Trying to meet your friends at The Burren is a very daunting task when Jabe is performing. The place is so packed when I arrive, I can't spot my cohorts, let alone find a place to stand anywhere, so I edge my way towards the bar. This here music is some of the best drinking music you'll find anywhere; rooted in folk, bluegrass and country but still about as rock 'n' roll as it comes. Tonight Sean Staples amazes me yet again with his virtuosity on the mandolin. Jabe, the frontman for whom the band is named, has the crowd in the palm of his hand as usual, with people singing and dancing several rows deep. One wouldn't normally expect Asians to play redneck music, but Jabe had this new guy on fiddle that was top notch. To steal a line from Charlie Daniels, the devil was in the house of the rising sun tonight. Yes siree, tonight Jabe and his boys put on one hell of a show. Yee Haw! (Kier Byrnes)