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Tuesday 18 June 2019

Curtains Closed: A Eulogy for Finbarr Donnelly



Brian: "We have recorded this song about our dear old friend, the never to be forgotten Finbarr Donnelly of Nun Attax/Five Go Down to the Sea/Beethoven fame. 

Most of the band knew Finbarr Donnelly from when he and his band Five Go Down To The Sea? were living in Rotherhithe and then Shepherd's Bush, right up to when they morphed into Beethoven and up until that terrible day when he left this world a poorer place. 

I became particularly good friends with Donnelly and since his untimely passing on June 18th 1989 rarely does a day go by without my thinking about him. He was a real one- off, with a unique way of engaging with people, a unique way of looking at the world and his bands sounded like no other"

credits

released June 18, 2019
Vocals - Brian O'Brien
Bass - Jemma Freeman
Guitar - David Dodd
Drums - Andi Panayi
Keyboards - Simon Birch
Violin - Maris Peterlevics
Recorded and produced by Andy Ramsay (Stereolab)at Press Play Studios
www.pressplaystudio.co.uk