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LOCHRANN’S
IRISH PUB & EATERY PROUDLY PRESENTS:
The
David Munnelly Band
With special
guests Mountain
Smoke
Saturday, February
28th 2009
6195 Main Street, Frisco TX 75034
Tel: 214-423-2600
Show Starts
at 9 P.M. – Tickets $20.00
Help us get
March of to a
great start with The David Munnelly Band, also lookout for more
incredible
celtic music both rock and traditional before and after NTIF and
throughout St.
Patrick’s week of Festivities.
Irish
button
accordion wizard David Munnelly and his
popular,
multi-award winning group bring new excitement to Irish music that has
won them
widespread audiences around the world. The band was a big hit at the
2007 North
Texas Irish Festival and they wowed our audiences with their unique
jazzy Irish
tunes influenced by the Golden Age of Irish music of the 1920s and 30s
and
their stunning traditional songs, all performed with an exuberance,
energy, and
a fiery passion. Based in County Mayo with members from Donegal,
Dublin, and
Galway, The David Munnelly Band has
exploded onto the
international Celtic music scene in the past four years with hit albums
in
Europe, Japan, and North America. The group is acclaimed for their
outstanding,
precision musicianship and exciting live shows.
Started
by Irish
button accordion player David Munnelly,
who's toured
and recorded with The Chieftains and with DeDanann,
the David Munnelly Band is one of the
hottest bands
on the traditional Celtic music scene. "The Irish band to see" (Irish
Voice) has won special acclaim for incorporating the sound of the 1920s
and
1930s and such bands from that era as the Flanagan Brothers with its
traditional roots. Awarded "Concert of the Year"
for both 2006 and 2007 by LiveIreland.com. The band
has been featured in the U.S. on Superstation WGN-TV, and were
highlighted in a two-part concert on NPR's "Celtic Connections," aired
on over 100 stations across America.
With members from Mayo, Dublin, Donegal, and Tyrone, the band combines
button
accordion, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bodhrán
and flute for a high-spirited instrumental sound colored with a bit of
jazz and
ragtime, topped with the singing of All-Ireland champion Shauna Mullin
and the
extraordinary percussive dancing of American Nic Gareiss.
Paul
Keating of
the Irish Voice says "A real crowd-pleaser and one of the more
fascinating
groups coming out of Ireland.the band to see!" Bill Margeson
of LiveIreland.com and the Irish American News states, "There is no
more
loved group in the tradition. Munnelly is
a creative
force at the true epicenter of Irish music. Munnelly
is arguably the best button box player in the world. Brilliant,
brilliant
music. Miss it, and you'll be missing where the tradition is going."
http://www.myspace.com/davemunnelly
MOUNTAIN
SMOKE
Thirty-six
years of music, spanning four decades, and the sound is as fresh now as
when
they began. Mountain Smoke is original, unpredictable, and their
audiences are
as varied as the music they will encounter. Built with elements of
country and
folk, the power of newgrass, and the sweet flow of mountain ballads,
the music
is timeless. As songwriters and musicians, they remain on the leading
edge of
acoustic music.
Mountain Smoke has been twice selected "Oklahoma's Favorite Band" by
the reader's poll in the 'Daily Oklahoman', and "Oklahoma's Best
Country
Band" by the 'Oklahoma Gazette' Music Awards. Playing a mixture of
their
original songs, and music they have adapted to their unique style,
Mountain
Smoke will take you on a musical journey. With a smile, they will tell
you, “We
have played at the White House in Washington D.C., in the Round Barn in
Arcadia
Oklahoma and most everywhere in between.”
In addition to performing at The White House and for Presidents Gerald
Ford,
George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and every Oklahoma Governor since 1973, the
band's
list of performance credits reads like a who’s who in bluegrass and
country
music. Appearing with Alabama, Asleep At The Wheel, Hoyt Axton, The
Bellamy
Brothers, Blood Sweat & Tears, Jimmy Buffett, Roy Clark, Vassar
Clements,
Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen, Charlie Daniels, Elvin
Bishop, Larry
Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers, Arlo Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Emmy Lou
Harris,
John Hartford, Richie Havens, Chris Hillman, Willie Nelson, New Grass
Revival,
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Gary P. Nunn, Pure Prairie League, Leon
Redbone,
Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, George Strait, Shoji Tabuchi, Three Dog
Night, Mel
Tillis, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hank Williams, Jr., and of course, the
history
making “KISS” concert.
The Mountain Smoke CD, "Bluegrass Hop" is available from CD Baby.com
or direct from this website. Other recording credits include the theme
song
"Another Dusty Road" for the motion picture "Savannah
Smiles", CD "Sing and Dance Again" and two record LP's, "On
Blue Ridge" (featuring Vince Gill) and "Lettin' It Slip Away".
Both early Lp's are now digitally re-mastered and available on one CD!
Mountain Smoke is Billy Perry (banjo, mandolin, guitar, and vocals),
Tom
Bergman (guitar, banjo, and vocals), Kenny Davis (resonator and pedal
steel),
Rich Dimonico drums and percussion), Jackie MaShore (accordion
percussion, and
vocals), Roger Mashore (bass, guitar and vocals), and Hal Clifford
(guitar and
vocals).
The group is also known for launching the musical careers of Vince
Gill, Jimmy
Gyles (with Roy Clark), Bobby Clark (Williams & Clark) and David
Coe (with
Michael Martin Murphy).
http://www.mountainsmokeband.com/
Thanks
Craig Scotland
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