Seraphiel´s blog: března 2012

This was to be my first St. Paddy´s celebrated in Prague, and I was getting ready for it since the moment I´ve found out that Aslan is gonna play there! I´ve seen Aslan back in 2002 in Langtons, Kilkenny and I must say it was one of the most memorable gigs I´ve been to. Christy was pretty wild back then. So when I discovered they are playing here, I knew I can´t give it a miss. The first concert took place in Acropolis on 16th March and day after that they performed at open air on Wenceslas square. So I went to both places, just not to miss something. And eventhough I´ve paid for the first gig, I didn´t mind as much.
They were singing pretty much the same stuff as they sang some ten years ago, but I think they had a new bass guitarist now, Roddy O´Brien. Christy seemed like he aged a lot since I´ve seen him, perhaps because of drinking heavily as any Irish do, god knows..but his performance was stunning. His play of hands and mimicking were just crazy enough to make crowds scream for more. He didn´t even bother about being too close to fans, he shook our hands and as I was pretty close to him at all times, we shook our hands too, which was nice. On Wenceslas square were crowds and I mean crowds! of people, many of them knew who Aslan is, and sang along or at least pretended they did...
The stage also served its purpose for other ensambles throughout the day. There was this enormous choir of Irish singers who sang Irish soccer hymn and Black Eyed Peas´ "I´ve got a feeling", which was hillarious! Then there was a group of about ten youngsters, Gaelic dancers, who danced pretty good dance and jig into the tunes of bahroan and Irish trad music. Well, I was very pleased to be there, and very excited about seeing Aslan again, as I used to be quite keen fan of them. Plus, I really liked Roddy :)