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“The more you drink, The better we sound”
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IRISH AMERICAN POST
SUMMER 2010 / VOL. 10 ISSUE 2
Reviews:
The Best in Summer’s Irish Music
By Brian Witt
Have Another Drink Boys
Dublin O’Shea
Self-Produced
16 tracks, Running time: 46 minutes
http://www.dublinoshea.com
The Milwaukee band, Dublin O’Shea, has released its first album. It is an eclectic mix of ballads, drinking songs, and old favorites, and one that gives a good stage to the quartet.
The drinking songs, such as “Hills of Whiskey”, and “And I Drink,” a band composition, burnish the band’s reputation for fun. “Finnegan’s Wake” is also a rollicking piece. “Johnny Jump Up,” is reminiscent of the playing of The Waterboys. Keith Kucharski’s voice is both strong and confident on it.
There are songs of the sea, such as Stan Rogers’ “White Squall” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” both well presented. “South Australia” is given a muscular workout, especially by Aaron Craft’s tuneful bodhran. David Grey’s “Debauchery” is a fitting addition to the album. It is a plaintively played and sung work, especially Lisa Jones fiddling pulling out the emotional values in it.
John Tillison’s backing on mandolin and guitar colors in the spaces on all the songs. This band has amazing harmonies on “Mac and Sailor” and “Edmund Fitzgerald”
The strength of the group is tthat its members are all accomplished musicians, and have played together for a very long time. That said, they hit a bit of predictability in their openings, with fiddle and guitar on the same notes too many times. It would have an exceptional work if they had cleaned up production. As it is, it is a good work.
Celtic MP3 Music Magazine
“Fill up your favorite mug with your favorite brew, pop in this CD, and take a trip to a virtual pub session. Dublin O’Shea will definitely not disappoint you.”
http://celticmp3s.com/2011/04/have-another-drink-boys-by-dublin-oshea/
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January 21st~Nice Ash Janboree @ 9:00pm
January 28th~St Andrew’s Burns Dinner
*Ticketed event*
February 11th ~ Nice Ash Valentines Show @ 9:00 pm
March 10th~Quinlan’s Pub
(Irish Cultural Heritage Center)
St.Pats Parade Party @ 4:45 pm
March 10th~Nice Ash St. Pats Party @ 9:00 pm
March 17th~Burke’s Lakeside
St. Patrick’s Day @ 3:00pm
March 17th~Delafield Brewhaus
St.Patrick’s Day Party @ 7:00 pm
May 5th~Nice Ash Cinco De Mayo @ 9:00 pm
July 28th~Brewfest
Torpy Park @ 12:00 noon
That great Highland philosopher, Lachlan McLachlan, propounded a number of irrefutable laws of life, the universe and everything. His greatest observations were made at the bar of the Auchentiddlum Arms, usually after consuming copious quantities of Buckfast Tonic Wine. Below is a selection of some of his greatest insights, recorded by his great admirer Jimmy Boswell.
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