We're confused as hell - the posh word is 'eclectic'. It means we play just about any old thing that we feel like. Having said that, the backbone of our repertoire is Irish, quite a bit of Scottish and English, the odd Manx tune (the Manx repertoire is more song-based and not so up-beat for dancing) but we also play medleys of the old sing-along community song book stuff - Stephen Foster and the like. We also have World War II favourites as well - God alone knows why.

What we play for is dancing, so if it drives the dances along, that's all we need.

We use melodeon, fiddle(s), bass, and tin whistle (occasional harmonica too.

As for a name, when we first were going to play somewhere (about 21 years ago), someone asked Big John for a name to put on the poster. He, jestingly, called us the Calor Gas Ceilidh Band. It was a (bad) pun on the famous Gallowglass Ceilidh Band - Calor Gas supply bottled gas. Somehow, we've been stuck with it ever since, but I don't think many of the people we play for have ever heard of the Gallowglass, so the point is lost, really.

We go out and have fun, play music, get people dancing and get drunk not necessarily all in that order.

Shoh slaynt,

Bobby Bob