Really hilarious byplay between these two: they’ve obviously become quite good friends as they play the US and Ireland together. I felt almost like I was at another “Boy Least Likely To” concert (where the two lead singers – or the lead singer & the number two, who knows – poked fun at each other all night).
Barnes is the “only lap slide guitar player in Ireland”, among other things (according to Mulvey). He’s got a gruff, low voice he uses sparingly. His guitar playing is crazy. Mad skillz. Mulvey was in very high spirits and absolutely bouncing during some songs. At the end, they did five or six songs together, most of which they had never played together before, and Mulvey wouldn’t even tell Barnes what song it was before he started — only what key it was in. Not that it made a damn bit of difference!
Truly talented musicians yet they will likely live in obscurity for years, given their place in the “folk” singer/songwriter small world.