download nothing but the truth movie Today I got a comment in my blog from a person who probably has all right to be annoyed at me, although I am not to be blamed. In an earlier blog entry, I had written about Irish Coffee with a recipe and how much I like it. I ended that entry with that day’s Song for the day (as I normally have one) and I had selected Kiss My Irish Ass as my song choice. Now here comes the problem.

The above mentioned song is one which I had downloaded from the net a few years ago (2003 I think) and had listened to many times since. I was under the impression that that the song in question was by the Great Big Sea, a band from Newfoundland, Canada with Irish roots. Since the post was about something Irish, I felt the song choice to be appropriate. However – it turns out that I was wrong about the artist behind it. And as I have read, I am far from the only one.

I got a comment in that same post by Frank Mackey of Frank Mackey and the Keltic Cowboys – the actual artist who created & sang the said song. He didn’t state anything other than the plain fact that this song is not by Great Big Sea but is his. Imagine you created something and others were crediting it to someone else. According to his official website other artists like Flogging Molly, The Pogues, Drop Kick Murphy, Young Dubliners and others are often mistakenly identified as the artists who originated the song. The song is contained in the album Songs Of Longing and Debauchery.

My humble apologies to Frank Mackey and anyone else associated with the creation and publishing of this great, fun song. I really like it. I hope anyone else under the same wrong impression can learn from this.

Please visit : Frank Mackey’s official website although there isn’t much information about his personal history.