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It's such a great time to be a sports fan in Kansas City right now. From the World Series to the Chiefs in first place, the last couple of months have been a wild roller coaster ride that we won't soon forget.
By Steven St. John
What Chiefs players are you most excited to watch this season? Yes, the pre-season was ugly, but hope still remains that Kansas City can figure things out in time for the regular season. So, here's my list of the top 10 Chiefs players that I'm most excited to watch in 2014.
1) Jamaal Charles – JC is the best running back in football and he's an absolute joy to watch on the field. The sky is the limit for #25 in Andy Reid's offense and I can't wait to watch how Big Red will use him in their second season together.
2) Travis Kelce – Kelce looked fantastic during the preseason, giving the Chiefs a game-breaking threat at the tight end position. If Kelce can stay healthy, he will provide Alex Smith with a huge target over the middle and in the red zone that the Chiefs were missing last season.
3) De'Anthony Thomas – How will Reid utilize the tantalizing skills that DAT offers? I'm sure that DAT will have an impact on special teams, but how many touches will he get from scrimmage? He might get fewer touches than Dexter McCluster did last year, but I think he will do more damage with his opportunities than Dex ever did.
4) Justin Houston – There are still some doubters out there that question whether Houston is an elite pass rusher. I think he is. It will be interesting to watch how Houston responds to not getting a new contract. Will it bother him? Or, will it drive him to have his best season, yet?
5) Alex Smith – Smith did get his fat new contract and now all the questions have been answered. This is Alex Smith's team and he needs to show the Chiefs fan base that Reid and John Dorsey did not make a mistake by signing him to an extension. Smith got the money, so there are no more excuses. Play like a top 10 quarterback, lead this team back to the playoffs and win a playoff game. Because, that's what franchise quarterbacks are supposed to do.
6) Dontari Poe – If the Chiefs defensive front seven is to play well enough to overcome a shaky secondary, Poe must be the anchor. The big man in the middle led all defensive tackles in snaps last season with over 1,000. I repeat…over 1,000! He should have more help in the defensive line rotation this season, so maybe that can help Bob Sutton can keep Poe fresher down the stretch.
7) Eric Berry – The secondary looked awful without Berry in the preseason. The secondary also looked awful with Berry during the second half of last season. Berry is one of the highest paid safeties in the NFL and he must play like it. He has to single-handedly make the secondary better. He needs to be a playmaker. Oh, and please stay healthy…Thanks.
8) Dwayne Bowe – Bowe wasn't very good last season until the playoff loss against the Colts. Is that playoff performance more of an indication of what the Smith-to-Bowe connection is capable of in this offense or will we see more inconsistencies from #82? We won't see anything from Bowe in week one against the Titans because he's suspended, so he'll have 15 games to prove to this team and this city that he can be Smith's go-to man in this offense.
9) Dee Ford – The Chiefs could have picked a wide receiver or a cornerback in the first round of the 2014 draft and many fans would have been pleased. Instead, they selected Ford and many fans were perplexed. Ford didn't do much in the preseason, so all eyes will be on the Auburn product once the games start to count. If nothing else, it should be entertaining to watch how Sutton chooses to utilize Ford, Houston and Tamba Hali when they're on the field at the same time.
10) Albert Wilson – He was my favorite player to watch in training camp and the Chiefs could certainly use some speed and big-play ability from their wide receivers. He may be a boom and he might be a bust, but this kid was electric in St. Joseph. Hopefully, some of those skills he displayed in camp will translate to the field on Sundays.
By Steven St. John
I grew up watching sports with my maternal grandfather, Danny Ontiveros. He was born in Mexico, raised in Texas and moved to Kansas City as a young man. He coached boxing and he was one of the main reasons I developed a love for the sweet science as a boy. His three favorite teams were the Royals, Chiefs and El Tri, the Mexican national futbol team.
I spent many countless hours as a kid, watching our favorite fighters and our favorite teams as they took us on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. I remember watching my Grandpa cry after the Royals lost in the 1980 World Series to the Phillies. I watched him cry again as he embraced me moments after the Royals finally won the title in 1985 against the Cardinals.
Now, whenever I watch the Chiefs or Royals in a big game or I'm enjoying a pay-per-view fight with my sons, I often wonder what my Grandpa's reaction would be to that game or fight. So, when El Tri lost to the Netherlands in the World Cup this past weekend in such heartbreaking fashion, I could only imagine what my Grandpa's reaction would have been to Mexico's devastating collapse. I'm almost afraid to consider what effect the loss would have had on him.
My sons love to laugh at me whenever I'm flipping out during a Chiefs or Mizzou football game. They watch in enjoyment as I rant and rave during a Juan Manuel Marquez fight. And, many times, they end up emulating their old man during those same games and fights.
We long for the Chiefs to win a playoff game…We dream of what it would be like to attend a Royals post-season game together…We shout for our favorite fighters like we are huddled in their corner and they can actually hear our frantic instructions.
On Tuesday, we'll be watching the U.S. national team as they battle Belgium for the right to advance in the World Cup. And, as we are screaming and shouting, convinced our cheers can make a difference, I'll silently remember my Grandpa…thanking him for turning me into a sports fanatic. Giving me a common ground to share with my sons, bonding us the way I bonded with him. All the while, hoping he's over that damn loss to the Netherlands.
