The Dublin Legends in Heidelberg (2023)

Sean Cannon, Gerry O’Connor, Paul Watchorn & Shay Kavanagh 15 Nov 2023, Heidelberg
Two weeks before Sean Cannon’s 83rd birthday, the Dublin Legends pay a visit to beautiful Heidelberg Castle in Germany. For decades, the old Dubliners each year played shows in Mannheim, once or twice in the nineties even in Heidelberg or Hockenheim, but never at the castle. The lads put on a great show, reminding us of the glorious days of yore and inviting us to sing along. The young one, Gerry O’Connor, at only 63, masterfully stood in for both John Sheahan’s fiddle and Barney McKenna’s banjo. I loved to hear Sean sing Cill Chais. It sounds different with his new head voice approach, but very graceful. They won the audience from the opening tune that opened all the Dubliners shows I can remember.
VIDEO contains: Rare Auld Mountain Dew, Fields of Athenry (03:10), When the Boys Come Rolling Home (09:00), Rose of Allendale (13:00), Sean Cannon lilting reels (18:00)
Fermoy Lassies/Sporting Paddy (instrumental)
Galway Races (Paul)
The Ferryman (Paul)
The Black Velvet Band (Sean)
The Banks of the Roses (Sean)
Seven Drunken Nights (Paul)
I'll Tell Me Ma  (Paul)
Cill Chais (Sean)
The Rare Auld Mountain Dew  (Paul and Sean)
The Fields of Athenry  (Paul)
The Belfast Hornpipe / The Flowers of Red Hill (Gerry on Irish banjo)
Home Boys Home  (Paul)
Fiddlers' Green (Shay)
When the Boys Come Rolling Home (Sean)
/intermission/
The Spanish Lady (Paul)
Finnegan's Wake  (Paul)
Rose of Allendale (Sean)
Sean Cannon solo lilting
The Hills of Connemara  (Paul)
Paddy on the Railway  (Paul)
The Rare Auld Times  (Paul)
Banish Misfortune / The Heather Breeze / The Reconciliation (Gerry on Irish banjo)
Rocky Road to Dublin (Sean)
Dirty Old Town  (Paul)
The Irish Rover (Paul)
Whiskey in the Jar (Sean)
/encores/
The Wild Rover (Paul)
Molly Malone (Paul)