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On Tuesday and Wednesday November 5th and 6th, 2013 Black 47 recorded Last Call at
Water Music Recorders recording studio in Hoboken, NJ. With the inimitable
Stewart Lerman manning the console, we flew thru 13 tracks.
We recorded 8 songs the first day and 5 songs the second day including
New Year's Eve in Olde Tymes Square, which is not on the record and the choral 'Lament For John Kuhlman'
which was originally going to be the intro to 'St Patricks Day', but became it's own track on the album so another traditional tune is born.
The last few hours were left for the usual tweeks and fixes. There it is. Here ya go. Up she jumped. Bob's your uncle.
Oona Roche Johnny Comes a'Courtin
Christine Ohlman Salsa O'Keefe Dublin Days Let The People In Queen of Coney Island Hard Times
Mike Fazio US of A 2014 Let The People In
Mary Ann O'Rourke Thomas J. Marlow Jim O'Donnell St. Patrick's Day
GET Last Call complete LYRICS (pdf) or
(word doc)
GET Last Call Song Stories (pdf) or
(word doc)
Here's a link to all the lyrics and horn charts for every Black 47 song: Black 47 Charts
Quick links to Last Call songs. First played date, Song title and the PDF chart from the chart page
Links for "Last Call"
Saturday November 15, 2014 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Last Last Call
Saturday November 15, 2014 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Lia Fail Pipe Band
Saturday November 15, 2014 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Lia Fail Pipe Band
Saturday November 15, 2014 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Arriving
Friday November 14, 2014 Poughkeepsie, NY Mahoney's Irish Pub Starry Night
Friday November 14, 2014UpStateLive
Holy Craic! Black 47 To Close Curtain On 25 Year Career This Weekend With Final Two Shows In Poughkeepsie and NYCBy Steve Malinski
Black 47 performs their second to last (and final Upstate NY) show tonight at Mahoney’s in Poughkeepsie at 8pm, doubling as a fundraiser for the Hudson Valley Regional Police Pipes and Drums. Though the band is from New York City, they have performed dozens of shows in the Upstate NY area over the years making Poughkeepsie a fitting choice for their penultimate show. Tickets are still available for this show, but lately Black 47 shows have been selling out as the final curtain call has been drawing closer.
A final celebration of their career will be Saturday in their home city at the B.B. King Blues Club near Times Square in Manhattan with special guests and friends. With a smirk on his face after a recent show at the Towne Crier Cafe in Beacon, NY, Kirwan mentioned Black 47 has an exciting show planned for November 15. With fans loyal to the band and the band loyal to its fans alike, Black 47 will have a truly special evening of music in store for their last show.
Friday November 14, 2014 Poughkeepsie, NY Mahoney's Irish Pub Arriving
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Encore
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Blood Wedding
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Different Drummer
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Rockin' The Bronx
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live The Reels
Thursday November 13, 2014 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Arriving
Thursday November 13, 2014Black 47/Celtic Crush Newsletter - The Story So Far...
Sorry about sending a combined newsletter but I'm run ragged with all the gigs and the countdown to Nov. 15th. All is going well and it's been great meeting so many of you around the country as well as receiving the general outpouring of love and respect for Black 47.
I know there are many who would like to see the band one last time but there are only two shows left with tickets for sale: Nov 13 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA Nov 14 Mahoney's Irish Pub, Poughkeepsie, NY
It's been a wonderful, occasionally tragic, 25 year run and we're grateful to all of you who have been a part of it. The songs and the videos will remain, and hopefully some of our message.
For CELTIC CRUSH listeners I'll devote this coming Saturday's show to the story of Black 47. It will be raw and uncompromising, detailing the downs as well as the ups. You'll get a unique view into the life of a Rock 'n Roll band, not the usual bullshit perspective but the real deal.
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon Maria's Wedding/Like a Rolling Stone by William Murphy
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon Encore
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT By Georgetown Saloon
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon Fanatic Heart by William Murphy
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon James Connolly
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon End of Sound Check
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Redding, CT Georgetown Saloon Arriving
Tuesday November 11, 2014Daily Kos Joe Strummer: 'Black 47 is the only band that matters'by devtob
That's what The Clash's main man said in the 1990s, according to a wonderful valedictory story about the unique Irish-American band Black 47 in the New York Times on Friday.
Sunday November 9, 2014
New York Times Metropolitan Section
For Black 47, the Pipes Are Calling
Black 47 to Perform Final Show in Midtown
By MICHAEL MALONE
The band — with horns and pipes, sounding like a New Orleans marching band crashing
an Irish pub — launched into “Elvis Murphy.” Men in the audience spun women like
tops. Young ladies step-danced like pistons. Beer spilled.
