Mari's
in Phoenix with a family medical emergency so this show
is postponed until further notice. Refund
checks are in Fed Ex overnight mail, sorry !
House Concert:
The
members of
Crumac have been introducing Northwest audiences to
traditional Irish music for over twenty-five years. They
specialize in the lively, intricate dance music,
and the lovely airs and songs that have been part of the
bedrock of Irish culture for hundreds of years. Let
Crumac take you on a tour of the heart of
Ireland. The members are all veterans of other, earlier bands,
and have achieved an ease and facility with this music
that appears nearly magical at times, and is always
highly entertaining. Their shows also include a generous
amount of commentary laced with their own brand of dry
humour. Crumac can bring you a wonderful brew of
the sounds of Ireland with the traditional Irish
bagpipes, fiddle, and guitar. For band information please go to www.crumac.com
Tom Creegan:
Anyone who has not heard a master play the Irish
pipes is in for a treat! Tom Creegan grew up in Dublin
learning in one of the best environments possible, the
Pipers' Club headquarters on Thomas Street. He played
extensively in Europe and Canada before moving to
Seattle where he started the band, "The Suffering
Gaels." He has long been widely regarded as one of
the foremost pipers in North America. Concert
appearances have included numerous dates with such
luminaries as Kevin Burke, James Kelly, and Johnny
Cunningham. He teaches tin whistle and pipes and has
served on the teaching faculty of the Lark in the
Morning summer school in California, The Friday Harbor
Irish Music Camp, and CeltFest on Vancouver Island. Tom
is in big demand for recording, and has appeared on
many, including a CD of music from Hawaii. Tom's bands
have been a northwest favorite under many names: The
Suffering Gaels, then The Gaels, and now Crumac.
We can't fault his friends for moving back to Ireland,
but we're grateful Lisa has his feet firmly nailed to
Seattle soil.
Dale Russ:
Dale started playing the fiddle in 1973 when
first moving to Washington State from his native
Connecticut. Although self-taught, in
1990 he was invited to perform at the first Boston
College Irish Music Festival "My Love is in
America" featuring 16 of the finest Irish fiddle
players living in the States. The concert was recorded
and released by Green Linnet Records and won an award
from the Smithsonian Institute as "Traditional
Recording of the Year". He was a founding member in 1977 of
the Seattle Irish band "No Comhaile". In 1985
renown Irish fiddler Kevin Burke invited Dale and Tom Creegan to join
him for a one-month gig at McGurk's,
the home of traditional Irish music in St Louis,
Missouri. A few short
years later, Dale was hoodwinked into joining the
then-premiere Seattle Irish band "The Suffering
Gaels". As a sidelight, Dale teamed with Jack Gilder and Junji Shirota to record two CDs as
"Jody's Heaven". It was with this band that
Dale first visited Japan in 1996 and he likes to revisit
Japan annually to compose himself and sample
delectable dishes. Dale also
joined with Finn and fellow Seattleite Hanz Araki in
making two CDs as the trio "Setanta", and one
recording with piper Todd Denman titled "Reeds and
Rosin". Dale was featured in the 1997 issue of
Fiddler Magazine.
His playing is known for
its balance of power and elegance.
Mike Saunders:
Mike is a native of Los Angeles California, and
grew up in the So Cal coffeehouse scene of the 60's. He
has resided in the Puget Sound region since 1966. He began playing Irish backup guitar,
and was a member of several seminal Celtic groups in the
70's. In 1974 Mike met Dale Russ while Dale was studying
at Evergreen State College, and they joined forces in
the group No Comhaile. Dale
and Mike continued performing as a duo, well known in
the Northwest for their high energy contra-dance
playing, and their acclaimed concerts of Celtic music. In addition
to his Irish backup guitar playing and fingerpicked song
accompaniments, Mike is adept at traditional American
banjo styles, and the Cape Breton fiddle tradition, to
which he was introduced by his
teacher Jerry Holland thanks to a grant from The National Endowment
For The Arts. Mike also teaches music in a
variety of contexts including private lessons, workshops
and classes. In the summer
of 2008, Crumac founding member Finn MacGinty left the
band Crumac, bound for Ireland, and remaining members Tom and
Dale were forced to approach Mike (with pleading and
gnashing of teeth) about joining up with them to
continue the on-going tradition of foolishness and great
music in Crumac, to which he happily acceded.
Wonderful audio
samples can be found on their website, click on this
link for a sample 
For video samples from a previous house concert
click on these links 
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