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Rising Of The Moon
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Rising Of The Moon
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Released: Mar 14, 2011
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Alternative / Folk Rock

    Location Santa Cruz, California, Un

    Profile Views: 28635

    Last Login: 12/15/2011

    Member Since 12/17/2006

    Website www.wildroversmusic.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    "Tis the season when the green Guinness flows and the Wild Rovers procure the kind of set to match the liquid meal: Celtic, multi-layered and strong, their songs—like the drink—will put you in a dizzying spin of pub-friendly sing-alongs. The Wild Rovers have been called to arms for an annual musical onslaught that starts this Wednesday opening for the Young Dubliners and culminates in a headlining show at the Catalyst Atrium on the day itself, Thursday, March 17th. Though everyone in the ensemble had roots in rock—classic and alternative, they wanted to do something different. Martin Sweet, founding singer/guitarist, explains, "We noticed there aren't a lot of Celtic bands, so we just began putting together our own songs and kind of balancing traditional folk with alternative, harder-edged Celtic rock." After a debut at the Poet & Patriot's open mic, which saw Sweet and his cohorts filling the "then-smoky, stuffy pub" with Celtic zeal, the band's fate was sealed...." Linda Koffman~Good Times

  • Members

    Devin Avey - Electric/Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Banjo Martin Sweet - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Todd Kitch - Harmonica, Accordions, Spoons, Vocals John Davies - Fiddle, Banjo, Vocals Dan Lingenfelter - Drums, Melodica, Vocals Ryan Zash - Bass .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Influences

    Flogging Molly, The Pogues, The Tossers, St. Bushmill's Choir, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, The Water Boys, The Young Dubliners and many more...

  • Sounds Like

    The Pogues, Dubliners, Flogging Molly, Gaelic Storm.

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.. The Wild Rovers formed in 2004 when founding members Devin Avey, Kyle Griffith, Todd Kitch, Troy Kitch, Jorn Pahnke, and Martin Sweet discovered that they all shared a passion for Irish music. After a few practice sessions the guys performed some covers and traditional Irish songs at the Poet and Patriot and the Wild Rovers were born.

A few years later the Wild Rovers are still performing and evolving musically. Since their early days the Wild Rovers have added fiddle player John Davies, vocalists Christina Cree and Jeff Trabucco as well as bringing in Dan Lingenfelter and Ryan Zash to replace some of the original members as they moved on to other stages of life.

Members:

Martin Sweet - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar; Todd Kitch - Harmonica, Accordions, Wooden Spoons; Devin Avey - Guitars, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Banjo; John Davies - Fiddle, Banjo; Ryan Zash - Bass; Christina Cree - Vocals, Fiddle; Dan Lingenfelter - Drums, Melodica, Vocals

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