Sunday November 9, 2014 New Orleans, LA French Quarter Frenchmen Street Busking
Sunday November 9, 2014 New Orleans, LA French Quarter Frenchmen Street Party Bus
Saturday November 8, 2014 New Orleans, LA Gallier Hall International Irish Famine Commemoration Afterglow at The Irish House
Saturday November 8, 2014 New Orleans, LA Gallier Hall International Irish Famine Commemoration Black 47
Saturday November 8, 2014 New Orleans, LA Gallier Hall International Irish Famine Commemoration Intro Music
Saturday November 8, 2014 New Orleans, LA Gallier Hall International Irish Famine Commemoration Learning the song Black 47 pipes intro
Saturday November 8, 2014 New Orleans, LA Gallier Hall International Irish Famine Commemoration
Leaving NJ at sunrise and arriving
Saturday November 8, 2014
WFUV 90.7FM
Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" For November 8 | WFUV Radio
Celtic rockers Black 47 have been a part of the fabric of New York for 25 years and frequent guests of Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight'® since the early '90s, but on Saturday, November 15, the dynamic band will play its final show at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Tonight at 8, Vin will have his own radio-style wake for the group that frontman Larry Kirwan and former member Chris Byrne first brought to the show years ago, swaggering with punkish hubris, uilleann pipes, and rich tales of the politics, perils and poetry of the Irish experience and beyond.
Grab a copy of this Idiot's Delight MP3
Friday November 7, 2014
NYTimes.com
For Black 47, the Pipes Are Calling
Black 47 to Perform Final Show in Midtown
By MICHAEL MALONE
Larry Kirwan stood at the microphone in his well-traveled green suede shoes. Fighting
bronchitis, he sipped his Jameson’s whiskey with honey and surveyed the crowd. His
band, Black 47, has had 2,300 performances over the years. It moved from humble
origins playing in Irish pubs in the Bronx to appearing on David Letterman’s show
and playing in stadiums.
But on this cool October night, only a dozen shows remained before the band calls
it quits after 25 years, and the gig at Emmett’s Castle, a pub on the grounds of
a golf course in Pearl River, N.Y., was something new. About 100 people were there,
and perhaps a third of them appeared dressed for golf, maybe expecting to hear Irish
ditties about green fields and whiskey on Sundays and the bustle of dear old Dublin.
Mr. Kirwan, 66, has said he is looking forward to resting his ragged voice and his
beaten body. Black 47’s final show will be on Nov. 15, at B.B. King Blues Club &
Grill in Midtown Manhattan, but the band does not seem to know how to phone it in.
At the Pearl River show, Mr. Kirwan strapped on his Stratocaster and set his whiskey
on an amp. “Welcome to our very first golf club gig,” he told the crowd. “We thought
we’d done everything.”
Black 47 leaves behind 14 albums, its songs set in all five boroughs. As Mr. Kirwan
sang of the Irishman with AIDS in “Danny Boy,” he has no regrets. “I wasn’t real
impressed by the fame thing,” Mr. Kirwan said. “I knew it for what it was. You enjoy
it, and it moves on to someone else. It was always about the music for us — music
and politics.”
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Gloria
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Talkin bout the whiskey
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Walk All The Days
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Fire Of Freedom
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Rockin' The Bronx
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Mychal
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's The Reels
Thursday November 6, 2014 NYC Paddy Reilly's Pre-gig
Thursday November 6, 2014
NYC
Paddy Reilly's
Arriving
Wednesday November 5, 2014
County Orleans | NOLA DEFENDER
Weekend Events Remember
the Irish Famine
by Jason Raymond
The New Orleans International Irish Famine Commemoration begins Thursday (11.06)
and continues through the weekend. The event celebrates the local Irish community
andrecalls the mid-Nineteenth century European tragedy. Commemoration Board member
Joni Muggivan says, “We’re really focusing on Irish culture, and we’re having an
Irish dance competition, we’re having Gaelic football matches, we’re having an Irish
Famine exhibit, we’re having genealogy seminars, and Celtic canines.”
The government of the Republic of Ireland has been selecting sites to commemorate
the Famine since 2009. This weekend marks the first time New Orleans has made the
cut. For the New Orleans chapter of the Irish Network, begun just in 2011, the event
represents “a big deal” in the words of Treasurer Rich Graham. “People from all
over the country will come. We’ve got international entertainment. Black 47 will
be there. The U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and the Irish Ambassador to the U.S. will
be there. It’s going to be a big deal.”
Saturday November 1, 2014 Tampa, FL Four Green Fields Maria's Wedding
Saturday November 1, 2014 Tampa, FL Four Green Fields James Connolly
Saturday November 1, 2014Tampa, FL Four Green Fields Arriving - Fred and Colin
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Bergenfield, NJ Tommy Fox's Maria's Wedding
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Bergenfield, NJ Tommy Fox's Walk All The Days
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Bergenfield, NJ Tommy Fox's The Reels
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Bergenfield, NJ Tommy Fox's Arriving
Thursday, October 30, 2014
IrishCentral.com
Celtic Crush Samhain Newsletter
By right this Samhain newsletter should go out tomorrow but I wanted you to know about a FREE Black 47 gig tonight Thursday at Tommy Fox's in Bergenfield, NJ. There are only 8 gigs in total left. It's been great meeting you all on the road and for those in the South we'll be playing at Four Green Fields in Tampa on Nov. 1st and Gallier Hall in New Orleans on Nov. 8th Two new gigs added are Nov. 11th Georgetown Saloon, Redding, CT and Nov. 14, Mahoney's Irish Pub, Poughkeepsie, NY Visit www.black47.com for a full schedule before our final performance at BB King's in NYC on Nov. 15th.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
IrishCentral.com
Irish Network New Orleans, Black 47, Tara O’Grady to commemorate Irish Famine
by Casey Egan
A highlight of the International Irish Famine Commemoration taking place in New
Orleans November 6 – 9 will be the Famine Commemoration Gala hosted by the Irish
Network New Orleans in the city’s historic Gallier Hall on November 8.
