need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)

Subject: The Irish Brigade
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 09:05 PM

This band used to play around the Midwestern US quite a bit. Seems that I saw them in Omaha once, and in Michigan another time. For some reason it seems like they were out of Indiana somewhere. Can anyone help me with a contact address/phone number/email? You can answer here or email me at [e-mail].

Mick

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: MMario
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 09:23 PM

this site says they are playing every tuesday this month

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: berk
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 10:51 AM

I tried the website, but couldn't get on. Where is Tim Milloy's?

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: MMario
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 11:01 AM

Minnasota. somewhere near or in St. Paul

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: Big Mick
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 06:12 PM

Thanks, Mario. How the hell did you find that? I tried every search engine and didn't get anything on the band. All kinds of sites on the various Irish Brigades from the US Civil War.

Mick

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: MMario
Date: 14 Dec 01 - 08:44 PM

"irish brigade" music

in google - then I narrowed it down more with schedule - and bingo!

(but it's about all I found.)

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: GUEST,Irish Brigade
Date: 15 Dec 01 - 02:33 AM

Mick, We performed together a few times. The Cleveland Irish Festival run by John O'Brien in the early years. I remember a poem or recitation you had about what it is to be an Irishman. I'd love to hear it again or at least read a transcript. There was, for awhile, an Irish Brigade group out of Iowa, I think. I heard them at Kitty O'Shea's ?? in the Chicago Hilton Towers. Their cassette albums were from a previous incarnation of the group when they were called Three Sheets to the Wind.

Our group, Dave Murphy, Pat Mogan, Kevin Talty, Dennis Smith and myself, Greg Hankins, began in January of 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. For some time we've had a sideman on fiddle and banjo named Phil Franck. On two of our albums we used an instrumentalist named Doug Rudy. Our albums are: The Irish Brigade, Live ** Raised on Songs and Stories ** Leprechauns and Unicorns ** Are You Ready for This? ** Ports, Pints and Poetry ** Doublin' Up

We've performed hundreds of festivals and concerts in the midwest and northeast. In our early years we played pubs. We've been headliners for many festivals and have performed concerts with Makem & Clancy, The Dublin City Ramblers, The Barleycorn, Sons of Erin and others. Because Diet Coke is my beverage of choice I tend to remember more of our past schedules than do the other Boys of the Brigade.

There are probably one or two other "Brigades" because it is such a good name. We perform less often since the passing of Dave Murphy from cancer 3 years ago. We are booking some jobs for next March. I hope this info about our Brigade helps.

Subject: RE: Help: The Irish Brigade
From: GUEST,Jim
Date: 20 Mar 10 - 07:38 PM

I followed The Irish Brigade all around Ohio Starting in the early 1980's. I absolutely loved their music and have about all of their records. I am so sad to read about Dave Murphy's passing. I hope he had a hell of a wake.
If the band still performs, I'd love to know when and where. I still listen to "Black & Tans".

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Apr 10 - 05:41 PM

Hi Mick!
What festival event do you do the booking for?
Frankie Gavin and his new De Dannan are amazing. They played at the Capitol, The Irish Embassy, te Kennedy Center, and WGBH Boston at Harvard a few weeks ago. Check out www.dedannan.com Adrienne M.
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Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,John Bryndal
Date: 02 Jul 10 - 02:58 AM

Greg Hankins or any other Brigade members!!

I saw you play that Immaculate Conception Oktoberfest for years and years (Willoughby, Ohio)

I am sorry to hear about Dave's passing...

I have several of your albums on cassette, and have longed to get them anew on CD

are they still available anywhere????

please help!

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Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Michelle
Date: 07 Jul 11 - 06:09 PM

My uncle Dave r.i.p. He was the best.He was in the Irish Brigade.When he did his shows in Willoughby he use to call me on stage and put me on his shoulders for the Unicorn song I had their cd Ports, Pints, & poetry. I need a new copy of the cd. I have no idea how to get a hold of Pat or any of the other members. but I need to get a hold of a new cd. My son who is 2 got a hold of the cd and now it skips. :( If anyone comes across where I can get a new copy please email me ASAP
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Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Lisa
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 05:36 PM

I have been trying for years to find Leprechauns & Unicorns in ANY format, so if anyone can point me in the right direction, I would seriously appreciate it!
My mom raised 7 kids- on one of our many library trips, she checked out that Leprechauns & Unicorns record and it became a fast favorite of the whole family. Eventually she recorded it onto a cassette tape, and we have played it again and again over the years until it died. Now most of the 7 kids have kids of our own (my mom is up to 19 grandkids and counting), and we all want to continue the tradition.
I always figured my best bet is to find an old copy of the record somehow and have it transferred to cd. I haven't been able to find any reference to it in any other form, but I'll take whatever I can get. Please help if you can!

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Lisa
Date: 14 Nov 11 - 05:39 PM

Forgot to put my contact info-
[e-mail]
Please email me if you know where I can find it!

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,john
Date: 07 Dec 11 - 05:30 PM

I grew up listening to "are you ready for this?" continuously. Love the hell out of it. Unfortunately, one of my dogs chewed up the cassette, and now I am without :_(   I would surely like to get my hands on another copy of any format. I've scoured the web and this blog is the best hit I've come across. If anyone has a copy of this, please let me know. I would like to find a way to get a copy myself.

