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Greetings~
It was quite an evening of Alt-Country-Punk-Whatever as Grand Disaster and The Barkeeps invaded McAuliffe’s Pub.
Getting the evening off to a rockin’ start were The Barkeeps:
A few friends playing heartfelt and genuine songs about life. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Songs about being the outcasts of modern day society and not conforming to the status quo. About working your life away for the gain of others only to scrape through existence. About friendships that cant be broken and friendships that have ended in betrayal. Songs about drinking to be merry and escaping the workday, drinking because you feel its all you have left. About losing control of everything you built your life around. This is for you and ones like you. The broken man holding on to false hope. Every disgruntled worker questioning his past and future. the unemployed wondering how they will provide for their family. Every single mother feeling abandoned and alone. For the united bastards drinking and singing the night away in the smokey barrooms, This is for the damned begging for another chance. This is for the down and out, to comfort their heavy hearts.
I believe this was the bands first public appearance and if so, this was quite a debut indeed. I’m looking forward to catching these guys again soon.
Next up … Grand Disaster:
The first week was marked by a blizzard, the third and fourth brought major surgery. The ninth week was met with an engine fire, the eleventh held severe flooding. A mill explosion overshadowed week twelve, while week thirteen was ominously quiet. Cops came calling on the seventeenth week, and the twenty-first was revealed to hold infestation and recriminations.—– If we get a little dark, believe us, we have our reasons.
A little dark … yes, perhaps; but a good time, as well. Tight arrangements … great melodies … top notch musicianship … searing solos … this band has it all. “Good music about bad choices.” “We are the voices in your head.” I mean, come on; how can you go wrong with a band that lists Soupy Sales and Captain Kangaroo as influences … I ask you?
Many thanks to The Barkeeps,; Grand Disaster and, of course, JJ McAuliffe and the wonderful staff at McAuliffe’s Pub! Enjoy the slide show here or click the link below to view a gallery of full-sized photos.
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Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography
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