The gala, held in New Orleans’ former City Hall, will both honor the victims of
Ireland’s Great Hunger and celebrate Irish and Irish American achievements in New
Orleans. Beloved Celtic rock band Black 47 will perform – their last ever appearance
in the South before their farewell concert at BB Kings in New York.
Sunday October 26, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Rockin' the Bronx
Sunday October 26, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Intro
Sunday October 26, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Hammy Phil Joseph
Sunday October 26, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Arriving
Saturday October 25, 2014 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's Gloria Geoff solo
Saturday October 25, 2014 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's Gloria Doug with the digestifs
Saturday October 25, 2014 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's Connolly's Tony Tom and Mike
Saturday October 25, 2014 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's Intro Music
Saturday October 25, 2014 Wantagh, NY Mulcahy's Arriving
Friday October 24, 2014 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall En core
Friday October 24, 2014 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall Those Saints
Friday October 24, 2014Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall The Reels
Friday October 24, 2014 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall The Reels
Friday October 24, 2014 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall Arriving
Thursday October 23,2014 Portland, ME Asylum Encore
Thursday October 23,2014 Portland, ME Asylum Pat May and Larry Kirwan pre-gig
Thursday October 23,2014 Portland, ME Asylum Poster
Thursday October 23,2014 Portland, ME Asylum Arriving
Thursday October 23,2014
UpstateLIVE
Interview: Larry Kirwan Shares 25 Years of Black 47, Politics in Music, and Legacy
by Steve Malinski
Joe Strummer was a huge fan of the band which was amazing to me because I was a
huge fan of The Clash. One night at the same place (Paddy Reilly’s) I was playing
and had my eyes closed while playing a solo. I couldn’t get the solo right so I
kept doing it over and over and you could do that in Black 47. Songs don’t have
to be a certain length or whatever. I finally opened my eyes, kinda got it right
finally, and Joe Strummer was the same distance as you are to me [a few feet] looking
at my fingers and it was like… Joe Strummer?! I almost fell over backwards. So we
became friends and he was very instrumental in getting Black 47 some of the gigs
out of the Irish pubs. We had wanted to keep it in the Irish pubs and have people
come to us rather than go through the CBGB system, which I’ve been through many
times before. But Strummer was saying “You have to play this place, you have to
play that place” and he would go to those places and say “here’s these guys” and
I would be turning him down all the time. Finally the guy from Wetlands, which was
a great club in New York, said to me “for God’s sake just do the gig to get Strummer
off my back!” Then I said “oh, Strummer’s doing this!” Everyone was calling us for
gigs and it was because of Strummer.
Wednesday October 22, 2014
Glide Magazine
Black 47 - Rocky Sullivan’s, Brooklyn, NY 10/11/14 (SHOW REVIEW)
by Shawn Donohue
The group is currently finishing up playing their favorite haunts in town and across the country, but one night in particular stuck out on the schedule; Saturday night’s headlining set at Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook Brooklyn. Founding member Chris Byrne is Rocky Sullivan’s owner and with his band The Lost Tribe of Donegal slated to perform before Black 47 there was hope for a reunion on this gorgeous fall night.
Sunday October 20, 2014
The Portland Sun
Black 47, at Asylum Thursday, capping a high-level career
by Timothy Gillis
Black 47, the "House Band of New York City," will play at the Asylum Thursday, Oct.
23, in one of the final shows of their 25-year career. After 15 albums and around
2,500 concerts, members of the Irish punk rock band are retiring from the stage
and moving on to new pursuits.
Sunday October 19, 2014 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall Hard Times with Christman Ohlman by William Murphy
Sunday October 19, 2014 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall Salsa O'Keefe with Christman Ohlman by William Murphy
Sunday October 19, 2014 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall Blood Wedding with Christman Ohlman by William Murphy
Sunday October 19, 2014 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall by Scott Bair
Sunday October 19, 2014 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall Arriving
Friday October 17, 2014 Pearl River, NY Emmett's Castle at Blue Hill Post gig
Friday October 17, 2014 Pearl River, NY Emmett's Castle at Blue Hill Rockin' The Bronx
Friday October 17, 2014 Pearl River, NY Emmett's Castle at Blue Hill Arriving
Saturday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Fred Parcells and Paul HillDino Paul Larry
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Like A Rolling Stone
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Mychal
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Three Little Birds
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java The Reels
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Green Suede Shoes
Thursday October 16, 2014 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java Arriving
Tuesday October 14, 2014
Green Left Weekly
12 new left-leaning albums worth a listenBy Mat Ward
In a month when Bob Geldof urged the Scottish to vote against independence and U2
held a desperate-looking free album launch with fellow tax dodgers Apple, it was
a relief to see a new album from dissenting Irish rockers Black 47. Their new compilation,
Rise Up, is a welcome reminder that there are plenty of Irish musicians that don't
suck up to the establishment.
