Irish Traditional-ish Band Seeks Fiddle, Violin Player

Kent WA

Description

Our group has been playing together for 8 years now, with shows from Seattle to Tacoma (practice between Maple Valley and Tacoma), and the current lineup features Uilleann pipes, bodhran, guitar, banjo, bass, whistles, and a bouzouki, but we have long been missing a violinist :) We have four shows lined up around St. Patrick's Day, and it may be a bit too late for those, but we do have a regular spot lined up when live music gets back to (somewhat) normal. Our sets usually run 2-3 hours, and includes traditional and more current Irish songs, and below I've listed our 3-hour set list we'll use next month. There is quite a spread of tunes between the Dubliners, Flook, Clancy Brothers, Mike McGoldrick, etc. Many of them are fairly simple with 3-4 chords, and a few of them we play like our beards are on fire. Mostly we play for fun, but we do get paid a couple hundred or so for these shows and split the t-shirt and tote bag sales too :) We would consider ourselves intermediate players at best and enjoy the liveliness and camaraderie more than technical prowess. If you have an interest in this music, we'd love to hear from you! It does help to be 21 or older, as we do perform in pubs and bars mostly. Our website isn't loaded, but you can read a little about us here: www.surlygoats.com or find us on Facebook (which is updated more regularly). We might look surly in the photos, but we're really quite pleasant. Thanks for reading! ***** Our 3-hour set list for St Patrick's Day 2022 ***** 1. Belfast 2. Patsey Geary/Helvic Head/Humors of Ballyloughlin 3. *Star of the County Down 4. Mist In The Mountains/The Bass Rock 5. Black Velvet Band 6. Condon’s Frolics/The Eavesdropper 7. Glen of Aherlow(Lafferty’s)/Trip to Herve’s 8. Maids When You’re Young 9. Out on the Ocean/Glasgow Reel 10. Road To Errogie 11. The Old Bush/Bird In a Tree 12. The Rare Old Mountain Dew 13. *The Gold Ring 14. Behind The Haystack/Tripping Up The Stairs 15. Regular Army Oh 16. All for Me Grog 17. Reel for Rubik/Toward the Sun 18. Working on the Railway 19. Jenny Picking Cockles/The Earl’s Chair 20. Fisherman’s Blues 21. Dirty Old Town 22. Ballybrolly Jigs 23. Slow Pipe solo 24. Lark in the Morning/Gorman’s/Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel 25. *Johnny Jump Up 26. Home Boys Home 27. Muirsheen Durkin 28. Green Eyed Lass/ The Blooming Fields 29. Rocky Road To Dublin 30. Fly 31. *Finnegan’s Wake 32. Galway Girl 33. The Irish Rover 34. Rambling Rover/Willie Coleman’s/Mouse in the Mug 35. Seven Drunken Nights 36. Whiskey In A Jar 37. Kesh Jig/ Give Us a Drink of Water/Flower of the Flock/Famous Ballymote 38. *Virginia Reel/ Over The Moors To Maggie/ Off To California 39. Wild Rover