Jim Best - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Accordion & Tin Whistle
Nick 'The Wriggler' Riggles - Mandolin & Acoustic Guitar (or Bass)
Anna McInerney - Fiddle & Vocals
Rich Pickings - Banjo & Backing Vocals
Rikki Borkum - Bass Guitar
John 'Riley' Gardner - Drums, Percussion & Backing Vocals
(+ Keely 'Gallagher' McDonald - Fiddle & Vocals)
Influences
Sounds Like
The Dubliners, The Pogues, The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan & The Popes, TheWaterboys, Saw Doctors, The Men They Couldn't Hang, and many more...
Some songs & tunes that we do: The Irish Rover, The Fields of Athenry, Black Velvet Band, The Song with No Name, Sally MacLennane, Smugglers, The Leaving of Liverpool, A Man you don't Meet Every Day, A Pair of Brown Eyes, Bang on the Ear, All for me Grog, Jesse James, Molly Malone, Rare 'ol Mountain Dew, Streams of Whiskey, The Foggy Dew, Raggle-Taggle Gypsy, Rain Street, Greenland Whale Fisheries, The Irish Washerwoman, Paddy Works on the Railway, Follow me up to Carlow, Duelling Banjos, If I should Fall from Grace with God, White City, Danny Boy, A Rainy Night in Soho, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Thousands Are Sailing, Finnegan's Wake, Rocky Road to Dublin, The Blackthorn Stick, South Australia, John Ryan's, Broad Majestic Shannon, Drowsy Maggie, Tell Me Ma, Liverpool Lou, Ballydesmond Polkas, Wild Colonial Boy, Galway Girl, Seven Drunken Nights...
The Cracklin' Griffins play traditional Irish songs and music, plus some of the greats from the Pogues and Waterboys back-catalogues. Book us now for: Parties, weddings, St. Patrick’s night, pub gigs or any general celebration!!
The band can vary in size between a duo and a six-piece - depending on your needs - and we can play for up to 2 hours. Plus we also work well with a caller, as a backing-band for Ceilidhs - ask us for info.
Our repertoire includes some fifty or so songs and tunes (see left hand column), including favourites such as: ‘Dirty Old Town’, ‘Whiskey in the Jar’, ‘Fairytale of New York’, ‘Fisherman's Blues’, ‘Wild Rover’ and many, many more... We can also usually do special requests, if given advance notice!
We supply our own equipment - unless otherwise specified - and additionally we can provide interval background music (this is NOT a substitute for a full-on disco!) to create a complete evening/afternoon of entertainment!!!
Covering a broad area of South-East England (and potentially further - ask us for a quote), we have been receiving rapturous applause everywhere from: Function halls to Pubs to Colleges to Rugby Clubs to Steam Fairs to...
One couple said recently: "Guys, Thanks for playing our wedding in Bournemouth. It was an amazing set. Everyone has said how good you were and it really made the wedding."
Another couple have said: "....thanks very much for playing at our wedding reception. I know we thoroughly enjoyed the evening and have received lots of comments from friends and family who thought you were great."
Also: Check our 'Frequently Asked Questions' blog for more booking details.
To help you keep recording during these times of economic crisis and price rises we would like to offer all our myspace friends a 40% discount on all bookings for band recordings from the 24th August to the end of September 2009. This means an hourly rate of just £25.
The heart of our recording studios is a Pro tools HD 2 system (x2) with C24 control surfaces together with an Allen and Heath 32:8:2 analogue desk for analogue mixing. We provide a mixture of classic, analogue audio equipment and cutting-edge digital technology. see our website www.altrecordingstudios.com for further details.
please mention myspace if booking, this is a one time offer prompted by our recent studio refurbishment
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!
Hi John, nice to hear from you - really enjoyed your band page. I was at the 'brewery tap' the other night and saw you played there not long ago - according to the locals you went down a storm. keep up the good work! any luck on the musician recruitment front? really after a keyboard player at the moment! take care, Paul
The Irish outlaw Reilly Ramones is not rambling along rainy green Irish valleys. This time he troubles the spotless under the hot Mexican sun and drowns Mariachi trumpets in Guinness. Come and listen to the fine crossover of traditional irish tunes, Rock'n Roll and Hip Hop on the new album "Kind Of Green". www. myspace. com/insearchofarose or www. insearchofarose. de
Hi there. We just uploaded a sneak preview video from the new CD thats coming out in May. Check it out at http://ie. youtube. com/watch?v=8kFSmrJokn8 or on our myspace videos, And let us know what you think of it.
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