February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
This week’s visitor to the Echo Chamber is uilleann ipe virtuoso DAVEY SPILLANE, whose new album, “Sea of Dreams,” hits stores this fall.
1. Who would be the first person you’d invite to an intimate dinner party?
John O’Donohue
2. Who’d be the last?
Albert Reynolds
3. Who would you want in the kitchen doing all the serving and washing up?
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Hillary Clinton
4. On what occasion do you lie?
My age!
5. If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?
1. Good health till death; 2. contentment; 3. More spontaneity in life
6. What is the first thing you notice about a person?
Their face (open/closed)
7. What’s your most annoying habit?
Repeating myself
8. What is your funniest hidden talent?
A sense of humor.
9. If you weren’t in your present job, what would you be doing?
Race car driver.
10. Fondest memory of “Riverdance”?
Opening night in New York.
11. What word or phrase do you use constantly?
“Good luck awhile!”
12. What made you take up the Uilleann Pipes?
Chance and then passion.
13. What kind of music do you listen to (other than Irish)?
Very varied (U.S. & world artists)
14. What makes you laugh?
Clever humor/comedy
15. What other instruments do you play?
Guitar and flute
16. How would you like to be remembered?
Kindly
17. What person (living or dead) would you most like to slow dance with?
Kelly McGillis