By Steven St. John
ESPN and Sports Illustrated NFL analyst, Andrew Brandt, was on the Border Patrol this week and offered a unique perspective into the possible thought process of the Kansas Chiefs during the NFL Draft.
Before becoming a member of the media, Brandtworked as a sports representative for ProServ and Woolf Associates, general manager of the Barcelona Dragons in the NFL's World League and served as a team vice president of the Green Bay Packers along with John Dorsey from 1999 to 2008, negotiating player contracts and managing the team's salary cap.
Brandt also spent the 2009 off-season as a consultant to the Philadelphia Eagles, working with Andy Reid.
Here are some excerpts from Brandt, discussing various topics concerning the Chiefs and the draft.
Brandt on trade rumors involving Brandon Flowers:
" I think one thing people should know about in the draft room in addition to the decision maker and his trusted assistants, you have sort of the cap contract/operator and that would be a situation like a trade, where you always have numbers at the ready because things can get hectic when you get offered a pick for a player, so you have to be able to show the difference financially.
So, if you get a player like a Flowers, what are the ongoing salaries that you mentioned and if you trade him what is the acceleration, what's the hit on the cap, how do you replace him...etc. I think the draft has become such an important tool at developing players at such a low fixed cost in terms of money that its unlikely to see these players with high salary going for picks because sure the high salary player will be good in the short term but in the long run you can have a better player for four, six, eight , ten years; where the player coming may only have one or two years left. I think there are more general managers, like Dorsey, coming from the college scouting background, having as many picks as possible rather than taking on veteran players. So, I'd say unlikely but when you see floated out that guys are available for trades, there is a probably a reason why its out there. "
Brandt on the possibility of the Chiefs drafting a QB vs. signing a long-term deal with Alex Smith:
"I was with the Packers and we had one of the most durable quarterbacks in NFL history in Brett Favre and he wasn't going anywhere the whole time I was there. We drafted numerous quarterbacks before I got there and all of those guys were really drafted to be traded. So what you did was develop them, so by the time they are up for contract you have to get something for him or lose him to free agency. Now, later in my career and Favre's career, we drafted Aaron (Rodgers) and that was an eye towards him being "the guy" rather than him being a guy that we are going to trade. I think you always take a quarterback with that in mind. I don't think that Alex Smith is like the legend of Brett Favre where the guy won't play if you pick him because Alex isn't going anywhere. In terms of contact negotiations, you know what that is. That is an agent coming in and wanting a certain level and the team doesn't think that the player is deserving of that level.
There are flashpoint times and I think the next one is Training Camp. Whatever the discrepancy is that has to be resolved. Now, if the team is in serious contract negotiations with the player and is making an effort to sign him even if its not what the player wants, I think is a good sign. It shows that you are making a commitment to that player for the long term but if the team is stonewalling the negotiations, that's not a good sign because they are showing that they are content to let it play out and see how it goes, kind of like the discussion on the fifth year options with these rookies."
"He was definitely a big part of drafting Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. He was at Ted Thompson's side and was for many years. I truly believe that he will take the highest rated player and this isn't a positional need thing with him. I think that is true for all of us Packer disciples…best player available.. trust the board … if you have a guy rated higher no matter the position. I think the issue you have is when you come to two similar rated picks, then you go for more of a need or trade down because you think you can get the same player later.
By Steven St. John
Last week in this blog, I predicted the outcome of the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.
I think Pacquiao wins an entertaining decision on Saturday night, maybe 116-112 or 115-113…
I was pretty close as Pacquiao won a unanimous decision by the scores of 116-112, 116-112, 118-110. I scored the exciting, action-packed bout 116-112.
I also explained my concern for Bradley's game plan heading into this fight.
He needs to throw more punches, but that doesn't mean take wild chances like he did against Provodnikov. Bradley needs to control the pace of the fight with his jab. He needs to use lateral movement, avoid standing and trading, and trust his speed and footwork. Bradley can still test Pacquiao's chin by taking advantage of counter-punching opportunities when the moment is right, but if he gets into a brawl, he will likely lose.
Bradley did well in the first half of the fight. I had my scorecard even after six rounds. However, Bradley decided to stand and slug with Pacquiao early and often. That mistake gave Bradley some early points, but cost him in the second half of the fight. He wore down because he fought Pacquiao's fight. It made for a more crowd-pleasing fight than their first match-up, but everything played right into Pacquiao's hands.
Now, Pacquiao is likely to fight his nemesis Juan Manual Marquez for a fifth time later this year while Bradley could rematch Ruslan Provodnikov. But, if I were Bradley's advisor, I'd give him an easier fight before stepping in the ring with Provodnikov again. Maybe a fight with Brandon Rios would work for both sides looking to bounce back from a loss to Pacquiao.
By Steven St. John
Manny Pacquiao did not lose to Timothy Bradley. Ignore Bradley's undefeated record and pay no attention to the judge's incorrect scorecards that shocked the boxing world on June 9, 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao won the fight and the judges got it wrong. However, that doesn't mean Bradley won't win this Saturday night when they fight again.
Since that first fight, Pacquiao was knocked out cold by his nemesis, Juan Manuel Marquez and then won a lopsided decision over an out-classed Brandon Rios.Bradley also fought twice since facing Pacquiao, winning a slugfest with the Gatti-like Ruslan Provodnikov and earning a narrow decision over a surprisingly lackadaisical Marquez.
