Name our band

Subject: RE: Name our band
From: Pete
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 05:41 PM

Well we are from Ireland, and there are 5 of us. One guitar player/singer, 1 bouzouki,fiddle, guitar & 5 string banjo player, 1 whistle player/singer, 1 tenor banjo player and 1 bodhran player/singer. We will play all the standard ballads Dubliners/Christie Moore stuff and mix in a few jigs and reels. Open to bookings for St Paddy's night!!! looking forward to all suggestions!!

Pete

Subject: RE: Name our band
From: MMario
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 04:23 PM

when my singing group decided on a name, we spent eight weeks proposing and discussing names... the one we finally ended up using (and loving)came from an off the cuff e-mail discussion 10 minutes before the printing deadline that required a name for the group.....

MMario

Subject: RE: Name our band
From: SeanM
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 04:19 PM

I'd just like to state that one of your names, 'American Standard', is taken. Specifically, by one of the more virulent White Power bands out there. Considering the original AS company manufactures toilets, I can't think of a more appropriate match...

M

Subject: RE: Name our band
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 04:00 PM

Here are some winners discarded by my band :

The Swinging Richards

Viagra Jones

American Standard

Rick Slick and the Tortion Bars

Subject: RE: Name our band
From: Liam's Brother
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 03:30 PM

Hi Pete!

Years ago, a group of people I knew in New York were forming a band. Margaret Barry, the Irish traveler who had supported herself all her life busking at fairs and markets, selling broadsides and having the "rare ould craic" in pubs from London to New York, was staying in my home at the time and the guys asked her their opinion on the band name they were considering. The name was in Gaelic and, while I don't remember the exact translation it was probably along the lines of "The Poets of the Night Who Fly Through Our Frosted Windowpanes with Musical Gifts" or similar. Margaret, who spoke no Gaelic and understood only slightly more, was at an uncharacteristic loss for words while the band members focused on every wrinkle of her furrowed brow. "Why don't ye call yerselves The Rigamaroulds," was her reply.

This could be a lot of fun. Tell us where you're from, how many in the group, instrumentation, whether you want a serious or humorous name, more about your music and everyone will have a suggestion, I bet.

All the best, Dan

Subject: Name our band
From: Pete
Date: 26 Feb 99 - 02:40 PM

A few friends and I have just formed a folk/trad band and need a name!! Any suggestions?

Pete