Paul Weller’s version of Eamon Friel song ‘the ultimate tribute’

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BBC Three people sit on a picnic table beside a busy city street. A woman is on the left, wearing a scarf and green jumper, the man in the middle has longish blond hair and is weraing jeans and a blue jacket, while the man on the right has short brown hair and a short beard. He is wearing a blue jacketBBC

Paul Weller, pictured with Caitlín and Colum Friel said El Dorado is ‘just a great song’

The family of Londonderry singer-songwriter Eamon Friel have described a Paul Weller cover as the “ultimate tribute”.

The song, El Dorado, features on Find El Dorado, an album of other artists’ songs that Weller says he has carried with him for years.

The former frontman of The Jam has been in Derry this week to meet the Friel family.

Eamon Friel’s son Colum said he had been looking forward to meeting Weller for months, adding “it’s like a dream come true”.

“It is the ultimate tribute. He has done a lot for our family. I always said he (dad) didn’t get the credit he deserved, now he finally is….

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