Saturday October 11, 2014 Brooklyn, NY Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook Gloria/I Fought The Law by Giselle Roberts
Saturday October 11, 2014 Brooklyn, NY Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook Walk All The Days
Saturday October 11, 2014 Brooklyn, NY Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook Rockin' The Bronx
Saturday October 11, 2014 Brooklyn, NY Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook The Reels
Saturday October 11, 2014 Brooklyn, NY Rocky Sullivan's of Red Hook
Saturday October 11, 2014
Shite'n'Onions
Black 47: Rise Up – The Political
Songs
by Mustard Finnegan
The 15 tracks are Black 47 at their historical and political finest that run the
gauntlet of Irish freedom (The Big Fellah and Bobby Sands MP), to socialist heroes
(James Connelly & Jim Larkin), historical (Black 47 and San Patricio Brigade) and
the more contemporary (Stars and Stripes, Downtown Baghdad Blues & US of A 2014),
taken from right across the bands career from the cassette only EP (Patriot Games
– the Dominic “brother of Brendan” Behan classic) through their final album Last
Call
Friday October 10, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre Walk All The Days By Michael Connolly
Friday October 10, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre Fanatic Heart
Friday October 10, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Drawing by Brighid
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Flying Pig
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Photos Marys Lane
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Gloria
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Photos Michael Connolly
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Walk All The Days By Michael Connolly
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Walk All The Days
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Different Drummer
Thursday October 9, 2014 Cincinnati, OH Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati Arriving
Thursday October 9, 2014IrishCentral.com Ireland, New Orleans, the Famine and 200 years of history (PHOTOS)by Sheila Langan
Launched in 2009, the annual event aims to keep the memory of An Gorta Mor, Ireland’s Great Hunger, alive while also paying tribute to the outstanding accomplishments of the Irish men and women who left their homeland to escape certain death by starvation and illness, bravely starting new lives abroad and laying the foundations for the now 70 million-strong Irish diaspora.
The Irish Famine Commemoration, which will run from November 6 – 9, is being organized by a board containing a cross-section of prominent figures from Louisiana's Irish community and Irish Consul General to Atlanta Paul Gleeson.
Wednesday October 8, 2014 Columbus, OH Byrne's Pub Forty Shades of Blue
Wednesday October 8, 2014 Columbus, OH Byrne's Pub Pat Byrne intros the band Photo Michael Gruber
Wednesday October 8, 2014 Columbus, OH Byrne's Pub Arriving
Tuesday October 7, 2014 City Beat Cincinnati Music: Black 47 By Mike Breen
Tuesday October 7, 2014 Kent, OH Kent Stage Back stage
Tuesday October 7, 2014 Kent, OH Kent Stage Different Drummer
Tuesday October 7, 2014 Kent, OH Kent Stage Arriving
Monday October 6, 2014
WVXU
Black 47 Come to Cincinnati
for Last Call! | WVXU
By Jim Nolan
Black 47 will be bidding farewell to Cincinnati at The Irish Heritage Center of
Greater Cincinnati on Thursday, October 9th at 7pm. The IHC is located at 3905 Eastern
Ave in Columbia Tusculum.
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Giselle Roberts's post in 25 Years of Black 47
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Gloria
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Her Dear Old Donegal
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Culchie Prince
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's The Reels by Shawn DjSpawn Foley
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Back stage before going on
Saturday September 27, 2014 NYC Connolly's Arriving
Friday September 26, 2014 Allston, MA Great Scott Rockin' the Bronx
Friday September 26, 2014 Allston, MA Great Scott Arriving
Thursday September 25, 2014Black 47 Newsletter
Sept. CD - Rise Up - Last Connolly's gig Saturday
Last gig in Connolly's this Saturday - Who's coming? Help release the new CD RISE UP - The Political Songs. On stage 10pm.
New and upcoming shows:
- Sept 26 Great Scott, Allston, MA
- Sept 27 Connolly's, NYC
- Oct 7 Kent Stage, Kent, OH
- Oct 8 Byrne's Pub, Columbus, OH
- Oct 9 Irish Heritage Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Oct 10 Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh
- Oct 11 Rocky Sullivan's, Brooklyn, NY
- Oct 16 Jammin' Java, Vienna, VA
- Oct 17 Emmett's Castle at Blue Hill, Pearl River, NY
Saturday September 20, 2014 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center Rockin' the Bronx Bearclaw and Joseph quoting Eddie Van Halen
Saturday September 20, 2014Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center The Reels Jake James dancing
Saturday September 20, 2014 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center Sound check
Saturday September 20, 2014
Englewood, NJ
Bergen Performing Arts Center
Opening band
The Bill Weevils
Lisa Kasdan vocals
Bill Bloom guitar and vocals
Dave Abrams guitar
John Ehlis guitar and mandolin
Bruce Agte bass
Matt Hauser drums
Fred Parcells trombone
Saturday September 20, 2014 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center Arriving
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Going from Peekskill to the next gig in Englewood
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Livin' in America with Mary Courtney by William Murphy
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Fire of Freedom by William Murphy
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Mychal
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival The Reels by William Murphy
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival The Reels
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Celtic Rocker
Saturday September 20, 2014 Peekskill, NY Hudson Valley Irish Festival Arriving
Friday September 19, 2014New Jersey Stage Last Chance to See Black 47 at BergenPAC
On Saturday, September 20, the farewell tour makes a stop at BergenPAC (30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, NJ) with special guest The Bill Weevils.