With the win over Marquez and a fight with Floyd Mayweather nowhere in sight, Bradley was left as the next logical opponent for Pacquiao. A rematch that would give Pacquiao on opportunity to right the wrong of a loss he didn't deserve while facing a pay-per-view quality opponent that most people felt he handled with ease the first time around.
For Bradley, the rematch gives him the opportunity to validate his "win" against Pacquiao and the actual wins against Provodnikov and Marquez. Bradley's reputation suffered after that first fight against Pacquiao, despite building a career that has placed him among the top-ten best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He actually fought a decent fight against Pacquiao, battling through serious injuries to both ankles. He simply didn't win the fight. And, instead of the public's outrage being directed at the ridiculous judges scorecards, the fans turned on Bradley, blaming him for something he had no control over. But, with his last two impressive wins, the thriller against Provodnikov and the triumph over the man that destroyed Pacquiao, Bradley has fought his way back into the good graces of fight fans around the world.
Now, one question remains…Can Bradley actually beat Pacquiao? The answer is yes. But, he must be more aggressive than he was in the first fight. He needs to throw more punches, but that doesn't mean take wild chances like he did against Provodnikov. Bradley needs to control the pace of the fight with his jab. He needs to use lateral movement, avoid standing and trading, and trust his speed and footwork. Bradley can still test Pacquiao's chin by taking advantage of counter-punching opportunities when the moment is right, but if he gets into a brawl, he will likely lose.
Pacquiao's recipe for success is also to be more active. Don't assume anything with the judges and don't coast just because you think you are leading on points. He needs to cut-off the ring effectively, don't let Bradley get into a comfortable rhythm and he can't lose focus and get caught with a counter-punch ala Marquez.
I think Pacquiao wins an entertaining decision on Saturday night, maybe 116-112 or 115-113 and moves on to a fifth fight with Marquez in September. If he loses, he just might retire. As for Bradley, a win could propel him into a mega-fight with Mayweather or a rematch with Marquez.
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I love what Murph brings to the table and how he's looked thus far but let's be honest, there's not a lot of game film on him and he hasn't faced any legit teams. jeff had his long list of shortcomings, but let's not forget he had some huge quality wins against tough competition on his resume if murphy is able to get us by LSU and maybe even UGA i'll have to re-assess whether he's better tho
Lol. No it's not. Not even to a blind man. Jeff never played this good against any patsy. And what do you mean, no game film? We're basically running the same scheme and plays. This QB just throws to open recievers, has better pocket awareness, is more cool under pressure, and scrambles better. It's not like we started running the GT triple option. What a strange thread.
All I know is we're 7 of 7 in the redzone. Not bagging on Jeff, but I really like what I see so far from this Irish guy we have at QB now.
Yeah it's not even close really. Driskel had one great game against Tennessee last year. Murphy just delivered back to back games which were as good or better better than any of his other dozen or so games.
I trust the coaches and obviously they thought Driskel gave UF the best chance... Murphy's decision making and instincts seem better than Jeff's right now, my guess is that Driskel had the physical tools and was really putting in the time and effort to improve , and the coaches thought that Jeff would improve his decision making more quickly than he has... also Jeff's bad knee took away the one thing he did excel at, his scrambling..
It seems pretty obvious to me that Tyler is better at running this offense than JD. JD may have a higher ceiling as a player but the team has a higher ceiling with TM at the helm, if that makes any sense.
One of things that they implemented since Murphy has been in the game is the read option in the redzone. Some of us were calling for it after the Miami game. Not sure Jeff could have ran it with his knee injury. TM mobility has helped this team a lot. That being said we have played two horrible football teams.
I do too. No way they saw only what we see and still play JD. I have no doubt Jeff lit it up in practice. Either that, or Murphy stinks in practice. But all that matters is how a QB plays on Sat. That's why I have no problem with coaches giving all players a chance when the starter isn't getting it done. It sucks having a diamond in the rough on the bench when you're watching a lump of coal struggle under the bright lights.
so if Jeff Driskel was QB against Kentucky last night, you don't think we win? again, Murph looked great last night, but you're ready to crown him better than a QB who led us to tough road wins at Texas A&M and FSU, a demolition of South Carolina and a win against one of the best teams in country in LSU?
Haha. Of course we win. Jeff could not attempt a pass and we win. I bet you UK would have recorded a couple of sacks, though. Maybe an untimely fumble by Jeff when he didn't see the rush coming. Who knows. I don't think he makes either throw to Burton or Dunbar. Jeff was 18-27 last year for 200 yds. and rushed for 35 yds on 8 carries. At home. Took 3 sacks and threw a pick as well. Yeah, I'll take Murphy's performance on the road in his first game. Oh, and LSU? He passed for 61 yds and got sacked 5 times! We won with great D and Mike Gillislee in spite of Jeff's QB play. The same way we won all 11 games last yr. except against UT when he played really well.
1000% the same here. For the first time since Tebow left, I'm excited about getting the ball back. That's not a lie. It's the complete truth.
Did people forget that Jeff had great games against UT, Kentucky, USC, and Vanderbilt last year with a worse pass-protecting o-line an worse receivers? And people were ready to annoint him then.
Murphy has made one bad decision in 7 quarters. ONE. I don't need to see him pick apart Alabama to know we have a good QB.
