Worked with Ian on the Starcodes Project for RTE with Barry Devlin. Some videos were filmed in RTE in 1983 and I was on drums for a few of them. I didn’t play on the album, just appeared on the videos.
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- Niall Power
Johnny Logan Memories of Our ‘87 Win
Hi Ian,
I found this lovely photo taken of us when we received another 12 points in the Eurovision in Brussels in 1987. I wouldn’t have even been there without you calling me privately & convincing me that I had to sing it myself. Remember in Brussels when the director kept missing my body movement as I hit the high note in the key change.?.Remember how you fixed that.? I do & I will always be grateful to you not only as my director,as a great musician but most importantly as my friend. Will always love you man even though I never made the time to learn to ski. Sean ( Johnny Logan) ❤️❤️
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- Johnny Logan
Accordion band
I got to know Ian when we started the Westland Row Accorian band. Ian started as Cymble player but quickly progressed to drummer. That was many years ago. We kept in touch and when I was home a few years ago was lucky to be able to jam with Ian , Jim Farley and Chris Conveavy all ex row boys. Great night it was and great to catch up with you Ian after such a long time.wishing you and Jayne my very best wishes. Jimmy Harte
- Jimmy Harte
A COOL HEAD
Ian
We go back a long way. We first went to Germany for the Gold Star Award competition in 1986 but it was when you started to direct our many TV Specials that our friendship blossomed.
I can remember the night in The Point when we recorded our Christmas show, not long before curtain up the stage lift stopped working and couldn’t be fixed. While everyone was flapping you just smiled and said at least the stage is up. How right you were. The show went on and who missed the lift! We were blessed to get to do so many shows for PBS TV in America and wherever it was recorded your flight was always booked and you were ever ready to go. We always knew that if we gave you the show you would give us back a brilliantly edited tv special.
You were a master at you craft.
I think the fact that you were a musician you knew how to get the best out of all of us. Thanks Ian for all the great work but most of all for your support and friendship. You were one of the few who believed in me from the beginning. I was looking for a photo of us together but I can’t find one. There must be one somewhere. We surely didn’t travel all those miles together and escape the paparazzi 😄
Hope these few lines take you back in you memory to the great times we had through the years. Hope to meet you sometime.
I titled this
A COOL HEAD
Because like the night in the point you were always COOL and as they say in the business you were definitely A Head
- Daniel O Donnell