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Patrick Street: Andy Irvine, Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly, Ged Foley and John Carty

“A Traditional Irish Super Group Like No Other…” Irish Times 2005
“Veterans of Planxty, the Bothy Band, De Dannan and more, Patrick Street represents the distillation of a crucial new strain that emerged in traditional Irish music some twenty-five years ago.” – Tim O’Brien
Friday, February 24, 8pm (7:00 doors)
The Gothic Theatre 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood
$18 Advance, $20 Door, $15 Students All Ages GA No Smoking
Tickets will also be available at the Denver Folklore Center, 1893 S. Pearl, Denver, or online at www.nipp.com and www.ticketweb.com . Info 303-777-0502

“I don’t know this guy Patrick Street, but I tell you, the boys in his band are really good.”
This was heard just a few minutes before the start of the very first concert on the very first tour ever played by Irish “supergroup” Patrick Street. Well, Patrick never did show up, but the “boys in his band” are doing fine without him. More than a decade after that first performance the group has earned a legendary status. Billboard magazine has called their performances “mesmerizing” and their albums “a must for those who love Irish Music.”
Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, Jackie Daly and Ged Foley – collectively known as Patrick Street – are known throughout the Irish music world as four of its most brilliant players. On a repertoire steeped in traditional music, the band’s tightly executed arrangements and unparalleled musicianship know no equal. Beginning as a one-time tour of four recognized masters, nearly two decades and eight albums later this “supergroup” has reached legendary status. Patrick Street adds a new lane this year with the addition of multi-instrumentalist John Carty. Known for his sensational fiddling, John will add double fiddle with Kevin as well as exciting variety to the band with his talents on banjo, flute and tenor-guitar.
Patrick Street was launched in 1986 as a one-off tour de force called Legends of Irish Music. Living up to its name, it featured fiddler Kevin Burke (veteran of The Bothy Band), singer/bouzouki player Andy Irvine (Planxty), and accordion player Jackie Daly (De Dannan), along with acclaimed guitarist Arty McGlynn. With the success of the tour, the quartet released an album that year named Patrick Street (after a road or avenue found in towns across Ireland) and a band was born. The line-up of Burke, Irvine and Daly has remained constant through the years, with other distinctive artists passing through the ranks including guitarist Gerry O’Beirne, fiddler James Kelly, and uilleann piper Declan Masterson. Ged Foley, a highly-skilled guitarist from England with past stints in the Battlefield Band and House Band, came on board in 1996. This year the Street widens it’s talents with John Carty.
The consummate Irish fiddler, Kevin has given to the band’s sound and repertoire the highly ornamented Sligo style for which he’s known. Jackie brings his wide repertoire of Kerry music to the fore with dazzling slides and polkas, and his seamless accordion-and-fiddle duets with Kevin are a highlight of the band’s shows. Andy Irvine is one of the great balladeers of Irish music, and his bouzouki playing has long been a standard by which others are judged. He brings his shared passions for Eastern European rhythms and American folksinger Woody Guthrie to the band. Ged’s inventive guitar licks provide ideal underpinning for Andy’s intricate songs and the group’s blistering sets of reels and jigs. With new recruit John Carty, Patrick Street brims with the spirit and sensitivity of Irish music at its best.

Media Contact: Pat McCullough 303-777-0502, C-303-324-2926, CelticEvents@rmi.net