You know, Greg, when you get back, you're going to have to come down to the South Side and meet my friend Ross Crean. Ross is just releasing his second album and it's entirely in Gaelic. You two would make great collaborators on some musical projects.

Ross did a short set before my other buddy John's band went on once and there was a little old red (thanks to L'Oreal, no doubt) haired lady sitting in the audience in front of us. She had on a Kelly Green sweatshirt with a big embroidered map of Ireland and "South Side Irish" on it. Ross did a few standard numbers in English and then started to do a tune in Gaelic. This guy has, like, a three octave range and he showed it off on this tune. When it's over, I hear the old lady lean over to her daughter and whisper, "...was he singing in Jewish?"

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