Southern Welfare: Tuesday session in Waterford

L-r: Tony Wall, Finbar Healy, Ray O'Brien, Gerry Wall

Thanks to Ray O'Brien of the Waterford band Southern Welfare: Tony Wall (5-string banjo), Finbar Healy (mandolin), Ray O'Brien (guitar), Gerry Wall (guitar), and Michael Wall (bass). Ray reports:

Our music is not really old-time bluegrass but we cover songs from Doc Watson, the Father himself Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, just to name a few. We have been playing together just over a year and our voices really complement each other nicely; we all sing and have our own unique sounding voices. We play every Tuesday night in McLoughlin's Bar, O'Connell Street, Waterford city. Anyone is welcome to join the session, as it is 'open mic'.