Gigs & Bands

Fibbers – T’anks General

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3.28.2013 – The Thursday before Good Friday, here in Ireland. That night I went to Fibber Magees (aka ‘old’ Fibbers) on Parnell St here in Dublin, Ireland to watch an Evening of Rock & Roll bands, with the final band being a Rory Gallagher Tribute. It was a fun evening – with 3 Euro drinks, a good crowd (Friday being a day off for many, despite the ban on alcohol hitting at Midnight) and lots of great music.

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The first band playing was T’anks General. This was their second gig as a 4 piece band, and they totally rocked out. The crowd was small as the band started playing initially, but as they got going, the place filled up and everyone was toe-tapping to the T’anks General Jazz – Bluesy and Rock & Roll original sound.

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You can see more of my flickr set from the Gig night at Fibbers here.

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For more information on the band, and when they are playing again here in Ireland, please click here.

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To see all the posts from the night, see the links below:

T’anks General:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-tanks-general/

Dem Fools:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-dem-fools/

Specter:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-specter/

Taibhse:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-taibhse/

Deuce:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-deuce/

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Czech Inn – the Knots

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3/22/2013 – Day two of gigs – Friday night- and it’s the joy of 4 more Bands this weekend. This time it was at a venue I’d never visited before, but they have local music on Friday nights under a program called “Freak Out Dublin” . Gigs are in the downstairs pub area, which has a small but well set up stage. The basement is long and narrow – with some cool lighting around the bar and some fabulous white couched areas to chat.

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The last band of the night was called Knots. This is a 4 piece rock band – made up of guys from here in Dublin.
Botham Valentino – Vox, Guitar; Rob O’Dwyer – Drums; Conor Lawlor – Guitar; Ciaran Hurd – Bass. I’m not really able to compare them to anything else, as they have their own brand of Irish sound. I would suggest giving them a listen by checking out the album on their website.

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You can find out more on their facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/knotsmusic or on their personal website at http://knotsmusic.com/.

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As always, more photos can be found on my flickr site – with a collection of pictures from the evening, here.

See all the bands from the night here:

T’anks General:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-tanks-general/
Shiloh Palace:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-shiloh-palace/
The confusion:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-the-confusion/
The Knots: https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-the-knots/

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Czech Inn – The Confusion

3/22/2013 – Day two of gigs – Friday night- and it’s the joy of 4 more Bands this weekend. This time it was at a venue I’d never visited before, but they have local music on Friday nights under a program called “Freak Out Dublin” . Gigs are in the downstairs pub area, which has a small but well set up stage. The basement is long and narrow – with some cool lighting around the bar and some fabulous white couched areas to chat.

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The third band up was The Confusion. Again, a fairly young band, but they have lots of promise. They too are made up of 5 members -Lewis Kenny (Vocals), David Bellew (Lead Guitar), Michael Treacy (Rhythm Guitar), Mark Lynch (Drums), Dean Glennon (Bass). They have a sound kind of like something out of the 1960’s but are quite enjoyable. The lead singer has a good voice, and the group grooves well together – which is why they’ve made it to at least the semi-finals of a local band competition.

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You can checkout their facebook site here – http://www.facebook.com/TheConfusion?fref=ts – note that they do have a link to reverb nation with some sample tracks.

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As always, more photos can be found on my flickr site – with a collection of pictures from the evening, here.

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See all the bands from the night here:

T’anks General:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-tanks-general/
Shiloh Palace:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-shiloh-palace/
The confusion:
https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/03/23/czech-inn-the-confusion/
The Knots: https://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/07/czech-inn-the-knots/

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