Thursday September 18, 2014 Hoboken, NJ The Village Pourhouse View from the stage
Thursday September 18, 2014 Hoboken, NJ The Village Pourhouse Arriving
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival Shilelagh Law
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival After the gig
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival James Connolly
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival Rockin' the Bronx
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival Mychal
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival The Reels Geoff
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival The Reels
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival Back Stage Pass
Saturday September 13, 2014 Ballston, NY The 2014 Irish 2000 Festival Arriving
Friday September 12, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 40 Shades of Blue
Friday September 12, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Living in America with Amanda from The Ogham Stones
Friday September 12, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 The Ogham Stones
Friday September 12, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 On the way to the gig
Friday September 12, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Arriving
Thursday September 11, 2014 Hoboken, NJ The Dubliner Arriving
Wednesday September 10, 2014
Times Union
Black 47, renowned for hard-charging, politically infused Irish music, to bid local
fans farewell at festival
By David Malachowski
Along with Kirwan, the current configuration includes Geoff Blythe (sax), Fred Parcells
(trombone, whistle), Thomas Hamlin (drums), Joseph Mulvanerty (uilleann pipes, bodran)
and Joseph "Bearclaw" Burcan (bass). After 25 years, the band is hanging up its
pipes and beer mugs, but once the choice was made, funny things began to happen,
like a last record. "Songs began to flow out," Kirwan remembers, "it seemed like
it had been dammed up, it flowed out into the 'Last Call' album."
Wednesday September 10, 2014
UpstateLIVE
Hearing Aide: Black 47's 'Last Call'
By Steve Malinski
One last musical statement. One more dance on the New York City skyline. One last
call for Black 47.
New York’s Black 47 released Last Call on March 4, 2014 and it is just that: their
last call. After 25 years the band made a decision to stand down while they are
still going strong and to reinforce that fact made a final musical statement with
a solid 13-track album.
Wednesday September 10, 2014 Staten Island, NY Noble Maritime Collection Mychal
Wednesday September 10, 2014 Staten Island, NY Noble Maritime Collection Going to the stage
Wednesday September 10, 2014 Staten Island, NY Noble Maritime Collection Arriving
Tuesday September 9, 2014 Black 47 Sept. Newsletter Rise Up new CD Last Connolly's gig
Rise Up: The Political Songs 1. Patriot Game (Behan) 2. Sam Hall 3. James Connolly 4. Change
5. San Patricio Brigade 6. The Big Fellah 7. For What Its Worth (Stills) 8. Stars and Stripes
9. Bobby Sands MP 10. The Day They Set Jim Larkin Free 11. Bobby Kennedy 12. Downtown Baghdad Blues
13. Black 47 14. Joe Hills Last Will 15. US of A 2014
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY South Buffalo Irish Festival Encore Gloria
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY South Buffalo Irish Festival The Reels
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY South Buffalo Irish Festival Rince Na Tiarna dancers photo Jim Caughill
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY South Buffalo Irish Festival photo Robert McLennan
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY 14th Annual South Buffalo Irish Feis Caz Park T-shirt
Black 47 Barleyjuice McCarthyizm Forthlin Road Jack MaHones Crikwater Aye Karou Cosain Kill the Clock Blarney Bunch
Saturday September 6, 2014 South Buffalo, NY South Buffalo Irish Festival Arriving
Saturday September 6, 2014
Buffalo News
Black 47 to take the stage for the last time at South Buffalo Irish Festival - Gusto
- The Buffalo News
by: Anne Neville
A year ago, after an invigorating performance for an exuberant crowd at the South
Buffalo Irish Festival, Larry Kirwan, the lead singer of the popular Irish rock
band Black 47, had an unusual thought:
Maybe it was time to wrap it up.
A year later, with the band headed back to the South Buffalo Irish Festival on Saturday
near the end of its yearlong “Last Call” farewell tour, Kirwan recalled his thought
process.
That night a year ago, he said, “The band sounded so great. On the way back I had
that feeling you get after a good gig, and they’re all good gigs, but there was
something about this one, about South Buffalo. It’s a bastion of Irishness, and
yet here Black 47 is a rock band with the big brass sound, and everyone loves it.”
As he mused on the show, Kirwan said his thoughts turned to the future. “I always
wondered how Black 47 would end, because I could never see an end in sight for it.
