TV3 Ireland AM appearance for Jack Grace and Tom Hanway: UPDATE

Please note the changed time for the broadcast: 7.45 a.m., not 8.00 as originally announced on this post.

TV3 Ireland AM has invited songwriter-raconteur Jack Grace [left] and Tom Hanway [right] to appear on the popular TV programme on Wednesday 26 August, at 7.45 a.m.. Jack will sing and pick Tom’s D-28V Herringbone Martin guitar, with Tom playing his Stelling SwallowTail banjo, performing ‘If you’re gonna raise a drunk’, the side-splitting single from the Jack Grace Band’s upcoming CD, Drinking songs for lovers. Jack brings real life experience to his considerable craft.*

At the Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, the group will be performing old favourites along with songs from the upcoming CD, which features special guests John Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful) and Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash Band), among others. When hearing the record after its completion, Sebastian raved: 'You have a hit recording on your hands!'

Earl Poole Ball is a legend in his own right, with twenty-five years as a member of the Johnny Cash show under his belt. After he and Grace toured as a duo in music halls across Texas, Jack invited him to perform on the new record. His reaction to the finished recording was more than enthusiastic: 'This is a great concept with lots of good songs. It sounds great, and what a masterful mixing job... we should write a song together sometime!'

Tom Hanway composes prolifically on banjo and has three albums distributed globally on the major digital stores. Tom’s debut CD Bucket of bees, waxed in Nashville and New York City, saw him working with top bluegrass artists Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, David Grier, and Vassar Clements. Hanway wrote seven tunes for Bucket of bees, shifting between bluegrass and contemporary styles. He has developed and helped folk, country, and bluegrass artists on dozens of recordings on both sides of the Atlantic.

Please join the Jack Grace Band at Dunmore East, in celebration of their upcoming recording, with old friends and new, in their favourite home away from home, Ireland. Here’s their schedule:

Aug. 28: 10.00 p.m., The Ocean Hotel
Aug. 29: 4.00 p.m., Powers Bar
Aug. 29: 11.00 p.m., The Haven Hotel
Aug. 30: 3.00 p.m., The Strand
Aug. 30: 10.00 p.m., The Spinnaker Bar

Personnel: Jack 'Martini Cowboy' Grace (guitar, vocals), Daria 'Battleaxe' Grace [right] (bass, vocals), Jason 'J-Bird' Bowman [left] (drums, vocals), Tom 'Badbelly' Hanway (banjo, vocals)

* Tom would be grateful if someone could record the Ireland AM TV show. Contact Tom Hanway: Home: 043-33-46340; Mobile: 087-204-792; e-mail