just made a huge withdrawal at the Karma Bank…

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