About John O'Brien, Jr., Author of Festival Songs and Stories

TOUR DATES

John Obrien on WRUW with Roger Weist Festival Legends, Songs and Stories is now available! To the right, John being interviewed on WRUW's Beyond the Pale with Roger Weist. Following is the current list of scheduled book signings and media interviews.

Where: The West Side Irish-American Club (8559 Jennings Road, Olmsted Twp. Ohio 44138)

Where: Borders Express, Chapel Hill Mall (Bittain Road, Akron)

Where: B. Dalton Booksellers (Great Lakes Mall)

Where: East Side Irish-American Club (22770 Lakeshore Blvd. Euclid, Ohio 44123)

Where: Crooked River Books (In the Galleria: 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH)

Where: Borders (9565 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio 44060)

Where: Eastlake Summerfest

Where: Northrup Bookstore, Olmsted Falls (8080 Columbia Road in the Grand Pacific Junction Shopping Area)

New Barleycorn stopped by and said hello at the book signing in Eastlake. They brought new band member, piano player extraordinaire Caroline Taylor, and all got caught checking out the new big picture board from the book. Best of Luck Caroline, you are hanging with a rough crowd!

Where: Borders (Strip Avenue, North Canton)

Where: Akron Hibernian Connection (WAPS FM 91.3)

Where: Barnes & Noble (Crocker Park: Westlake, Ohio)

Where: Channel 5 (Kaleidoscope with Leon Bibb)

Where: Cleveland's Irish Cultural Festival (Berea Fairgrounds)

Where: Dayton Irish Fest (Dayton, OH)

Where: Dublin Irish Fest (Dublin, OH)

Where: Milwaukee Irish Fest (Milwaukee, WI)

Where: Peoria Irish Fest (Peoria, IL)

Where: Kansas City Irish Fest (Kansas City, KS)

Where: Pittsburgh Irish Fest (Pittsburgh, PA)

Where: Erie Irish Fest (Erie, PA)

Radio & TV Appearances (to date):

Where: Beyond the Pale w/ Roger Weist WRUW 91.1 FM

Also Internet archived for 7 days, follow links at www.wruw.org

Where: Jerry Quinn's Irish Hours
WHK AM 1420

Where: Akron Hibernian Connection WAPS FM 91.3

Where: Kaleidoscope with Leon Bibb
News Channel 5

Festival Legends, Songs and Stories, now available

For more information, please contact:
John O’Brien, Jr. @ 330-321-6174

From Tommy's Song

Freedom’s Sons are singing;
singing sad songs,
to their love, songs.
Pretty Maggie O’, Sally O’,
Pretty Saro and Rosie.
for some,
a Song For The Children.

In The Time Of Scented Roses,
let they be not black,
The Long Woman’s Grave.
Rather Sing Me The Old Songs;
of Rambling Rivers
in The Rambles of Spring,
Clear Blue Hills
or Grey October Clouds,
among Long Winter Nights.

If I should return,
If You Should Ask Me,
I’m Going Home To Mary,
Smiling Mary
I can see her, as she holds
our Gentle Annie in her arms,
listening to
The Listowel Blackbird sing;
Music In The Twilight,
In Newry Town

I will return again.

~ John O'Brien, Jr.

John O’Brien, Jr.

14615 Triskett Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-3123
P 330.321.6174 John@clevelandirish.org

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