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Gaelic Storm

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In 1997, Gaelic Storm was launched out of their adopted home-town of Santa Monica, California by an appearance in the blockbuster film Titanic. Cast as the “party band” in the steerage scene, they landed the part while still drinking pints and playing weekly at O’Brien’s Pub.
After the film’s release, the band was met by huge crowds on their first tour. Delivering dynamic stage shows featuring rousing, upbeat vocals, wild energetic dance tunes, haunting ballads and infectious madcap humor, they continue to ride the waves of their success.
Touring aggressively and playing over 125 shows per year, Gaelic Storm has drawn record-breaking crowds at Milwaukee’s famed Irish-Fest (largest Irish fest in U.S.) to Festival Interceltique in Lorient, France (the largest Celtic festival in the world).   Gaelic Storm was also a hit at the 2005 Colorado Irish Festival where they helped set an attendance record.
Gaelic Storm continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre by creating compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Irish traditional melody and acoustic instrumentation combined with their unique blend of world rhythms. When they first appeared on the Titanic the band didn’t even have a CD.  Their subsequent 6 albums including Bring Yer Wellies, released July, 2006, have all placed high on the Billboard World Music Chart.?The 14 new tracks on Bring Yer Wellies, capture the contagious energy of Gaelic Storm’s renowned live performances – channeling the rowdy communal feel of an Irish pub on raucous sing-alongs, driving pipe sets and spirited fiddle tunes.?The new album comes on the heels of the band’s first concert DVD, Live In Chicago, taped on September 14, 2005 before a packed audience at the House of Blues Chicago. The 2-hour video showcases the trademark energetic performance and enthusiastic audience interaction that make the band a front-runner in the Celtic music genre today.

Gaelic Storm is: Patrick Murphy (Cork City, Ireland) Vocals, Accordion, Harmonica; Steve Twigger (Coventry, England), Vocals, Guitar, Bouzouki; Ryan Lacey on drums and world percussion; Ellery Klein on fiddle (who holds a MA degree in Traditional Irish Music from the University of Limerick) and Pete Purvis of Merrickville, Ontario on uillean pipes, tin whistle, daeger pipes and highland pipes (a Grade 1 piper who toured with award winning pipe bands.