Dead Irish Blues

Great spot to perform or attend a show.  Outside amphitheater in the woods high near the summit of the Alleghenies.  If it rains, we go inside the auditorium.   But let hope for dry weather and lots of bugs!

It's Memphis.  It's July.  We're inside.  It's cool.  The best burgers in town.  Beer.  Dead Irish Blues.  Why the hell not?

Get out of the heat for some cold brews and Dead Irish Blues.

It will be hot outside....but cool inside.  Expect a wide open night featuring songs of drink and debauchery.

DAY ONE OF ETHNIC FEST.  FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE FUN IN THE BASEMENT!

A good evening will be had in the basement!

Hot outside?  Wet outside?  Cold outside? Dry outside?  Come on down to the basement for food, brews. booze and Dead Irish Blues.

We will again be sharing the stage with Rodney the Younger.  Estimated show times are 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30.

Again sharing the stage with Rodney the Younger.  Estimated show times are 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30

Sharing the stage with the one and only Rodney the Younger.  Estimated show times are 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30

How can you go wrong with bacon, beer and Dead Irish Blues?  Catch such popular tunes as "She Likes Bacon Better Than Me," "Bacon You're The Devil," and "Goodbye Bacon."

We will no doubt pull out our songs of miners, railroads and the Irish in honor of the heritage of Cambria County.

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will prevent Dead Irish Blues from performing at the corner of Jefferson and Fornification St.

Other than "Good King Whats His Ass", think of this as an opportunity to avoid holiday music.

It will be an action packed Sunday at Noble Savage Tavern!  We return for another rousing tribute to dear old Ireland.  TBD.

Bring yourself, bring your family......bring your thirst....bring your hunger... to Huey's for Easter with DIB!

Our first St. Paddy's Day in Dixie...we'll celebrate it with our pals at Noble Savage Tavern!

It will be the night before the night before St. Paddy's Day.  Come on out and give your livers some exercise before the big day!  

One month to St. Patrick's Day. Think of this as St. Practice Day!

Celebrate the holiday season with Dead Irish Blues......

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is a time to get out of the house, hang out with friends and family and drink good beer and wine.....and listen to Dead Irish Blues.  

Date confirmed, time tentative.  But seriously, unless you have a religious issue with bacon, why be anywhere else?

Day three sharing the stage with Rodney!

Once again sharing the stage with the great Rodney the Younger.

Sharing the stage with Rodney the Younger!

Come on down to the basement for food, drink and Dead Irish Blues!

Time for some cold brews and Dead Irish Blues.....

Always a fun time.  Great outdoor venue.  Bring a cooler, sit right down, and have a wonderful time as we romp through our sets of Afro-Celtic-Hillbilly music.  The more songs about trains the better!

Back in NW Arkansas....come on down for some Arkansas brews and Dead Irish Blues....

2017 Drunken Debauchery Tour rolls on!

Back in the friendly confines of Huey's Midtown.  We play tunes from all of our traditions at Huey's, except for the dirty ones. 

Our last St. Paddy's Day at TnC's!  Marty and Greg will be living down south in the winters after 2017, so come out for one last St. Paddy's Day blowout at TnC's Lounge with Dead Irish Blues!!!  We're going to play until we drop....  So many great nights at TnC's - let's make this the best!

We stroll through Jackson a week before St. Paddy's Day.  Come on out and give your mind, body, spirit and liver a workout in advance of the big day!

Expect a heavy dose of Irish material with St. Paddy's Day around the corner!

World's largest simultaneous toast!  We'll have a toast master....11pm.  St. Practice Day!!!!

Get into the holiday spirit with our rousing rendition of "Good King What's His Ass"

Back in the friendly confines of Enoch's.  Always different, always a good time.

Escape the holiday madness for a night of drinking and debauchery at the corner of Jefferson and Fornification St!

Escape the holiday madness!  Tired of Christmas songs already?  Drop by Huey's Midtown for burger, brews and Dead Irish Blues....

We'll be in the heart of downtown Ligonier performing Irish and Scottish music for the masses.

Always a good time!  Fun crowd, great food, what more do you want??

We'll help kick off the first annual Fall and Bacon Festival at the Geistown Volunteer Fire Hall.  Music to eat bacon by!

Wrapping up what is always a memorable weekend in the woods with fine food, fine folks...and Rodney!

Three half hour performances scattered through the day......always a good time, rain or shine....

We'll do three 1/2 hour shows, with the first one around 11 am.  We share the stage with the incredible Rodney the Younger, so our 2nd and third shows will be in the early to mid afternoon hours.

At home in the basement.   Come down for music, food, and brews......celebrating all things Irish!

I bet it's hot outside.... we'll play some songs to chill by....

Jackson, MS in August.  What better way to escape the heat and humidity than a night of drinking and debauchery at the corner of Jefferson and Fornification St?

Our first chance to get back to The Flying Irishmen since New Year's Eve.   Time to sweat to the oldies.  We'll do a song from around 1100 AD.  That's an oldie to sweat to.

