Pat McNamara, B-3 organ player for the Shameless Dave Band is no stranger to the road. His numerous trips across this country have left him with many strange and wonderful stories. Many of these stories are told late in the night, behind the stage. He's kept us all enthralled with his many tales. 

Many people are not aware of this, but there was a period of about 10 years that Pat didn't smoke or drink. It was during his time as an entertainer in the cruise ship circuit.

During one of his trips he had an unfortunate accident and fell overboard, or so it's told. Other versions recount a jealous husband giving a little push at the side rail. Pat's not saying which so we'll just have to decide for ourselves.   

As luck would have it, Pat found some driftwood and floated to a deserted island. For ten years he survived by consuming the local vegetation and fish from the sea.

One day Pat, who had been stranded on the deserted island for over 10 years, saw a speck on the horizon.

He thought to himself," Its certainly not a ship." And, as the speck

got closer and closer, he  began  to rule out the possibilities of a small

boat and even a raft.

Suddenly there emerged from the surf a wet-suited black clad figure.

Putting aside the scuba gear and the top of the wet suit, there stood a 
drop-dead gorgeous blonde! The glamorous blonde strode up to the 
stunned Irishman and said to him, "Tell me, how long has it been since you've 
 had a cigarette?" "Ten years," replied Patrick with amazement. With that, 
she reached over and unzipped a waterproofed pocket on the left sleeve 
of her wetsuit, and pulled out a fresh box of  Shermans.

 He takes one, and with his trusty "Getter Done" lighter, which he had been saving for this very day,

 he lights it, and takes a long drag. "Praise Jesus,"  
 

"that is so good I'd almost forgotten how great a Sherman can be!"

 "And how long has it been since you've had a drop of good Irish whiskey?" 
asked the blonde.  Patrick replied, "Ten years." Hearing
that, the blonde reaches over to her right sleeve unzips a pocket there 
and removes a flask and hands it to him. He opened the flask and took a 
long drink. "'You must have stopped at G Man's, God Bless you young lady".

At this point the gorgeous blonde started to slowly unzip 
the long front of her wet suit, right down the middle.

She looked at Patrick and asked, "And how long has it been

since you played a little bit"?

With tears in his eyes, Patrick fell to his knees and sobbed

"Sweet Jesus! Don't tell me that you've got a B3 organ in there too!"

Well, maybe this is a tall tale:) Really folks, we'll start recording the stories........