We were always on to the next album or on to the next gig, or the next controversy
or whatever. But on the way back I was thinking, maybe this is the way it should
happen, it should go out with us just feeling really great about the whole thing.”
Friday September 5, 2014
Hoboken Bar Network
BLACK 47 PLAYS HOBOKEN; ZERO
ARRESTED
by: Christopher M. Halleron
“We're inextricably linked to Hoboken because of the closure of many bars in the
town after an outdoor show that we did back in the summer of 1994.”
Accounts differ on what actually went down that day, but Kirwan’s version is that,
“then-Chief of Police Carmen LaBruno grew alarmed when he saw the huge crowd who
were—by the way—behaving themselves admirably. He ‘suggested’ that we stop the show…
in my opinion that would have been madness—and I still stand by that, as the mood
could have changed in moments.”
Thursday September 4, 2014 Hoboken, NJ Mulligan's Smithwicks Sessions Arriving
Sunday August 31, 2014 Kingston, NY Hooley on the Hudson Zac's last gig
Sunday August 31, 2014 Kingston, NY Hooley on the Hudson Afterglow
Sunday August 31, 2014 Kingston, NY Hooley on the Hudson The Reels
Sunday August 31, 2014 Kingston, NY Hooley on the Hudson Poster
Sunday August 31, 2014 Kingston, NY Hooley on the Hudson Arriving
Thursday August 28, 2014 Long Beach, NY The Inn Red and Joey Knobs
Thursday August 28, 2014 Long Beach, NY The Inn The Reels
Thursday August 28, 2014 Long Beach, NY The Inn Arriving
Wednesday August 27, 2014Cincinnati's 'Last Call' for Black 47 | WVXU
This focused farewell tour will bring Black 47 to the Irish Heritage Center of
Greater Cincinnati on Thursday October 9. "We are extremely fortunate to be included in their farewell tour," says Margaret McGurk, a supporter of the IHC.
Saturday August 23, 2014 Newport, RI Newport Celtic Rock Festival Back in the van homeward bound
Saturday August 23, 2014 Newport, RI Newport Celtic Rock Festival Soundcheck and a pint for Kirwan
Saturday August 23, 2014 Newport, RI Newport Celtic Rock Festival Bearclaw and Andrew having a Guinness
Saturday August 23, 2014 Newport, RI Newport Celtic Rock Festival Arriving
Friday August 22, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live After the gig back in the van
Friday August 22, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Blood Wedding with Christine Ohlman
Friday August 22, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Arriving
Thursday August 21, 2014 Manchester, NH The Shaskeen The Gobshites
Thursday August 21, 2014 Manchester, NH The Shaskeen Poster
Thursday August 21, 2014 Manchester, NH The Shaskeen Arriving
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Transport back after our set
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival The Red Hot Chili Pipers horn section warming up before their gig
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Fanatic Heart
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Photos from Jennifer Wells-Sperry's post in Fans of Celtic Crush
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Black 47 at the Milwaukee Irish Festival (Thanks to Nez Llrlrr for the photo)
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Three Little Birds
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival The Reels
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Celtic Rocker
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Going to the Leinie's Stage
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Waiting for transport
Saturday August 16, 2014 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Irish Festival Program
Saturday August 16, 2014Milwaukee, WI Arriving/Sigmund Snopek playing an Alpine horn at The Old German Bier House
Friday August 15, 2014 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center Encore with backstage found theater costumes
Friday August 15, 2014 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center Waiting in the wings moments before showtime
Friday August 15, 2014 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center A toast with Paul Wendt
Friday August 15, 2014 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center Arriving
Friday August 15, 2014 Chicago, IL Beverly Arts Center Poster
Wednesday August 13, 2014
Irish Fest Special Edition | Tuning In With Randy-O
Milwaukee Irish Fest, August 14-17, Maier Festival Park (irishfest.com)
Starting Thursday, the 34th edition of Irish Fest opens its 4-day run at Maier Festival
Park (aka the Summerfest Grounds) on Milwaukee’s Lakefront. Generally regarded as
one of the world’s largest celebrations of Celtic culture, the festival features
music, dance, theater, history, sports, Celtic Canines, cuisine…not just from Ireland,
but from all Celtic lands, including Scotland, Canada, Australia, Wales…even France
and Spain!
And of course, a wide array of great music acts will be on hand, including returning
favorites like Gaelic Storm, Milwaukee’s Frogwater and Athas, fabulous Chicago fiddler
Liz Carroll, Different Drums of Ireland and Black 47 (in their Irish Fest farewell
performances!), brilliant accordionist Sharon Shannon, the high-energy Spanish piper
Carlos Nunez, Milwaukee’s rowdy Reilly and Whiskey of the Damned, the lusty vocals
of the High Kings, longtime local acts Blarney and Leahy’s Luck, and many, many
more.
