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Harry Prendergast writes:

Christy was blown away with all the goodwill and nice comments yesterday. He’s determined to keep the spirits lifted with a song every day. Keep the requests coming.

The song he’s picked for today is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

Spread the word – Christy’s back. Keep the head down and the chin up!

Please leave requests for Harry/Christy below.

Yesterday: How’s It Goin There Everybody

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[Top: Kurt Cobain outside Old Grand Parade Hotel, Grand Parade, Cork City and (above) a flyer for the Sonic Youth/Nirvana gig at Sir Henry’s]

Nirvana played support to Sonic Youth at the 750-capacity Sir Henry’s in Cork on Tuesday, August 20, 1991.

Yesterday journalist Brian O’Connell (on RTE’s Today with Seán O’Rourke), asked former Sir Henry’s manager Seán O’Neill how many actually attended..

“On the night, we didn’t actually sell-out, it was a Tuesday night, this was Sonic Youth gig, really more than Nirvana, which was the support band. I would say probably we had about 300 at the end of the night. My recollection, I think there was about 14 people watching Nirvana at the start, now a few joined afterwards all right but nothing like what people say. People who weren’t even at the gig are now at the gig, you know, or now were at the gig and foresaw everything that was gonna come down the line.”

Oh.

Related: When Nirvana Came To Town (Des O’Driscoll, Irish Examiner)

Previously: “I Didn’t Know Until This Year That The Name Cobain Was Irish”

Pic: Kcobaindaily