It's crazy because fans were drooling over Jeff after the UT game last year and then Andre Ware basically slobbered all over Jeff during the Kentucky game.


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Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
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Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, 1979
Background information | |
Birth name | Mícheál Seosamh Ó Domhnaill |
Born | Kells, County Meath, Ireland |
7 October 1951
Died | 7 July 2006 Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland |
(aged 54)
Genres | Irish traditional, Celtic, folk, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, banjo, mandolin, piano, organ, tin whistle, harmonium, harmonica |
Years active | 1971–2006 |
Associated acts | Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Kevin Burke, Relativity, Billy Oskay, Nightnoise, Paddy Glackin |
Website | www |
Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (Irish pronunciation: [mʲiːçaːɫ oː dˠɔwnˠɨlʲ]; 7 October 1951 – 7 July 2006) was an Irish singer, guitarist, composer, and producer who was a major influence on Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century.[1] He became famous for his work with Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Nightnoise, and a successful collaboration with fiddler Kevin Burke.[2]
Early years[edit]
Mícheál Seosamh Ó Domhnaill[3] was born 7 October 1951 in Kells, County Meath, Ireland.[1] His father, Aodh, was a teacher, a singer, and a collector of traditional music for the Irish Folklore Commission. His mother, Bríd, was a choral singer. Mícheál's father was raised in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area of Rann na Feirste, where the Irish language is the main spoken language. Mícheál, his two sisters, Maighréad and Tríona, and two brothers, Éamon and Conall, inherited a deep love and understanding of Irish culture from their parents. The family spent their summers in Rann na Feirste learning the Irish language and Irish traditional music.[2] During these summers in Donegal, Mícheál and his siblings spent time with their aunt Neilí, a renowned singer who had a vast repertoire of Irish and English songs. They also formed lifelong friendships with Pól and Ciarán Brennan (future members of Clannad) and Dáithí Sproule (future member of Skara Brae and Altan).[1]
Mícheál's musical literacy was encouraged throughout his early years. At the age of six, Mícheál started taking piano lessons from the Kells nuns, which left a lasting influence on him. He also sang in a choir founded by his father. At the age of twelve, Mícheál suffered an appendicitis. To ease the boredom of his recuperation, a religious brother who taught at Mícheál's school gave him a guitar. By the age of sixteen, Mícheál began devoting his musical energies to the guitar.[4]
Skara Brae[edit]
In the late 1960s, Mícheál and his sister Tríona began attending University College Dublin, where they met up with singer-guitarist Dáithi Sproule (future member of Altan) from Derry. They began performing together around Dublin, producing "beautiful, adventurous" arrangements of Irish Gaelic songs.[2] In the summer of 1970, Mícheál and Dáithi performed as the house band at Teach Hiudaí Beag in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), Donegal. Later that year, Mícheál, Tríona, Maighread, and Dáithi formed the group Skara Brae, a name suggested by Mícheál in reference to Skara Brae, an archaeological site in the Orkney Islands in Scotland consisting of a bleak stone village built in the second millennium BC.[1]
In 1971, Skara Brae released a self-titled album of "beautifully performed Gaelic songs" on Gael-Linn Records.[5] It was notable as the first recording to include vocal harmonisation in Irish language songs. In 2004, Ó Domhnaill described the influences on the group in an interview with the RTÉ radio program Rattlebag:
Once a year we'd go up and we'd meet the Derry lads, and we'd form great bonds and they had a great interest in the language and love for it, and as did we, and we kind of sparked off each other. And we used to go down to the lake after classes and we'd sing. We'd sing Beatles songs, but we'd also sing Irish songs. And experiment with chords. We learned a lot from the Beatles. We listened a lot to them and all the music that was happening at the time and we tried to bring that to bear ... on the Irish.[6]
Skara Brae's version of "Tá mé 'mo shuí" shows the unique influence of Rann na Feirste. The song is performed differently in other parishes of the same area.[7] The four voices are skilfully supported by Triona's harpsichord, and the unique guitar work of Mícheál and Dáithi.[5] Mícheál in fact was one of the first guitar players, along with Dáithí, in Irish traditional music to employ DADGAD tuning. His guitar style had a dramatic impact on guitarists who followed in the genre. Both Mícheál and Dáithí were influenced in their early years by John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. In 1973, while Mícheál and Tríona were still students at University College Dublin, Mícheál formed a musical partnership with Mick Hanly.
