I´m well pissed off with what I had to do at Charlies last night. It’s much better to be getting on with people who are trying to achieve the same goal, but myself, the staff and musicians at Charlies have all been watching and listening for a few months now and always giving the benefit of the doubt – but enough is enough.

I can handle anyone who comes to me in a straight fashion and not trying to go behind my back all the time, not just to me either.

There are musicians and staff who have approached me looking for a start at Charlies and at times I could have done with them but didn’t take them for various reasons. I have never gone in to another bar to take anyone from it. If someone comes to me because they want to move, that’s fair enough if it suits all of us at Charlies, but we are not going after anyone.

I’m sorry for speaking in riddles to you who don’t know the story behind this, but that’s the way it has to be. I have plenty of friends here who are publicans, musicians and staff from other bars, all trying to do the best they can, and I welcome them in our humble pub all the time, same as they welcome me, the musicians and staff of Charlies in theirs.

No more to say, except on we go, whatever. All the staff and musicians of Charlies want to do is to give the best of themselves to make sure our customers have a great holiday with us here in Lanzarote – and we don’t seem to be doing too bad at it!! We don’t take anything or anyone for granted and we work very hard every week, arranging and rehearsing new material. But don’t tell anyone how much we enjoy it!!

Apology accepted.

Mise le meas

Ó Murchú