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Elderly musician overwhelmed with responses to ad asking for people to jam with him

“I’ve missed playing, and when I do play now it makes me feel better and young again.”

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MUSIC, AS MADONNA wisely said, makes the people come together. And here’s proof.

Pianist Edward Hardy played in a jazz quartet for 40 years, but had no one to play with since he moved into a care home.

A staff member helped the 95-year-old place an ad on Gumtree searching for musicians to come to the home and play with him.

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In no time, he was inundated with over 80 requests from musicians more than happy to play – SWNS reports that he has already played with a saxophonist and double bassist.

Three of his former bandmates also got in touch to propose a reunion, and the quartet are rehearsing for a show at Hardy’s nursing home.

It’s amazing so many volunteers have come forward to help me make music and it’s marvellous that I have also been reunited with my old band. I’ve missed playing, and when I do play now it makes me feel better and young again.

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Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:12 PM

    We have the INM owned People/Guardian in Wexford also. Town like Enniscorthy doesn’t need 2 local papers. Sad to see though. Echo has been around for a long time.

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:11 PM

    Can’t be a good time for anyone involved in the production of newspapers.

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    Jun 29th 2017, 8:34 PM

    Problem with the Echo was its lack of presence online, paper is on the shelves a full week before its uploaded online. Print papers are on the way out so papers, even local ones need to modernise to stay alive. Wexford man in Dublin and would love to read up on the news at home however by the time it’s available it’s old news. Very sad for those losing their jobs.

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    Jun 29th 2017, 10:31 PM

    @Caped Crusader: when I lived in Cork I could get it in Easons on The People on Thursday when it came out on Wednesday.

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    Jun 29th 2017, 11:00 PM

    Why does Wexford need 4 newspapers? Are Sky News opening a bureau there too

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:51 PM

    No surprise here as internet is slowly killing the print media off…DOB, you have been warned!

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    Jun 29th 2017, 8:33 PM

    Adapt to the new technology or die

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:21 PM

    of course denis o brien the globalist sellout is going to buy them and have more control over local media they already brainwash us enough in the other papers with fake news and other rubbish

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:27 PM

    @gamescentrel: he owns 4 local titles in wexford already

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    Jun 29th 2017, 6:28 PM

    @gamescentrel: wonder if he’ll ever buy Waterford whispers :)

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    Jun 30th 2017, 6:03 PM

    The market is too small to support two papers, we alternated between the echo and people papers, but as someone else mentioned, the people has more of a online presence.

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