Durban’s own Irish music-makers, the Blarney Brothers, will be throwing a Blarney Party at The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway on September 23 to get everyone in the mood for Heritage Day.
With the Blarney
Brothers, audiences can be sure of a great big, foot-stomping, sing-along
party. Perhaps it is just because they simply play for the audience, making
music they know everyone will love. This is certainly helped along with a
liberal flavouring of genuine Irish Blarney and humour, because the Blarney
Brothers are as Irish as shamrock and poteen.
Their music is a mixture
of foot-tapping pub songs, popular newies and the occasional Irish jig.
Audiences can expect to hear their favourite party songs such as Running
Bear, Drunken Sailor, Wild Rover, Jerusalem, Superman, I Am Your Music Man, The
Leaving of Liverpool, Simple Simon, Whiskey In The Jar, Birdie Song, Speedy
Gonzales and Knees Up Mother Brown.
It is a tribute to
their popularity that 30 years after their first performance at the Astra Hotel
in Durban, they are still one of South Africa’s top five acts. In fact, their
history goes back even further as they served their musical apprenticeship
playing in the Irish showbands for ten years before arriving on South African
soil.
The Blarney
Brothers established their enduring and endearing name by playing at "The
Barn" at The Athlone Hotel, Durban every Wednesday and Friday for 13
years, so it seems like a fitting tribute to have them performing back at The
Barnyard after a sold-out St Patrick’s Party.
The band’s Paul and
Damien McIlroy and Tony Fisher are all fine vocalists and very musically
talented. Paul is the leader of the group, also playing the keyboards, banjo
and guitar; Tony plays the fiddle, bass guitar, mandolin, penny whistle and
flute; while Damien is on lead guitar and vocals.
The theatre will
open at 18h00, the show will start at 19h30 and tickets are R100 per person.
For bookings and enquiries, phone The Barnyard Theatre on 031 566 3045, e-mail gateway@barnyardtheatres.co.za or visit www.barnyardtheatres.co.za/gateway for more information.
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