After graduating from the University College Dublin in 1973 with a degree in Celtic Studies, he took a position with the Irish Folklore Commission collecting songs in Donegal.[8] During that time he met many singers and musicians who shared his love of Irish traditional music. He played regularly at the Tabairne Hiudai Beag's and spent long hours with his aunt Neilí, learning and documented over 200 traditional songs she had collected and been singing for years.[8] Many of the songs he would later record he first learned from Neilí during his childhood and from this time of learning.[8]
In 1974, when he was just twenty two years old, Mícheál became the first presenter of the RTÉ radio program The Long Note, which featured Irish traditional musicians, many of whom had never previously been recorded. That same year, Mícheál and Mick Hanly recorded an album, Celtic Folkweave, which was released by Polydor Records.[9]
The Bothy Band[edit]
In late 1974, Ó Domhnaill co-founded the very popular group The Bothy Band, along with Matt Molloy (flute and tin whistle), Paddy Keenan (uilleann pipes and tin whistle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, and production), Paddy Glackin (fiddle), and his sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, clavinet and vocals). Paddy Glackin was later replaced by Tommy Peoples, who was then replaced by Kevin Burke in May 1976. In the five years the Bothy Band were together, they emerged as one of the most exciting groups in the history of Irish traditional music. Much of their repertoire was rooted in the traditional music of Ireland, and their enthusiasm and musical virtuosity set a standard for future Irish traditional performers.[10]
On 2 February 1975, the Bothy Band made its debut at Trinity College, Dublin. Despite their great legacy, the Bothy Band only recorded three studio albums during their brief career: The Bothy Band (1975), Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1976), and Out of the Wind – Into the Sun (1977). A live album After Hours was released in 1979. Their first album quickly established them as an important new band. Their second album, Old Hag You Have Killed Me, expanded their following considerably. In 1977, they released their final studio album, effectively establishing their reputation and legacy within the Irish traditional music community.[10]
In 1979, the group disbanded, but the former members went on to play influential roles in the development of Irish traditional music. Lunny returned for a while to Planxty and then helped to form the Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. He continued his work as a producer, working with artists like Andy M. Stewart. Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill moved to the United States and formed the short-lived band Touchstone. She later joined her brother to form both Relativity and Nightnoise.[10]
Kevin Burke and America[edit]
Upon the dissolution of the Bothy Band, Ó Domhnaill and fiddler Kevin Burke formed a duo and recorded the album Promenade (1979). Co-produced by Ó Domhnaill and Gerry O'Beirne for Mulligan Records, the album has been called "one of the finest duets ever recorded in Irish traditional music".[9] In contrast to the "propulsive power and bracing brinkmanship" produced by the Bothy Band, the duo set off on a different musical path that one reviewer from the Irish Echo called "soulful finesse".[8]
Their sound was unrushed, detailed, spellbindingly beautiful, yet still pulsing with vitality. For tunes, it was the ultimate rhythmic glide, smooth rather than slick, without a hint of coasting. For songs, it was respect and reflection conveyed with absolute conviction.[8]
The album's centerpiece and single was "Lord Franklin", which featured Ó Domhnaill's lilting vocals in English. He sang two other songs on the album in Irish.[8] Ó Domhnaill's guitar playing and Burke's Sligo-style Irish fiddling achieved a "relaxed vitality" through "compelling melodies, pulsing Sligo rhythms, intricate variations, and vocal perfection".[11]
In 1980, Ó Domhnaill and Burke moved to the United States where they toured extensively throughout the country.[8] In 1982, they released their second album, Portland, on Green Linnet Records, which was received with equal enthusiasm by Irish traditional music critics. Reviewers singled out the "tender, baring passion" of Ó Domhnaill's voice in his renditions of "Eirigh a Shiuir" and "Aird Ui Chumhaing".[9]
He treated traditional songs in Irish as the enduring testament of history handed down by those who experienced it rather than merely documented it. His acoustic guitar playing was, like himself, unobtrusive yet intense, focused on gimmick-free impact and ever-mindful that it must support, not supplant, Burke's melodic fiddling.[9]
While touring in Portland, Oregon in 1980, Ó Domhnaill met a young American woman, Peg Johnson, and the two soon began a romantic relationship. After dating for two years, they were married and settled into a house in Portland, where Ó Domhnaill lived for the next fourteen years.[8]
In 1983, after seven years with the Bothy Band and several years collaborating with the master fiddler Kevin Burke, Ó Domhnaill began searching for a new project and a new sound. He met Billy Oskay in Portland, and the two began a new collaboration focused on a new and innovative music that integrated traditional Irish, jazz, and classical chamber music.[12] This collaboration between the American violinist and Irish guitarist created a unique blend of musical forms. Together, they composed and recorded songs in Oskay's Portland home and were pleased with the result—a unique understated sound that had a "rough but fresh quality that engendered a serene atmosphere."[12]
In late 1983, Ó Domhnaill's music career was altered when William Ackerman at Windham Hill Records heard one of the tracks recorded at Oskay's home.
I guess we were doing the soundtrack for Country at the time and Tom Bocci, who was in publishing at Disney, said hey listen, I've got this thing that I think you might be interested in. And he played a little of it for me and I said God, there's something in here that's really familiar to me. And he said, well do you know The Bothy Band. And I just went nuts. And he said this is Mícheál, you know, and I said God, great, I love it. So get me more.[13]
Ackerman soon offered Ó Domhnaill and Oskay a contract with Windham Hill Records. The tracks they recorded at Oskay's home were mixed and released in 1984 on their album Nightnoise. The album represented a real departure from Ó Domhnaill's Bothy Band roots, and the mellow, ambient instrumental style incorporating jazz and classical elements and forms full of spirituality almost defined what would be called New Age music.[2]
In 1985, Mícheál and his sister Tríona (vocals, clavinet) joined the two Scottish brothers Phil Cunningham (accordion, keyboard, whistle, bodhran) and Johnny Cunningham (fiddle) to form the group Relativity. Together they released two critically successful albums: the self-titled Relativity (1985) and Gathering Pace (1987).
