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Mark your
calendars & join us for the fun!
September 16 & 17,
2011,
at St. Patrick's Church in Kankakee, Ill. |
Chancey
Brothers
http://chanceybrothers.com
In the spirit of their heroes -
The Clancy
Brothers and
Tommy
Makem - The Chancey Brothers sing all your
favorite
Irish pub songs, ballads, and rebel tunes. Adding
in favorites from almost every Irish artist you can
think of (such as
Christy
Moore, Saw Doctors,
Wolf Tones,
etc.), the Chanceys are a lively act for any occasion.
Regular performers at most of Chicago's finest
Irish pubs,
the Chanceys are quickly becoming the favorite band for
many folks. Featuring guitars, mandolin, whistle and
fiddle, the Chanceys always liven up a party and if you
are lucky they might even throw in a
little
rock and roll!
The Chancey Brothers have been playing around
Chicagoland since 2001. Starting with a shared love of
the Irish pub songs, the Chanceys went out and began
sharing that love with audiences in Irish pubs all over.
Over time, they began adding other types of music to
their repertoire - covering favorite rock and country
songs and basically anything that the
Brothers
enjoyed playing themselves.
While the core of their performances is still based on
the Irish songs, the band can morph itself easily to
embrace any party. They've played weddings, festivals,
smokey dive bars, 90th birthday parties,
block
parties, anniversary parties - you name it! In
true Irish fashion its all about laughter and song, and
they've yet to find a party that they didn't enjoy!
Read more:
http://www.myspace.com/thechanceybrothers#ixzz0v6vLLfdN
The Brat
Pack
www.thebratpack.com
For the last eleven years, The Brat Pack has amused,
thrilled, rocked, and shocked audiences throughout the
region with their all 80s, all hits, all upbeat show.
Headed by guitarist Tommy Tubular, the Brat Pack plays
songs so true to the original versions that listeners
occasionally accuse the bank of lip-synching. Even
worse, lead singer, Lynn D. Lauper looks so much like so
many female stars of the decade that even the band
doesn’t know how to resolve the ongoing conflicts
between Pat Benatar and Madonna. Jesse Van Halen and
Guido Menudo are no side men, manning keyboards and bass
guitar respectively with gobs and gobs of personality.
On drums Josh of Seagulls threatens to raise the band’s
collective IQ, as he combines the study of subatomic
physics with rocking the house hard.
The
Ploughboys
www.ploughboys.net
PlayThe
Ploughboys have quite a colorful history...
After extensive research (and even more extensive
drinking!), it’s difficult to say just when the band
started. Geoff had been hosting an annual St. Patrick’s
Day party since the early 90’s, and after several pints
of green beer, invariably he would grab his guitar at
the end of the night and start singing Irish songs. One
by one, Geoff sucked the rest of the guys into his
drunken mayhem. First Jay… then Marty… then Bill…. and
the rest, as they say, can be read in the police file.
Their first pub gig was in December 2000 at a little pub
in Oakbrook called Finn McCool’s. They barely had enough
songs to fill up the three-hour gig. Plus, who would
notice if they played Finnegan’s Wake two or three
times? The pub was extremely small… or cozy, as they
like to say. Let’s just say that with the 8 people that
were brave enough to endure that first fateful show, the
pub was about filled to capacity. From there, the only
way was up! So the next day, they bought a bottle of
Bushmills (okay, a few bottles), went to Geoff’s house,
and actually started practicing some new material.
With their guitars in tune (well, not really), and
livers trembling, they started playing out at the Kerry
Piper on Thursday nights. After about a year playing at
the Kerry Piper, honing their musical skills and
developing their unique brand of Irish music, they
decided to take their “show” (using the word loosely) on
the road.
Since then, The Ploughboys have been turned down at
nearly every major venue across the world – Carnegie
Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and Budakan, just to name a
few. So, they had to settle for a more humble touring
regimen – the greater Chicagoland area.
Today, you can find them delivering their musical
stylings at area pubs like the Kerry Piper, Gaelic Park,
Gilhooley’s, and wherever else they can drink for free!
Beyond The
Pale
Folk music of any kind is a musical celebration
of the heritage of an ethnic people, from everyday life,
to the historical events that made them who they are.
“Beyond the Pale”
(formerly the Sligo Bay Balladiers) is a Kankakee River
Valley band who, in their performance tell the history
and lives of Ireland in stories, old songs, ballads and
upbeat rebel tunes, where the pulse of Ireland beats
strong.
Members of
“Beyond The Pale”
combine years, and even decades of experience
performing at Irish Fests, state fairs, county fairs,
pubs, parish and private parties, and many other
gatherings throughout the Midwest. Their Irish roots run
deep, with ancestral connections running through Sligo
and Donegal. Paddy Brennan has been performing
Irish folk music professionally for well over 35 years.
His son Gary and daughter Bonnie joined
him on stage in the late ‘90’s. Another daughter,
Keelie, came on board a few years later. Dan
McFeeley and Chuck Miller brought their
musical talents to the band in 2010 enhancing the sound.
Wherever there is "the singing of the green," you
will find:
“Beyond The Pale”!
Ciara Walton
http://ciarawalton.com
Ciara is a native of Kilkenny and
currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches Irish
traditional singing at the Irish Music School of Chicago
(irishmusicschool.com) and was recently appointed Music
Director of the Heritage Singers Choir at the Irish
American Heritage Center. A regular performer on the
Chicago Irish Music scene, her smooth warm tone, as
described in an Irish Times review of one of her
performances continues to captivate Chicago audiences as
she delights them with her interpretation of Irish
Traditional songs.
