Currently a five piece, but we do make a hell of a racket. Though we are quite an organic operation here at Blood Red Mountain, so depending on the show you may find anywhere between four and twelve performers on-stage.
USUAL SUSPECTS: 1. MARK FLYNN; Lead vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica 2. JOEBY;Bass, electric double bass, guitar, backing vocals 3. DAVE KEEGAN Drums, photography and general morale 4. TRACY O GRADY; Fiddle and vocals 5. BRIAN DUGGAN ; Trumpet
Influences
Books, films, Tea, Sandwiches, Grandad still teaching us music, photography, Tea, The Band, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson's Thriller album, Nina Simone, Tea, Cooking beautiful food, eating beautiful food, eating beautiful women, fishing is the way to spend a day, Growing/Brewing our own vegetables/beer, champagne, Ryan Adams, John Irving, Stephen King, Jacqueline Tuck, Granda (again, in general), Roald Dahl, Star Turtle, Tea, Kieron Black, My two dogs Timmy (RIP) and Barkley (plus puppy sparrow now as well!)and the other crazy people in the band. Boats, football, archery. Throwing stones at targets. Going to pubs in small villages in IrelandHallelulah, Woody Guthrie, walking by the sea, fresh air and more Tea. The Arcade Fire, The Magic Numbers, Painting, Susannah Clarke, The people who continually turn up to our shows even in the thunderstorms. Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Enda Reilly, Real Ale, Chamomile tea (as opposed to the hard stuff) The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Egon Scheile, Ellen Von Unwerth,
Corsets, feathers and 3-piece suits.
Sounds Like
MOONSHINE FOR YOUR EARS...Bar-brawlin' blisterin' hoedowns. Honest to goodness bluegrass love songs. All constructed from the finest country sunsets, broken hearts, and lost highways hidin' the burnt-out shells of journeys long forgotten...
Playing an infectious home-brew of pop americana. Think Bob Dylan on holiday in Ireland with Arcade Fire...
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METRO Newspaper, Thurs March 13th 08
“The band’s bluegrass vibes sit as comfortably alongside The Waltons as Jack White and Arcade Fire, so expect a good old-but-new do-si-do without having to don any gingham or sit atop prickly bales of hay. Accordians, mandolins, xylophones, melodicas, harmonicas, moonshine, a barn dance without the barn and a good cause to boot - what more could you ask for?"
EVENING HERALD 'TOP 10'
BRMB @ Whelans was voted in their top 10 things to do this weekend - Jan 11th '08
Dem der folk know gud musics!
METRO NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
(Gig of the Week: The Blood Red Mountain Band, Whelans, 08/01/07)
‘You might expect to encounter a freewheeling bluegrass ensemble such as the Blood Red Mountain Band in the misty backwoods of Appalachia. But in rainy old Dublin in the depths of winter? To their credit the all-Irish outfit side-step the dreary clichés that are too often prevalent whenever a bunch of outsiders set out to investigate American roots music. Yes, their sound is a yammering gumbo of fiddles, mouth organs, mandolins and accordions. Yet there's more to this crew than dueling banjos and hillbilly yodels. In fact, the Blood Red Mountain Band nurse notably experimental ambitions. Frontman Mark Flynn writes his own material and plays a mean blues guitar; dreamy keyboardist Daniel Shanahan, meanwhile, would seem to harbor notions of one day joining Sufjan Stevens's backing band. Combine all these disparate elements and what you get is an enticing home-brew of traditional music and left-field rock. Dismiss them as an Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Tribute act at your peril.
Eamon Miller
Excuse this out of the blue comment and yes it’s one of those ‘all about us’ ones, but just wanted to let you know, we’re having our EP launch tomorrow (Friday 16th Oct) at the Crane Lane theatre here in Cork. It’s free to everyone and be great if by chance you happen to be around this way and wanted to drop in – Always good to meet people in the real world too!
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