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This ain't rock and roll, this is orthodontic retention....!

Posted By: Stephen Murray

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Blog Tags: Bowie, Celebration, Clontarf, genocide, guitar, orthodontic, orthodontics, retention, smile

Guitar player Gerry Leonard from Clontarf rocks at the Dublin Bowie Festival

Dublin is in the grip of the 2019 David Bowie Festival. Probably Ireland’s biggest annual event coordinated around the cultural effect of one person. Lectures, books, movies, science, photography, cabaret, improvisational comedy, even a children’s art competition, and obviously music, music, music.

"Can Gerry Rock?" was the essential question when Clontarf guitarist Gerry Leonard was asked to join David Bowie's touring band.

I was never a huge David Bowie fan, but he’s always been there. I’m old enough to remember him in the charts – “Boys Keep Swinging” being the first time. Not understanding the possible connotations of this title, I made up ...