Posted on 10/24/2023 11:16:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Sixties folk singer Donovan Leitch has been convicted of a charge of dangerous driving in Skibbereen, County Cork, with the offense taking place on 11 February after he attended a prerecording of the Tommy Tiernan Show.
However, Leitch, aged 77, with an address at Castlemagner, Kanturk in County Cork had a charge of failing to provide an intoxilyzer sample to gardaí on the same occasion dismissed by Judge James McNulty at Skibbereen District Court.
Judge McNulty said that the accepted the validity of evidence of respiratory consultant Professor Oisin O’Connell.
Professor O’Connell, who carried out a series of tests on the Scottish national, said that Leitch has severe COPD and restrictive lung disease. This, he said, left the defendant unable to puff the required amount of breath in to the intoxilyzer machine in Bantry Garda Station on the night of his arrest.
Judge McNulty reserved his decision on a charge that Leitch was drunk in charge of a vehicle at Aghills in Skibbereen on 11 February. He will deliver his judgement on same in February of next year at Skibbereen District Court. He will also impose sentence on the dangerous driving charge on that occasion. …
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He put the lime in the coconut and drank em both up.
We used to love this song. Didn’t know Donovan was still kicking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbxJmEduMFc
His drinking took him from being a Sunshine Superman earlier in the day, to being just a little too Mellow Yellow.
First there is a mountain
“Colours” is another good one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FATrsvKTtV4
That was Harry Nilsson.
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“Here comes the Hurdy-Gurdy Man, driving half way off the road!”
Trying to catch the wind when in three sheets.
“He put the lime in the coconut and drank em both up.”
I thought he called it Mellow Yellow.
Night went downhill after Billy Bats told him to go get his shine box.
First there is a stop sign then there is no stop sign then there is
He had several passengers that night: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, and the magician.
Harry was an incredible talent.
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I saw him perform it in 1969? 1970? at Dinner Key, Coconut Grove. Also on the bill were Pacific Gas and Electric and Virgil Fox!
He still lives? My Favorite Donovan song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hjEYTpwE8
A good one. Covered by Sammy Hagar, too!
If you’ve ever been to Skibbereen its hard to believe they even have a courthouse. 😏
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