Prison Love at the Cobblestone, Fri. 27 Mar.: update

Orla Keeshan of the Cobblestone, 77 North King St., Smithfield, Dublin, says:

This seven-piece string band come complete with prison uniforms, washboard, and a selection of bluegrass, old-timey, gospel, Cajun tunes and songs that sound like a fast train a-comin'. They have played gigs to barns of chickens in back road towns, fields of muck-covered hippies at Glastonbury, and to the elite music coinsures at the Dunmore Bluegrass Festival. This Dublin-based bluegrass and country outfit is the real deal and can execute traditional songs alongside their own take on AC/DC's ‘Highway to Hell’ and the Undertones' ‘Teenage kicks’. Expect the fast pace and dynamism of mandolin, flat-picking guitar, banjo, squeeze-box, fiddle, double bass & vocal harmonies to complete this band that delivers great music and fun in equal doses. It’s going to be a hoedown of the highest caliber! Get there early to avoid disappointment!

Mark O'Mahony adds:

Howdy Friends,

Now I don't know about you but all this talk about 'the recession', 'the current economic climate', and 'these challenging times' is enough to make a man wash his finest plaid shirt, take a swig of shine and get his dance on! The thing is I know a little place where a 100 lucky people can see a band that plays music good enough to dance to... Come along and hear the tunes that killed the last great depression...

Prison Love, the Cobblestone, Smithfield Market, Dublin 1; Friday 27 March @ 9.00 p.m., tickets €12 (on the door or from here)

Also, if you missed us on Ryan Tubridy's radio show the other week, follow the link and have a listen to our version of 'John Henry', the classic old-time tune from the great state of Kentucky...

Catch us around the country over the next month in:
3 April The Crane, Galway city
17 April McHugh's, Drogheda, Co. Louth
3 May Eddie Murphy's, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny