Edgar James Yother V Mandolin/Octave Mandolin/Banjo/Vocals/Lightbulb Jokes The Sifters, The Soul Merchants, N.O. Quarter
Shanty Krewe
Bill Pruchnicki Drums and percussion/Polish-Influence
The Noise, Klatu, The Unlucky Few, Sacriphant, Boys From Recreation Park, The Rosy Nolan Band
Charlie McShane Guitar/Vocals/Cauliflower Ears
Boys From Recreation Park
Chickin Nuggets Percussion/Vocals/Overwhelming Charisma Eastern China Buffet
Influences
The Pogues, Ewan McColl, The Dubliners, A.L. Lloyd, Louis Killen, Stan Hugill, Flogging Molly, Planxty, Social Distortion
Sounds Like
Set List:
(songs)
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Aikendrum
The Banks of Newfoundland
Banks Of The Roses
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine/Road to Boston/Yankee Doodle (marches)
Captain Ward & The Rainbow
Dirty Old Town
Felix The Soldier
Home Boys Home
I'll Tell Me Ma
The Kerry Recruit
The Leaving Of Liverpool
Mason's Apron/Tam Lin/Master Crowley's
Mingula Boat Song
Old Lady Over The Sea
Paddy West's
Parliament of England
Rocky Road To Dublin
Rose of Tralee
To Go To Sea Once More
Ward The Pirate
The Wild Rover
While Cruising ‘Round Yarmouth
Whiskey In The Jar
Wings Of A Goney
(shanteys)
Barrett's Privateers
Down Dairy Down
Fire Marengo
Haul Away Joe
John Rise Her Up
Roll The Old Chariot Along
Rolling Down the River
The Old Chariot
South Australia
Top Man and the After Guard
Wild Goose Nation
(Charlie solo)
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Far Away Boys
Pair of Brown Eyes
(Ed's solo tunes)
Felix the Soldier
Jolly Peddler
Larry Marr
Merry Blacksmith/Julia Delaney/Star of Munster (reels)
Doonagore/The Fermoy Lasses (reels)
Boys of Ballycastle/Off to California/Boy's of Bluehill (hornpipes)
A Polka/A Finnish Polka/Jessica's Polka (polkas)
Dennis Murphy's/John Ryan's (polkas)
Road to Lisdoonvarna (jig)/Swallowtail Jig (jig)/The Fermoy Lasses (reel)
Blarney Pilgrim/Garret Barry's/Banish Misfortune (jigs)
Out on the Ocean/Shandon Bells/Kesh Jig (jigs)
Where I Told Her I Loved Her and Sprained Her Ankle/Gander in the Pratie Hole/The Persistence of Noel Reid (jigs)
Tar Road to Sligo/The Cliffs of Moher (jigs)
Lilting Banshee/Coffe/Tripping up the Stairs (jigs)
Edna's Vase/Hillgrove's Waltz (waltz)
Ashokan Farewell (waltz)
The Woman from Windsor Locks (waltz)
Sheebeg Sheemor (waltz)
Ed left the harbor for the port at St. Louis, so we're pulling up anchor, sailing into the sunset, and henceforth discontinuing the nautical references. It was fun while it lasted.
Shellback: A nautical term for an experienced sailor.
In 2007, fresh from the break-up of CT pop punk band Boys From Recreation Park, guitarist Charlie McShane decided to take his musical hobby in a different direction. With an acoustic guitar and a love of The Pogues, he began to play around with a couple old Irish standards. He figured it might be more fun if he got more people involved, and started to look around.
Enter mandolinist Edgar James Yother V. Ed found Charlie's "musicians wanted" ad and got in contact. Formerly of CT ska band The Sifters, Ed had also played in The Soul Merchants with Rec Park's singer, Greg Brayman. With Ed's encyclopedic knowledge of celtic-folk and sea music, the group was on it's way.
Charlie knew Bill Pruchnicki was eager to get back to playing music. An experienced drummer who has played everything from death metal to acoustic-alt folk, Bill reduced his drum set to merely the bass and snare and started learning the classics.
Looking to add to the sound, the band now called "Shellbacks" enlisted Greg Brayman from CT reggae band The Soul Merchants on washboard and backing vocals, expanding the repertoire and playing out.
The band entered The Pad studios in early 2008 to record "Sailing The Seven Songs" with producer Matt Mauro. With a distinct unplugged sound, "SSS" showed the band's affinity for traditional tunes and shanteys with a slight punk flavor carried over from their previous bands.
In late 2007, Greg Brayman left the group to focus more on the Soul Merchants.
The band's set list expanded to over 2 solid hours, and they played anywhere they were wanted, from clubs to bars to basements. Rust was shaken off old tunes and new spins were added, bringing new life to ancient songs of the sea.
In late 2009, Ed moved to St. Louis and the band decided not to seek a replacement.
We used to be called "Mumrik" that was looking for a singer and now we finally found a singer and the band name became STM since we are working together at a distance of 6000miles from Leeds, UK to Kyoto, Japan. We have uploaded 3 songs now. Check out how it works.
Thanks for friending The Renegade Express. Check out the streaming website at www.renegadeexpress.com. New shows every monday at 9AM eastern. Great shows on our archives page as well.
New Slackers CD! New MP3! The Slackers' CD, "Lost & Found: Redos, Remixes, and Rarities 1998-2007" is gonna be out in mid-october on special potato records. See blog and sample mp3s at www.myspace.com/theslackers Available as of Oct 15 via www.interpunk.com, www.phonocaster.com, soon to be available in japan on Disk Union
New Downloads! The Slackers 2009 booze cruise available on www.whatevski.org 25 songs for $5 bucks! Favorites! Rarities! Special Versions! Soon to come, the Slackers at Slackfest 2009!
Oct 8 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place Oct 9/10 - Toronto, Ont - Lees Palace - 2 nights! Oct 11 - Montreal, Que - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin - So36 Oct 16 - Jena - Kassablanca Oct 17 - Stuttgart - Universum Oct 18 - Schaffhausen - Kammgarn Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note Oct 21 - Madrid - Caracol Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino Oct 23 - Athens - AN club Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Roger Balans Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club Oct 26 - Slovenia - Bala Hala Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset Oct 28 - Graz - PPC oct 29 - Vienna- Arena Oct 30 - Wiener Neustadt - Treibwerk Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian Dec 8 - New Orleans - one eyed jacks Dec 9 - Tallahasee - Engine Room Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar Dec 11 - Mia
New Slackers CD! New MP3! The Slackers' CD, "Lost & Found: Redos, Remixes, and Rarities 1998-2007" is gonna be out in mid-october on special potato records. See blog and sample mp3s at www.myspace.com/theslackers for more info
New Downloads! The Slackers 2009 booze cruise available on www.whatevski.org 25 songs for $5 bucks! Favorites! Rarities! Special Versions!
Oct 8 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place Oct 9/10 - Toronto, Ont - Lees Palace - 2 nights! Oct 11 - Montreal, Que - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin - So36 Oct 16 - Jena - Kassablanca Oct 17 - Stuttgart - Universum Oct 18 - Schaffhausen - Kammgarn Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note Oct 21 - Madrid - Caracol Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino Oct 23 - Athens - AN club Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Roger Balans Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club Oct 26 - Slovenia - Bala Hala Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset Oct 28 - Graz - PPC oct 29 - Vienna- Arena Oct 30 - Wiener Neustadt - treibwerk Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian Dec 8 - New Orleans - one eyed jacks Dec 9 - Tallahasee - Engine Room Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar Dec 11 - Miami - Churhills Dec 12 - Orlando - The Social
Dec 18/19 - Brooklyn, Ny - Knitting Factory - Holiday Shows! Dec 20 - Philadelphia - TLA www.theslackers.com..
The Slackers Booze Cruise Comes to Boston for the first time Friday June 26!
Hop on a boat around Boston Harbor and party with us!
Click on the flyer to get your tickets, you won't want to miss it!
Friday June 26 21+
Boards 7:15, Departs 8pm Sharp, Returns 11pm $25
The Slackers
Destroy Babylon
Aboard the Mass Bay Lines MV New Boston Rowes Wharf (Behind the Boston Harbor Hotel)
haha, next video will be "the life and times of chicken nuggets" it's about a kid who hangs out at a martial arts dojo and grows up to become a world class fighter.