In 1987, Tríona and Irish-American flutist Brian Dunning joined Ó Domhnaill and Oskay to form the band Nightnoise. The quartet's first album Something of Time was released by Windham Hill Records in 1987. It was followed by At the End of the Evening (1988) and The Parting Tide (1990). These albums received significant commercial and critical acclaim, and helped the group develop an impressive reputation touring the United States, Japan, and Europe. Their music effectively combined "original acoustic chamber music with an Irish feel mixing jazz, classical, folk and new age idioms."[1] Their original music made full use of the Ó Domhnaill's folk background, the folk/jazz combinations of Skara Brae, Brian Dunning's jazz background, and Bill Oskay's classical influences.[1]
Nightnoise gave Mícheál the opportunity to expand his musical vocabulary as well as his audience, while retaining the spirit of Irish traditional music that was so much a part of him. In an interview with Echoes, Ó Domhnaill spoke of the prevailing influence of his Irish heritage in the new music he was creating:
We were pretty handcuffed and anchored by the tradition so we could still write music outside of the strictures of 6/8 time or 4/4 time, but they couldn't but sound Celtic because I'm Irish and whatever I write would have elements of the sum total of the listener experience I've had throughout my life. So the Celtic music is still there, the structure of the music is just different.[13]
Following Billy Oskay's departure from Nightnoise in 1990, Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham, a former member of Silly Wizard who had played with Triona and Mícheál in the band Relativity, took over Oskay's duties. The band took on a much more Irish-centric sound, while still retaining their own signature style. The revamped Nightnoise went on to release the albums Shadow of Time (1994), A Different Shore (1995), and The White Horse Sessions (1997), an album featuring live concert performances mixed in with in-studio live performances, with their Windham Hill colleagues as their audience.
The White Horse Sessions proved to be the last Nightnoise album. Cunningham left the band following its release, and was replaced by Irish fiddler John Fitzpatrick. In a 1999 interview, Ó Domhnaill stated that Nightnoise had not broken up, and that the band would be getting together again shortly. The band did indeed record new material (both original compositions and covers of classic songs), but they were all made for albums other than their own. Nightnoise officially disbanded towards the end of 1997.
Later years[edit]
In 1997, Mícheál returned to Ireland, settling in Dundrum, Dublin. In 2001, he teamed up with his close friend Paddy Glackin, the original Bothy Band fiddle player, and together they toured and recorded the album Athchuairt. Glackin later praised Ó Domhnaill for his role in popularising Irish language songs for a wider audience. "He took a lot of old songs," Glackin observed, "and re-fashioned them and made them accessible to a new generation."[2]
On 7 July 2006, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill died from a fall at his home. He was 54 years old.[14] On 11 July, a wake was held at his sister Maighread's home. On 12 July, a requiem Mass was said for Mícheál at the Church of the Holy Cross in Dundrum. The funeral was attended by numerous musicians from across Ireland, including the remaining members of The Bothy Band, piper Liam O'Flynn, accordion player Tony MacMahon, and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.[15] Mícheál Ó Domhnaill was buried in St. Colmcille's Cemetery in Kells, County Meath.[9]
On 24 May 2007, a remarkable gathering of Irish traditional musicians and singers, including Paddy Keenan, Donal Lunny, Kevin Burke, Mary Black, Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, came together at Vicar Street in Dublin to celebrate the life and music of Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.
With Skara Brae
With Mick Hanly
With The Bothy Band
With Kevin Burke With Billy Oskay
With Relativity
With Nightnoise
With Paddy Glackin
With other artists
Compilation albums
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- ^ a b c d e Irwin, Colin (22 July 2006). "Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Obituary". The Independent. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Mícheál Ó Domhnaill". Discogs. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ Rynne, John. "Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Obituary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ a b Winick, Steve. "Skara Brae". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Interview with Skara Brae members at the RTÉ Tribute to 2006 tribute to Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, 2006.
- ^ Metz, Marcus. "Skara Brae". Folk World. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Moya Brennan (director) (2011). An Bothy Boy: in omós do Mhícheál Ó Domhnaill (Television production). Dublin: TG4.
- ^ a b c d e Hitchner, Earle (19 July 2006). "A Quiet Man: Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, 1951–2006". Irish Echo. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Harris, Craig. "The Bothy Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Kevin Burke & Michael O'Domhnaill". Green Linnet. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ a b Zackheim, Ben. "Nightnoise". Musician Guide. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Tribute". Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Kerr, Áine (10 July 2006). "Musician Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Dies at 54". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Obituary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
External links[edit]
- Mícheál Ó Domhnaill official website
- "An Bothy Boy: in omós do Mhícheál Ó Domhnaill, cuid 1" on YouTube TG4 documentary (2011)
- "An Bothy Boy: in omós do Mhícheál Ó Domhnaill, cuid 2" on YouTube TG4 documentary (2011)
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RE: 6 inches-correct planting depth for daffs? (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: limequilla on 08.21.2006 at 02:14 am in Cutting Garden Forum You'll like those. On the mix, give each bulb as much room around it as you can so they don't get mixed up. It will be lovely in only 2 years' time...each bulb makes its own bouquet, but if they are too close together and 2 kinds of flowers are coming out of the bouquet it no longer is attractive. When I first started, an elderly lady sent me home with 70 varieties, all separatley labeled and bagged. I had a lot of room and planted them at least a foot apart...the next year they were really sparse, 2 years later they looked pretty good, and 3 years later all the neighbors were commenting on how great they looked and wanted to know the secret. They stayed down over 10 years before I harvsted, eachyear better than the last.