Monday August 11, 2014
Black 47 with Special Guest The Bill Weevils Set for bergenPAC, 9/20 - BWWMusicWorld
They played more gigs at Shea Stadium than The Beatles, shut down the city of Hoboken,
appeared multiple times on Leno, Letterman & O'Brien, starred in a movie with their
fans Matt Dillon and Danny Glover, helped spring the Guilford Four and the Birmingham
Six from British prisons, saved an Irish immigrant church from the wrecking ball.
The Bill Weevils are a folk-rock group sporting members Lisa Kasdan on vocals, Bill
Bloom on guitar and vocals, Dave Abrams on guitar, John Ehlis on guitar and mandolin,
Bruce Agte on bass, Matt Hauser on drums and Fred Parcells on trombone.
Monday August 11, 2014
Black 47 August Newsletter - New Gigs - Last Connolly's - BB Kings
As we head into the band's final three months many shows will be our last in your
area before lights out at BB Kings on Nov. 15th. New shows are being added every
week, so check in on www.black47.com Tour If you're missing a CD or t-shirt then
visit SHOP at the same site.
New shows added recently:
Aug 28, The Inn, Long Beach, NY
Oct 8, Pat Byrne's, Columbus, OH
Oct 9, Irish Center, Cincinnati, OH
Oct 10, Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 19, Infinity Hall, Hartford, CT
Oct 26, Towne Cryer, Beacon, NY
Take care of yourselves and see you Friday night at our last South Side Chicago
gig at Beverly Arts Center and Milwaukee on Saturday for Irish Fest.
Saturday August 9, 2014UpstateLIVE
Port Chester Bids Farewell to Black 47 at Garcia’s
By Steve Malinski
Garcia’s, with its bar stretching a decent portion of one side of the venue, was
filled with a typical evening pub crowd relaxing and loosening up a bit. The stage
was set for the entertainment of the night – a house band perhaps? Well, that’s
what it felt like as the folks were hanging out until Irish rockers Black 47 took
the stage there on July 31. Though, there was a special anticipation in the air
as Black 47 winds down its career later this year while the music is still ripe
and fresh, with just a few dozen more shows to go.
Setlist: Green Suede Shoes Celtic Rocker Wedding Reel Johnny Comes A’Courtin’
Culchie Prince Fanatic Heart Rockin’ In The Bronx Five Points Fire of Freedom The
Night the Showbands Died James Connolly Salsa O’Keefe Funky Ceili Encore: Like A
Rolling Stone
Cancelled Saturday August 9, 2014 Pearl River, NY The Brew House Sorry but this gig has been cancelled by the venue (nothing to do with the band)
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival Sharon Shannon Tin Whistle Alan Connor Piano Jim Murry Guitar Rathlin Island (reel)
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival The Reels
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival Celtic Rocker
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival Back stage pass
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival Program
Saturday August 2, 2014 Dublin, OH Dublin Irish Festival Arriving
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Fan Photo Collection
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza by Jeff Dubnick
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Three Little birds by Robert Moe
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Uilleann van Halen
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Shout out to P2 and Jo
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Celtic Rocker
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza The Dressing Room
Friday August 1, 2014 Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza The One and Only Steve Duggan
Friday August 1, 2014Queens NYC Citi Field Mets Plaza Arriving
Thursday July 31, 2014 Port Chester, NY Garcia's at The Capitol Encore
Thursday July 31, 2014 Port Chester, NY Garcia's at The Capitol Rockin' The Bronx
Thursday July 31, 2014 Port Chester, NY Garcia's at The Capitol Arriving
Friday July 25, 2014 Westport, CT The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts Rockin' The Bronx Bass Solo
Friday July 25, 2014 Westport, CT The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts The Reels
Friday July 25, 2014 Westport, CT The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts Hammy's Drums
Magically Delicious
Friday July 25, 2014 Westport, CT The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts Arriving
Sunday July 20, 2014Pearl River Patch
Tickets on Sale for Black 47's "Last Call" at Pearl River Brew House Aug. 9 - Entertainment
- Pearl River, NY Patch
Posted by Wendy Mitchell
Black 47 capped off a frantic St. Patrick’s Day season with an appearance on The
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon http://goo.gl/ljb2DW after playing to a sold out
house at BB King’s in Times Square and starting their morning as special guests
on VH1 where they performed Salsa O’Keefe http://goo.gl/qcKOp7 ….it was an incredible
way to spend their last St. Patrick’s together as a band. Luckily for fans, the
tour continues on with shows every week until the finale on Nov. 15th at BB Kings,
exactly 25 years after their first gig in The Bronx.
Formed by Chris Byrne an NYPD detective and Kirwan, a playwright, Black 47 – who
took their name from the worst year of the Irish Potato Famine – caused an immediate
stir by introducing original music and political context into the Irish bar scene.
Black 47 was soon signed to EMI Records,Funky Ceili lit up Alternative Radio and
MTV, and the band became a feature on Leno, Letterman and O’Brien.
Geoff Blythe (saxophones), Fred Parcells (trombone/whistle) & Thomas Hamlin (drums)
are the other three original members. Joseph Mulvanerty(uilleann pipes/bodhran)
joined when Chris Byrne left in 2000, and Joseph “Bearclaw” Burcaw (bass) came aboard
in 2007.
