
The Dylanites
The Dylanites, who hail from Derry, are one of the best Dylan bands around.
They will be playing in the Gweedore Bar in Derry tonight from 11pm to 1am.
This is not the first time they have played the DylanFest.
They played The Bar-a-Cuda in the 2nd year of the DylanFest in Moville.
DylanFest in St Eugene’s Hall
I had brought a playwright from Canada to perform in St Eugene’s Hall, the local Temperance Hall.
He had met Dylan twice and had got permission from him to create a play based solely on words Dylan has used and with some of his greatest songs.
The DylanFest had been a big success in its first year – but was it a one-off?
The opening night in Rosatos went well – but that was only on in one pub.
I went to the play on the Friday evening.
It was very good – but there were only about 30 to 40 people there.
As I was leaving afterwards I wondered whether many people would come this year.
The Dylanites in Moville at the Bar-A-Cuda
I decided to take a look in the back door to see if there was many in the Bar-A-Cuda where The Dylanites were playing.
My heart lifted.
The place was mobbed.
Not only that, everyone was up on the floor bopping along to The Dylanites up tempo Dylan music.
I then went to Rosatos to find that there was a good crowd there to see Jacques Mees from Holland.
I would heavily recommend going to see The Dylanites.
You may well find yourself bopping about and up dancing to Dylan songs.