A little tip -- put the fertilizer down in the hole, cover with soil or sand or both, and then put the bulb on the soil. Fertilizer needs to be down where the roots are. One of the NPK elements, either phosphorus or potassium (I forget) doesn't travel in the soil and needs to be down belwo the bulb to be effective. You can buy 50 # of onion fertilizer 5-20-20 or 6-24-24 for arounf $10.00 a bag at the farm bureau. If it truly is a mix, with many different kinds of bulbs, the smaller bulbs will be smaller flowers, so put them in front or where they will be visible. Likewise any with black, dark brown or deep chestnut colored skins. Here's some trivia, and I believe it is true because the fellow telling the story is very dry and doesn't have much of a sense of humor. He didn't tell it as a joke, but as a story. The fella who bred 'Gay Kybo' actually named the flower for himself, which isn't done in the daffodil world. Many hybridizers in the olden days got around this by naming a flower supposedly for their wives, as in Mrs. R. O. Backhouse. In moidern times hybridzers use each other's names. The story went like this: Gay Kybo is the nick name this particular hybridizer's mother called him as a child -- it stood for Keep Your Bowels Open. LOL! Do you still like the flower? Lime NOTES: <none>
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RE: 6 inches-correct planting depth for daffs? (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: limequilla on 08.19.2006 at 01:51 am in Cutting Garden Forum Hi Wendy,
It's easy, and I can give you rules of thumb, but I don't really know what you have access to because you can buy wholesale and I can't. FYI: Mitsch daffodils in Canby, OR is in your neck of the woods and sells their seedlings at a discounted price. The yellow flowers you mentioned have been superceded, but since they are so cheap, do you really want to buy something more expensive? If so, look for 'Camelot'. It should be 20c a bulb more expensive, but that is in my retail catalog. It is yellow, blooms late mid-season (say April 20-25 in Indianapolis.) If you can't find it easily, send me to the website where you want to buy bulbs and I'll pick one out. Naturally, if you were to spend $50.00 on a bulb the following rules of thumb would no longer be true, but from what you have available to you at a wholesale price the following are are good rules of thumb: Early blooming flowers have yellow petals and later have white petals. (Mt Hood, Ice Follies are exceptions beibg early whites and Camelot being a fairly late yellow) Pink coronas are generally late, too. Sometimes the pink coloration doesn't go the entire length of the corona giving a blah look. Yellow petals with pink coronas almost always have short stems and blah colors. Flowers said to have orange petals are generally weak garden plants and don't perennialize well (but they are gorgeous the first year!!!) Flower names with the word "little" or "mini" in them are not cut flowers. Bloom times by division: Best Bets for later cut flowers that are also good garden flowers and will perennialize if you give them enough room: Stratosphere, Passionale, Romance, N. jonquilla or Kokopelli, Gay Kybo, Chromacolor, Cool Flame, Cum Laude, Yellow Cheerfulness, Sir Winston Churchill, Tamar Fire, Tahiti, Manon Lescaut (but it might be early), Merlin, Misty Glen, Precocious (very good). These should all be available cheaply. (I have a list of everything that's grown in Holland for export, but I don't know if your supplier is necessarily offering these). So, maybe you can learn a little about daffodils and with this information you can look at any daffodil catalog and tell a good one from a not so good one. However I am the first to agree that every bulb catalog does NOT have the information you may need. www.daffodilusa.org has a great search engine called "daffseek". You can plug in any daffodil name and find out how old it is, when it blooms (the seasons are coded by number; 1= very early, say March 15 -- through 6= which is very late May 1 here) and how long the stem is. You can also see other pictures. Let me give you the big picture in another incredibly long post so you can see how the daffodil division impacts the use as a cut flower. Daffodils, like any flower, are divided into groups depending on the shape of the flower. Most people are very familiar with Tulip groups -- Darwin Hybrid and Greigii, for instance, but the daffodil groups are not as well known primaritly because they are not divided in the catalogs. Tulips have to be divided because there are 2 different uses for Tulips -- potted plants would be the Triumph Tulips and Darwin Hybrids are the ones we'd want for garden flowers.(about 90% of the tulips grown in Holland are for potted plants or grown in greenhouses for out of season cutflowers. I believe it is safe to say that Dutch Bulb Growers couldn't care less about garden tulips, or garden lilies, either, since they are all grown for the forced cut flower market and potted plants.) Daffodil groups are called divisions, and it is the species flower that determines what the flower looks like and what division it falls under. Div 1-4 are all from large daffodils which originally grow or grew in the wild. MANY generations have passed to get what we now have, though, but they all look like single headed daffodils and you'd recognise them right off the bat. Any of the daffodils in those divisions make good cut flowers, but not if they were bred in 1948, or ever 1968, and not if the petals are all jabberwockied and the flower is asymmetrical. Div 4 is doubles, and these can be a problem when you look at them close up. They often are green on the back and the outerlayer of petals is deformed. IN other words, you can't sell them. ASK before you buy on the doubles!!!! The best looking one for most all climates is 'Rose Garden', a white double with bright pink petaloids, about $5.00 a bulb, but some of the Dutch bulbs are ok, too. Div 3 -- the shortcups -- special because it is a cross between a late blooming div 9 and a longer cup daffodil. The beauty of all division 3s is that you can cut them as SOON as the bud shows color and time their opening. THIS IS HUGE for a daffodil flower grower