Pete Cummins - Guitar, Vocal, Harmonica.
Tommy Moore - Bass, Vocals.
Ger Kiely - Guitar, Lap Steel, Mando Guitar, Autoharp.
Ed Deane - Guitar, Lap Steel.
Fran Breen - Drums.
Trevor Knight - Keyboards.
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Influences
Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke ,Everly Brothers, Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Vic Mellows Quartet,
Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Gore Vidal, Prem Rawat, Lee Dorsey,Woody Guthrie. Johnny Cash, Link Wray, Hank Williams, Smokie Robinson,
John Steinbeck, Neil Young, Robert Johnson, Townes Van Zandt, Chuck Berry, The Band, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Nick Cave, Roland Kirk, Astrud Gilberto, John Lee Hooker, Jack Bruce, The Flying Burrito
Brothers, Byrds, Emmy Lou Harris, Joni Mitchell, The Capri's, Doc Watson, Spirit, Mountain, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Georgie Fame, Howling Wolf, The Greatful Dead, Roy Orbison.
Pete Cummins TV TV on MUZU.
Pete Cummins - singer songwriter from Ireland.
Instruments- Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Flute, Whistles, Keyboards------------
SIDEKICKRECORDS@EIRCOM.NET .................
THE BRILLIANT ARCHITECT available on ----iTunes ......www.CDbaby.com -- ----------------
In 2007 Pete released Flowers in Baghdad a single from the current CD--- THE BRILLIANT ARCHITECT the song was picked up by Neil Young’s living with war website www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday----------------At eighteen pete was leading his band THE CIRCLE in Dublin, playing in beat clubs. 1968 he joined seminal Irish band GRANNY's INTENTIONS. They released one album HONEST INJUN on the Deram label.......1972 he joined superstar DONOVAN. 1976 formed THE FAKE with Freddie White. 1980 managed Irish songwriter Tony Koklin who recorded for Chiswick records. 1985 with Johnny Moynihan, Frankie Lane, Jimmy Faulkner, Garvan Gallagher, and Fran Breen formed THE FLEADH COWBOYS. After Moynihan left Pete steered the band to great sucess with their highly sucessful Midnight at The Olympia shows. Over the next two years these shows featured a multitude of talent who would turn up announced to play with the great band. Those who appeared included such luminaries as Mike Scott and The Waterboys, Joe Ely, Nanci Griffith, Ronnie Drew, Shane McGowan and The Pogues, Altan, and a host of others. Dublin at this time was going through a period of depression and these shows, regularly attended by politicians, artists, and musicians alike, did a lot to lift the spirit of Dubliners at the time.
In 1988 the Fleadhs released their number one album
HIGH ACE TO HEAVEN,
The FLEADH COWBOYS toured with The Pogues, supported Bob Dylan who offered to release their
album on his own label , they were also invited to guest with U2 on the final night of the Lovetown tour at The Point in Dublin.
In 1998 the Fleadhs released their final album, TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
During the nineties Pete dueted with Nanci Griffith on her Grammy award winning album Other Voices Other Rooms, played guitar on the final studio recording by Townes Van Zandt, NO DEEPER BLUE, (produced by Philip Donnelly), Pete’s old buddy from the Donovan days. He also recorded and toured with The Chieftains, appeared and contributed a song to the Oscar winning Jim Sheridan movie, In The Name Of The Father, appeared in films, The Boxer, Green Journey, the Roddy Doyle TV series, Family, , The Disappearance of Finbar, A Man Of No Importance and Frankie Starlight. ---
The Brilliant Architect is available on iTunes and
www.CD Baby.com. ---
Contact; Frank Murray 085 788 5933
Europe Promotion; Peter Holmstedt:
peter.holmstedt@telia.com
+46 33 26 02 10-----or
cumminspr@eircom.net
Hey, STILLROOM’s “Lickin’ A Promise” EP Release party/show takes place this Thursday coming 11th of June @ ‘The Village’ on Wexford St. Tickets are available from us or you can pay at the door. Should be a good night, late bar with drink promotions etc, and of course some good fun Rockin’ !!! Thanx for your support !!! Rock n Roll, STILLROOM.
(Check our page for the nationwide ‘Wreckin’ Ball’ tour dates and venues.)
Hi...
The Sunday Roast has moved !
It is now in the Globe
11 S Great Georges St
Every Sunday , still great music games and spuds
still free...
stay dry!!!!
The Annesley House North Strand (Fairview) Dublin 3
The Hootenanny Launch Gig
2 Stages 6 Acts
Collaborations on the night from…
Matthew Devereux (from The Pale) Wally Page Stephen and Tony Boylan Mick Duffy and Niall O’ Shea Alan and Breda Trimble Q and more…
Kicks off at 8.30pm Admission: 5 Euro
Everyones welcome along-it's gonna be a great nite full of fun+frolicks, so come along+join us for lots of Hootenanny Maddness!!! Hope to see ye there, Emma, Q + Co. at The Qube Studio:)
STILLROOM ARE BACK !!!!! The first track “ALRIGHT” from the our new EP, recorded and produced in London, is up on our myspace waiting to blow your ear drums !!! Along with the new look myspace, there are BEBO and FACEBOOK links and the new www.stillroomroom.net link.
Also STILLROOM TV is up there and don..t forget to sign up to the mailing list and be first to hear details of the bands first official tour, kicking off in The Village June11 !!! Lookout ! …. Theres gonna be a rockin’ !!!
Hope you are SURVIVING these crazy economic times! Enjoy our new video "Whiskey Tonight" and stop by our site for a FREE download of the new song. Yes, something for FREE. * * * Cheers!
