Really? I was in Doolin three years ago in July, armed with my trusty
cuatro, and I sat in and jammed with local musicians in one of the three
pubs and heard jamming locals in another one of the three.
Also jammed with some locals at a pub in Dublin, but it wasn't Irish music,
more like pop stuff. So from my experience, if the jamming's gone away,
its just been in the last three years. And that would be a shame.
Gil
Oh yeah... There's not so much jamming in the pubs any more. The town
of Doolin, for example, in County Clare has a long standing reputation
as a mecca for musicians to come and jam from all over the world.
Three pubs, music all the time. That was 1991. Today, there is not
jamming, only professional performances, although locals tell me that
the jams come back in the winter when the tourists are gone. They call
it "progress", but with cynicism. It's economics. Same in Dingle and
Dublin, except on the streets. There are still jams, just hard to find.
Dan
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