Slainte!
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Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Ross Freshwater
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 09:04 PM

Ditto on the request to Greg Hankins,

Gregg, if you are still out there, I'd love to get all of your albums on CD (or an LP or cassette if I must). As a kid, my parents played The Irish Brigade all the time. I'd love to get your albums on my iPod for my little girl. I'm at [e-mail] . Thanks!

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Sarah Colleen
Date: 16 Mar 12 - 07:00 PM

Hi all,

I'm a cousin of Pat's and I've harassed him for digital copies since moving to the south, where there are, it seems, no Irish people and certainly no Irish music. There are no digital copies of the Brigade's music just yet, but they are in the works.

Keep an eye on these groups:
http://yankeeceltic.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mogan-and-Hankins/192592580785859

Members of the Brigade play in each, and if info comes out about Brigade songs, that's a likely place to find it.

Michelle- Murph would do that to me too... I never would sing into the microphone.

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,GUEST, Scott
Date: 17 Mar 12 - 09:50 AM

Hello, I'm from Erie PA, and my grandma used to go see them perform here in the 80's and had their live album on vinyl signed by the group. She gave me the record when I grew up. Their version of Tommy Makem's Gentle Annie is absolutely awesome, and always reminds me of her. I also loved listening to Seven Drunken Nights! She would tell stories of how muh fun it was to see them live. She even told me that with the many times she'd gone to see them They remembered her. and would come to her table and say hello. I'd like to say Thank you to them for bringing so much joy into her life and wonderful memories for her to share. I'll always remember them.   PS.. If their albums ever go on CD could someone please contact me at [e-mail].

Thanks again, and Happy St Patrick's Day!
Scott Zatkiewicz (yes last name is Polish as I'm Irish on my mom's side) lol

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,GUEST,Joshua Dlouhy
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 04:13 AM

Check out my post on my Blog!
http://jedijosh.blogspot.com/2012/04/irish-brigade.html

I transferred these mp3's from the records my family bought at The Irish Brigade concerts in Willoughby Ohio at Immaculate Conception's annual Oktoberfests. If anyone has any other records they'd like transferred, please feel free to contact me at [e-mail].

Enjoy!

Joshua Dlouhy

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,dbscars2
Date: 20 Aug 12 - 03:20 AM

Josh, you are my hero. This music brought back memories of the times I spent watching The Irish Brigade perform at St. Lawrence School (Muncie, Indiana)as a fundraiser for the church. What a good time we had! Thanks, and I appreciate the hard work!

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Joshua Dlouhy
Date: 11 Feb 14 - 04:10 PM

Hello!

A fellow Irish Brigade fan mailed me their self-titled live album "Irish Brigade" and two-song 45 single and I've converted both (the two songs from the single are extra tracks on the Live album) and posted them, with the other three albums I already had converted, online at...

Irish Brigade Albums on Google Drive

Feel free to download and share!

Enjoy!

Joshua Dlouhy

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Shaun Higgins
Date: 04 Mar 15 - 01:17 PM

Thank you for posting these. I would see the group in Athens every year when I was in school. I have the four albums, but they are deteriorating.
Miss the Brigade, miss Dave Murphy!

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jan 18 - 12:45 AM

Is anyone still on this page? Everything I try has stopped working.

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 02 Apr 18 - 10:33 PM

Our Irish Brigade albums are all available on CD.
Send me a message at: [e-mail]
Or 614-286-9981

Subject: RE: need info on this band: The Irish Brigade (US)
From: GUEST,Susan Lowe
Date: 01 Jul 20 - 03:39 PM

I'm from Columbus and I saw them locally many times. I know they made at least one vinyl album. I happened to be in Denver and checked Ebay for any of their music. I bought it immediately. It was in perfect shape and had been autographed by all four guys. The oddest thing was it was sold to me by someone who lived in Denver. I sent a message asking how he got it but he didn't respond.

I'm not sure what kind of information you're looking for. They did do tours throughout the midwest but I don't remember exactly where they performed except in the Pittsburgh area.

The musicians were Dave Murphy. He was the bearded front man who played the bodhran, the Celtic drum, and othe percussive instruments. He also had an advertising business. All of them had day jobs. Greg Hankins (guitar, banjo?) had a music store that, I believe, specialized in selling and repairing guitars, as well as teaching guitar. Pat Mogan, the tenor, had a job in a town south of Columbus. I don't recall what he did. I believe he played the fiddle as well. The fourth was Dennis Smith. I don't remember what he played. I believe he played the drums. He was working on his PhD in Nutrition or something like that, at OSU. I remember that he got a job in North Carolina and left the band.

All of them sang occasionally, although Greg didn't sing as often as the others. They slowed down at one point, possibly after Dennis left, and I lost track of when they were playing.

I dated Dave Murphy in 1986-87 but we didn't socialize with the band members. It was my impression that they were the equivalent of"work" friends." Several years after Dave and I stopped seeing one another, he remarried a nice woman who had a teenage daughter.
Not that long after he died of cancer at about 53. I got that information from a friend who was a piper who was involved in the music scene.

I just googled the band, which is how I came across this page. Pat and Greg are still appearing with another guy, calling themselves the Olde Irish Brigade. They have a local appearance scheduled in early September here in Columbus but, of course, everything's still up in the air here because our COVID-19 cases are rising.

May I ask why you're interested in the band. My e-mail is [e-mail]