because of the darn spring weather which can flatten your crop, hail can destroy the flowers, wind will tear them apart, and frosts and freezes are normal...you get the idea. If you keep them cool, as in a basement, not a fridge, and dark and in water up to their necks, they will open slowly and surely. If you put them in the floral fridge, you'll get the same thing, only slower. Div 3s are wonderful. Div 5 - all have short stems and small flowers, possibly 2 to a stem that are about 12". Div 5 is hard to grow because members need perfect drainage and no extra water in the summer. The easiest grower in the division is also one of the ugliest: Thalia. Thalia (white)is almost always paired with muscari in the Dutch bulb catalogs, so I assume they must bloom together. Stint (pale yellow, also looks good with muscari) and Petrel (white) are the good ones if you find them. Div 6 - Rapture (golden yellow) is the best, bar none. Bred in Canby, Oregon, as a matter of fact! It *does* have a long enough stem, but be sure to look at the shape of the flower and the flyaway petals before ordering...do you like it? After having manned a LOT of daffodil shows and answered questions from the public, I can tell you these flowers are not too popular. The rest of div 6 bulbs are either hopelessly virused in Holland or too short to be of use to you. Div 7 -- The fragrant jonquils. Here's a tip: Buy a hundred Narcissus jonquilla or Kokopelli. These are very small flowers on very long stems and are fragrant as all get out. They bloom late for daffodils, Apr 25-May 8 in Indianapolis. Put ONE or TWO in a bunch and see if you don't sell out. They dry in silica sand if you are so inclined for dried whatevers. Forget putting them in oasis, it doesn't work. The stems are very thin and they stand straight up all season. The can take wet in the summer, but they LOVE HEAT in the summer. Oregon heat is fine, Canadian Zone 2 probably isn't. 'Hillstar' has 14 inch stems, but only 10 inch stems when you'd want to cut it. I don't know of any other jonquils besides 'Stratosphere' that I an recomend wholeheartedly and I know are available. Div 8 -- Falconet (yellow / Red-orange) and Geranium (cream and pretty orange) are the ones I like best from the catalog I have. Aspasia is 50 years old. Div 9. Another flower you can pick in the bud showing color stage which will oopen in the cool dark. Red rim will burn in the sun, so keep the flowers shaded whther they are on the stem or cut. Any of these are pretty -- they all have the same "look" the old pheasant eye. 'Actaea' is the largest flower and the longest stem -- by far -- and also earliest to bloom, in mid-deason. Later ones are Milan, Felindre, Angel EYes, but Felindre is the only one with a decent stem. Div 11 is interesting. Look for color is my advice. There are an swfully lot of cream colord ones on the market. Cum Laude is a favorite, but Mitsch Daffodils in Canby, Oregon specializes in White petaled, pink corona splits. They sell their seedling bulbs for $1.60 each delivered. Sometimes the seedlings are thrown in the bin because they look too much like another one! They are on the internet with a website if you care to search. One more thing: A new study was done on the west coast and they found that daffodils need DEEP water. Warm, almost hot first and let it cool to room temperature. Deep - Up to the point where the spathe meets the stem. After the warm water cools, change the water and put them in a cool dark place. I can tell you from personal experience, they are right on the money. NOTES: <none>
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RE: 6 inches-correct planting depth for daffs? (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: limequilla on 08.18.2006 at 12:57 am in Cutting Garden Forum Hi -- I wondered if you made the connection -- also I answered one on the lilium-l mailing list about Manhatten.
I have a list of daffodils for you and my notes on how they perform in the garden and whether IMHO they'd make good cut flowers. Before you think I am a big know-it-all, I should tell you I am a HUGE grower of daffodils with about 800 different clones and also a daffodil judge. Also, it's not that I am against "old" flowers, it's more that they have been superceded -- they are very thin in the petals and the petals are always cockled unattractively. Some of the flowers on this list are 40 and 50 years old! Accent - has been surpassed for color long ago, see Cool Flame. Avalanche - stay away if you live north of the Mason-Dixon line. This wants to bloom in Nov-Dec, then gets frozen and the foliage turns black with fireblight. It blooms on 2 inch stems, and the stem lengthens to make a real cut flower, but by then 1/4 of the blooms are dead. NOTES: <none>
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Quick-service restaurants are upgrading their coffee programs and preparing packaged products for sale in grocery stores in an effort to capture more of the $37-billion-a-year foodservice coffee market, as well as the $11.2 billion retail market.
This month, 1,800-unit Chick-fil-A rolled out a new custom-blended specialty coffee formulated to please customers' palates — and their consciences.
Chick-fil-A is purchasing the coffee through the Thrive Farmers Coffee network, which connects buyers with farmers. Tracy Allen, Thrive's chief coffee officer, said 75 cents of every dollar of coffee purchased goes directly to the farmers, rather than being spread out along the supply chain.
Allen developed the coffee's flavor profile and is responsible for maintaining its consistency. He blended it to appeal to Chick-fil-A's core 36-54-year-old customers, "and still not alienate those 18 to 34s," he said.
The coffee has a blend of citric and malic acids, which lend brightness and body to the coffee, as opposed to carbonic acid in darker roasts that appeal to younger consumers and those in the western United States. It has a relatively light body — "on the first notch of medium-heavy," Allen said — and flavor notes of cocoa, caramel and warm spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon. It also has floral notes of hibiscus, jasmine and honeysuckle.
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