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The Wee Bag Band
Overview
- 5 piece Irish/celtic band
- Although primarily an Irish music band, there are Scottish and Bluegrass threads throughout.
- Audience participation is expected
- Ceilidh option is available with addition of caller
Although based in Denbigh and primarily play in North Wales and Cheshire area they can often be found playing at different venues throughout the UK , Europe, USA, Canada and Caribbean
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About this Act
The Band Bio March 24
Based in North Wales the Wee Bag Band consists of 5 musicians. Between us we play 9 different instruments namely guitar, fiddle, uke bass, bodhran, stomp, mandolin, banjo, whistles & harmonica.
We started as a duo back in 2000 and quickly grew to 5 within 3 years which, considering the instruments we now play, allow us to offer a far more diverse and dynamic Celtic sound.
Our sound is predominantly Irish / Celtic playing all three genres of the music that includes Trad (think jigs, reels, hornpipes etc.), Popular (think Whiskey in the Jar, The Irish Rover, Rattling Bog etc.) and Contemporary (think Brown Eyed Girl, Fisherman's Blues, Galway Girl, 500 miles etc.) but we also add a number of Americana type songs and tunes too (think Wagon Wheel, Copperhead Road, Ring of Fire etc.) Added to this 2 of our members are dance callers, so while we are mainly play and sing we can also add a Ceilidh to our repertoire if required.
We have been fortunate to have played all over the UK, many European ski resorts, the USA, central America, Caribbean and of all places even Greenland. We have played well over 600 gigs that included many private events such as weddings, corporate, wakes etc. Festivals such as Festival of the Celts, Acoustic Festival of Great Britain, Hay on Wye Festival, along with umpteen beer, food and country festivals. Did I mention pubs...? Yup we have played at countless pubs, bars & restaurants both here and abroad.
Lastly the nature of our performance, while geared towards providing entertainment, is to ensure it's memorable and fun. To that end and assuming the vibe is right we encourage peeps to get involved be it singing, in which case we can busk, or playing if they want to join us for a tune.
Set List
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Traditional:-
Jigs:-
The Star of the County Down
Follow me up to Carlow
The Blarney Roses
The Rare Auld Times
The Wild Rover
The Irish Rover
Statten Isle
The Ferryman
Botany Bay
Waxies Dargle
Whiskey in the Jar
Spancil Hill
The Green Fields of France
The Fields of Athenry
The Auld Triangle
The Spanish Lady
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Town of Ballybay
The Beggar Man
The Divil is Dead
Farewell to Nova Scotia
I'll Tell Me Ma
The Mountain Dew
Black Velvet Band
Cliffs of Dooneen
Go Lassie Go
Fiddlers Green
Red Rose Cafe
Old Maid in the Garrett
Danny Boy
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
Skibbereen
Contemporary:-
The Green & Red of Mayo - Saw Doctors
N17 - Saw Doctors
I Useta Love Her - Saw Doctors
Clare Island - Saw Doctors
Vincent Black Lightening - Richard Thompson
Mr. Dreamseller - Lindisfarne
I'm my own GrandPa - Ray Stevens
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Ride On - Christy Moore
Black is the Colour - Christy Moore
Back home in Derry - Christy Moore
Past the Point of Rescue - Hal Ketchum
Johnny don't Go - Jimmy McCarthy
Dirty old Town - Ewan McColl
A Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues
Aisling - The Pogues
You couldn't have come at a better time - Luca Bloome
The Galway Girl - Steve Earl
Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family
Belfast Child - Simple Minds
Good Riddance (The Time of your Life) - Greenday
Las Vegas in Donegal - Goats don't Shave
Little Lion Boy - Mumford & Sons
500 miles - The Proclaimers
Fishermans Blues - Water Boys
Bang on the Ears - Water Boys
My Darlin' Asleep
Tripping up the stairs
Donneybrook Fair
Timmy Cliffords
Trippers jig
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Morrison's Jig
The Kesh Jig
The bush on the hill
The Battering Ram
Out on the Ocean
The Kilfenora Sexy Jig
Irish Washerwoman
Cock O' the North
Lark in the morning
Old hag you have killed me
The Lark in the Strand
Phuis Fluich
The Dog in the Bush
Reels:-
Angeline the Baker
Miss McLeod's Reel
The Irish Reel
The New Rigged Ship
The Sailors Bonnet
Whiskey for Breakfast
The Gravel Walks
The Temperance Reel
The Whirley Reel
The Red Haired Boy
Dick Gossip
Hey Jude (Yep, played as a reel..!)
Drowsy Maggie
Music for a found harmonium
Tam Lin
The Masons Apron
Slip Jigs:-
Rocky Road to Dublin
Hornpipes:-
The Sailors Hornpipe
The Fisherman's Hornpipe
Chief O'Neil's Favourite
Off to California
King of the Fairies
Captain Pugwash
The Galtee Hunt
Boys of the Blue Hill
Harvest Home
Slow Airs:-
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
Ashokan Farewell
West Wind
Roisin Dhu
The Lonesome Boatman
Boulavogue
Inisheer
The Foggy Dew
Fanny Power
Mna na hEireann
Ar Eireann Ni Neasfainn Ce Hi
Planxty Irwin
The Irish Boy
Whistle on the Wind
Something Different:-
Zorba the Greek
Cotton Eye Joe
Kalinka
Pachelbel's canon in D
Some Hungarian thingamy that Jules plays on fiddle
Lineup
- 5 Piece band
3 Piece band for slow airs
5 Piece band + caller for ceilidhs
This 5 piece band performs with a variety of instruments:-
Paul (Guitar, Bodhran & Vocals)
Steve (Bass)
Alan (Bodhran & Percussion & Vocals)
Jules (Fiddle)
Rory (Mandolin, Banjo, Whistles, Harmonicas & Vocals)
This act's standard set times are as follows:
- Typically the band plays 2 sets. The 1st for 50/60 mins followed by a 20/30 min break then followed by a 2nd set of about 80/90 mins. But if peeps are still up and throwing the furniture around then they'll keep playing...!!!
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