Special Consensus tour, 10-28 January 2007

Good news never comes too early. The Special Consensus will be returning to Ireland in January for their eighth tour since 1995. Last year the band celebrated thirty years of continuous existence under Greg Cahill's leadership, and Greg joined the team of leading players who endorse Huber banjos.

Thanks to Nigel Martyn, the tour schedule at present is:

10 Jan. - OPEN
11 Jan. - OPEN
12 Jan. - Naul, Co. Dublin; Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
13 Jan. - Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare; McGregor's (Sixmilebridge Folk Club Winter Music Weekend)
14 Jan. - Listowel, Co. Kerry; St John's Arts Centre
15 Jan. - Kilworth, Co. Cork; Arts Centre
16 Jan. - TBC
17 Jan. - Lurgan, Co. Armagh; Mount Zion House
[18-21 January - shows in Scotland and England]
23 Jan. - OPEN
24 Jan. - OPEN
25 Jan. - Grange, Co. Sligo; Barry's Public House
26 Jan. - Armagh; Marketplace Arts Centre
27 Jan. - Athy, Co. Kildare; Carleton Abbey Hotel
28 Jan. - Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford; Colfer's (Colfer's Bluegrass Day)

Greg reports: 'Tres [Nugent; bass] will be leaving the band to move back to Louisiana to live with his mother and work on an offshore oil rig. We are all quite amazed that he will actually attempt to hold a "real" job, and a difficult one at that. Not to worry - we have an excellent replacement in David Thomas, a young high-and-lonesome-singing bass player from Alabama, just over the Alabama-Tennessee state line and about 80 minutes or so from Nashville. And Ron [Spears; mandolin, lead vocals] is in the process of moving from Salt Lake City to Nashville - he will be an official Nashvillian by the end of this month.'