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*These icons have a story attached. I'm bad at explaining it, so here's part of a review of one of their concerts:
“The "lady verse" in "Paddy McGinty's Goat" caused a bit of an uproar. Daryl was doing the "lady verse" (no. 6), doing a wonderful imitation of a "ladies voice" (and dance) when James cut in, commenting that doing "lady verses" was his job. "I've been an excellent leading lady for years!!" Matthew tried to hush up the argument, but now Daryl was angry at James for ruining his verse and started complaining to David [their musical director/accompanist], while James was sulking and grumbling to the side of the stage. Matthew walked Daryl offstage, speaking to him, trying to pacify him. We could hear Matthew trying to calm down Daryl by telling him confidentially that James was on estrogen patches and so Daryl should go easy on him. Still on stage, James, of course, was literally twitching with indignation. Matthew valiantly proceeded with the song, making a still sulking James sing the "hip hooray" bit in verse seven of the song, while Daryl was still complaining to David, pointing to James and blaming him for ruining his verse. Matthew told them to not fight in front of everyone and make peace. They did it reluctantly and then each wiped his hands on his trouser leg as they parted again, and the song went on. At the end of the next verse, James suddenly let out such a sharp, convincing "Mähhhhh" that Matthew pretty much collapsed into giggles (the audience, at this point, was already helpless with laughter) and was unable to continue singing for at least a few minutes, no matter how hard he tried. Don't ask me how they got through the final verse of the song, but they did, and it was closed with another "Mähhhhh".”
I know, I know. Shut up.