Sunday July 20, 2014 Berea, OH Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival Funky Ceili
Friday July 18, 2014 Berea, OH Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival The Reels
Friday July 18, 2014 Berea, OH Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival Arriving
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors
After the gig back at the hotel on my way to the bar, Dangerous Curves, the Plus Sized Belly Dancer Convention was in full swing.
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors MEIJER MAIN STAGE/Orchestra Hall
The Reels
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors MEIJER MAIN STAGE/Orchestra Hall
My Detroit sibs Charlie, Dave and Katie; Thanks for the support - helping us rock Detroit in Orchestra Hall!!
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors MEIJER MAIN STAGE/Orchestra Hall
Soundcheck
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors MEIJER MAIN STAGE/Orchestra Hall
Conjunto Chappottin y sus estrellas (Cuban Son)
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors Backstage Pass
Saturday July 12, 2014 Detroit, MI Concert Of Colors MEIJER MAIN STAGE/Orchestra Hall
3:30 p.m. Conjunto Chappottin y sus estrellas (Cuban Son)
5:30 p.m. Black 47 (Celtic rock)
8 p.m.
7th Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue: Bob Seger’s LIVE BULLET Revisited (rock)
Scott Morgan & The Sights, Spyder Turner, Detroit Cobras, Liz Larin,
Nadir w/ Steffanie Christi’an, Doop & The Inside Outlaws, Mayssa Karaa,
The Infatuations, Blaire Alise & The Bombshells, Corktown Popes, Jess
Domain, Luder, Lamont Zodiac and The All-Star Revue Band.
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Gloria / I Fought The Law by Michael O'Connor
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise 40 Shades of Blue intro A failed attempt at a Bone cam
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Johnny Comes a'Courtin with Julie Notwicz
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise The Reels Geoff solo
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise The Reels
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Joey 'Knobs' plays bass
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Larry with the Captain
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Load-in
Thursday July 10, 2014 NYC The Jewel Rocks Off Concert Cruise Arrriving
Monday July 7, 2014Black 47 July Newsletter - New Gigs - Boat Cruise - Citifield/Beatles
THE LAST ROCKS OFF CRUISE On Thursday, July 10, under an almost full moon, Black 47 will take a last cruise on the good ship, The Jewel, around New York Harbor. Hear James Connolly beneath the Statue of Liberty, jig with Bridie and the baby under the Brooklyn Bridge, kiss the Culchie Prince, or just enjoy a cool night out. Join us!
IRISH NIGHT WITH THE METS AT CITIFIELD Black 47 played Shea Stadium more times than The Beatles. On Friday, Aug. 1st they expect to go one up on the Fab Four at Citifield. Come to Irish Night and see The Mets/Black 47 send The Giants on the "road to ruin."
Saturday June 28, 2014 Herndon, VA Arrowbrook Center Park Different Drummer
Saturday June 28, 2014 Herndon, VA Arrowbrook Center Park One Starry Night
Saturday June 28, 2014 Herndon, VA Arrowbrook Center Park Dressing room w/deli-tray
Saturday June 28, 2014 Herndon, VA Arrowbrook Center Park Arriving
Thursday June 26, 2014 Springfield, MA Stearns Square Thursday Night Concerts Last Night's Fun with Black 47 in Springfield, MA By Bill Murphy
Thursday June 26, 2014 Springfield, MA Stearns Square Thursday Night Concerts Gloria
Thursday June 26, 2014 Springfield, MA Stearns Square Thursday Night Concerts Different Drummer
Thursday June 26, 2014 Springfield, MA Stearns Square Thursday Night Concerts The Reels
Thursday June 26, 2014 Springfield, MA Stearns Square Thursday Night Concerts Arriving
Saturday June 21, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Photos by JG Riley
Saturday June 21, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Intro to encore 40 Shades of Blue
Saturday June 21, 2014 Beacon, NY Towne Crier Cafe Hard Times
Friday June 13, 2014CELTIC CRUSH Newsletter Celtic Crush June Newsletter Bloomsday Show Playlists Come Cruisin'
Thanks to everyone who's been coming out to see Black 47 over the last month. It's great to put faces to email addresses,
so make sure you come up and say hello. The shows have been even more intense than usual - probably because they're the last
in most venues. The next gig will be on June 21st at The Towne Crier in Beacon, NY. Don't forget our last Cruise (in NY Harbor)
on Thursday, July 10th. It's always a blast and a great way to see New York with Black 47 serenading you.
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage O'Malley's March
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Funky Ceili with Martin O'Malley 2nd verse to end of show bows
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Funky Ceili with Martin O'Malley sitting in
Saturday June 7, 2014Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage The Reels joined by Billy McComiskey (accordion) and Jim Eagan (fiddle)
Saturday June 7, 2014Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Martin O'Malley introducing Black 47
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Dressing room
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Larry Kirwan introducing O'Malley's March
Saturday June 7, 2014 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage Arriving
Saturday June 7, 2014Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
Jared Denhard, Jim Eagan, