and your friend, shane mccown.him your band would have been around the mate -- the same music scene. how would you remember him? >> one of my early memories of shane is when he came to my house. 33 years ago now. when we brought my eldest girls, twin girls, we brought them home and there was a gathering at the house. the remarkable thing about shane is when he arrived, a few people were smoking and he said, guys, there are baby -- babies in the room. stamp out your cigarettes, will you? not what you may expect from him. that is one of my early funds stand up memories of shane. yes, we were at the same gigs, he came to see us when we played there. he went to see the pogue's when they opened for you two. it has been a wild year because we have lost tracy dickman, sinead o'connor and now shane my gallon. these are our temporaries. a huge loss to irish music and ourselves to us personally. caitriona: indeed. shane was born in kent to irish parents and out -- but spent part of his childhood in ireland before going back