Kilkenny = best festival we've ever played. Five gigs in three days and the audiences got increasingly mental - and they started off pretty mental too. They loved us to bits, we sold loads of CDs, got hugged by complete strangers in the street (and they didn't steal our wallets either..!) Tift Merritt was sitting front and right at our Saturday gig in the Clubhouse hotel after she'd finished her own show, and we hung out with Chatham County Line and the rockabilly dudes from Hillbilly Casino at the (exclusive but not very secret) artistes bar. The weather was gorgeous, we made loads of new friends and other than Kate Rusby showing up and offering herself to me, it couldn't have got much better.