He kept making me focus on little steps. And slowly but surely, it took me to a point where I could walk to Dun Laoghaire near his home. I was able to go and buy a paper for myself. That was December 15th. In the past couple of months, he has felt better, stronger. It is in your mind, and that rattles you.
He recently performed his first live gig with Something Happens since the surgery. A lot of new stuff coming out, and cycling through it all, and putting the stuff on the table that you think is really brilliant. It makes me feel very calm. I love it. I was dying to get back to that, and that took my focus off myself.
He was moved by the goodwill — the sheer volume of texts and emails — he received from listeners and the public, including dozens from people who had had the same condition. There was one person, a mother-of-three, who was going in and she was worried sick, because she had three very young kids.
The dynamic is the same as when he first started making music with Ray Harman, Alan Byrne, and Eamonn Ryan, more than 30 years ago. I met them yesterday. The rehearsal room was late opening, for some reason. I feel almost privileged, really, to be a part of it. Life took them all on different personal and career paths, but they never split up. I was happy with that! He jokes that they disbanded after playing 84 gigs to 83 people.
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