Fibbers – Dem Fools

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.

The second band of the evening was Dem Fools. I hadn’t seen them play before and was pleasantly surprised. They’re a local 5 piece group originating from here in Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Ais O’Reilly – Lead Vocals, Mooney Tunes – Keyboard, Gerry Martin – Lead Guitar,
Bernard McGowan – Bass, and Fergus Gannon – Drums. They have a pleasant Indie / Reggae / Rock & roll type sound. The singer, Ais has good crowd interaction, and you can tell that she really enjoys performing in front of the crowd as she sings and dances her way through each song. The band have a new single out on i-tunes – as of April 1 (no coincidence there) and after hearing their music, I did pick up a cd of the evening and have been enjoying it ever since.

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

For more information on Dem Fools, and when they are playing again here in Ireland, please click here for their website.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fibbers – T’anks General

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Czech Inn – the Knots

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.

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.