Summer in the city... get out of the heat, drink a cold one, and tap your toes to DIB.

Our second visit to Brick Street Brews.  Great atmosphere...and we'll be all over the map.  Last time the originals and Irish material was very well received....we'll build on that.

We return to the top of the ridge for an evening of music passed on by people who have passed on.  We will perform our eclectic mix of Celtic/Blues/Jugband/Hillbilly/Bluegrass/Zydeco/Swing.

Beer, wine and Dead Irish Blues.  Might have to whip out Wine Me Up and Wine Spodie Odie in addition to all of our beer tunes.  Downtown Rogers, PA.......our first visit there.

No holds barred -- expect anything -- hillbilly to Irish to zydeco to Hungarian to Scottish to blues to Mongolian to Texas Swing to originals...

Jackson, MS in May.  How better to celebrate the wonderful weather than a night of drinking and debauchery on Fornification Street?

All you mothers and your mothers -- come on down to Huey's Midtown to celebrate your day!  Burger, brews and Dead Irish Blues.

Round two of our St. Paddy's Day gigs!  We'll be a well oiled and lubricated music machine by this point!

Festivities start late afternoon and continue until 8 pm!  The Naer Do Wells will kick things off....

Get your mind right for St. Paddy's Day with DIB!!!

Closing in on St. Paddy's Day.....lots of Irish songs....  of love, war, death, beer, whiskey and a few songs about cats and monkeys.

We will help folks get their minds right for St. Paddy's Day!

Forty Five minutes of action packed fun.....It's the year of the monkey!

The world's largest simultaneous toast at 11 pm.  Think of it as St. Practice Day!

We will be playing without a sound system....so sit close if you want to hear anything.  Think of it as a warm up to St. Practice Day which is a warm up to St. Paddy's Day.

We played New Year's Eve 2014 at The Flying Irishmen, and it was a blast.  This year has been good to us, so why not start the new year at The Flying Irishmen again?  Come one, come all!

Get jiggy with it the day after Christmas with DIB at NST

Take a break from all of the holiday hubbub....  burgers, brews and Dead Irish Blues!

Tired of those old Christmas songs?  Drop by Fenian's at the corner of Jefferson and Fornification Street and the only Christmas song you'll hear is "Good King What's His Ass"

Our first visit to Connolly's Irish Pub!  Songs of love, death, beer, war, whiskey, beer, and more whiskey.

Can't tell you where or when......without permission of the hosts.  It's a secret!

We'll play about an hour of our usual eclectic mix of tunes.....  Just follow PA 271 south from Belsano or north from Nanty-Glo...can't miss it.  There will be a good crowd outside if the weather cooperates.

Our shows at Mountain Craft Days are unplugged and feature traditional songs derived from or about the Appalachian Mountains and the Laurel Highlands region in particular.  We start at 11:00 with two other 1/2 hour shows later in the day.

We'll play three 1/2 hour sets starting at 11:00 with two other sets later in the day.

In the basement!

In the basement! 

In the basement! All Irish all the time!

Our first gig in Bloomington, IN.  Will cut loose with a little of everything we have! 

Come watch Greg, Marty and Jimmy do their take on Americana and Celtic classics.....and the occasional original number....

We return to Ocean Springs for another night of rowdy fun.

Come in out of the cold and have a warm one!

Drop in for a cold beer and a pile of fried pickles, sit back, and have a fun time with DIB!

We've had many a fun May date at the Savage!

The second DIB date in 2015 at Fenian's.  Drink will flow and Drink will spill....

In what is becoming a tradition, we will be at Huey's for Mothers Day.  It is fitting because my mother would always come to Huey's anyway....   So all you mothers bring your mothers and your mothers mothers, eat some burgers, celebrate your motherliness and have a good time with us!

We return to Mojo's for a Thursday evening gig.  We'll touch all of our bases here.  Expect originals, hillbilly, blues, Irish, jugband, swing, Mongolian......

Mayfest, or no Mayfest, we'll have a Mayfest at The Flying Irishmen!!!!

We'll be kicking off our tour of Dixie at Maggie Meyers in Huntsville, AL.   Bring a friend, or two....drink, dance, and drink some more.

Start your celebration off in downtown Johnstown at The Press Bistro.  Eat, drink, listen to music --- repeat...

The "Nare-Do-Wells" will open around 4pm.  Come early if you want a prime seat....anywhere!  It's a good time for young and old!

St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner...... get you mind, body and stomach finely tuned for the big day by spending the night with DIB.

Warm up even more for St. Paddy's Day!

Warm up for St. Paddy's Day with DIB!

Our second performance at Mojo's.  With St. Paddy's Day around the corner, we'll no doubt emphasize the Irish in Dead Irish Blues, but not exclusively.

We will be one of several bands, performing about an hour each.  Lots of wild game, both to look at, and to eat!

11pm - world's largest simultaneous toast!  We'll have a toastmaster....and lots of Guinness to go around!

Jimmy Crosthwait will once again join us for three hours of traditional music passed on by people who have passed on, plus some originals inspired by dead people.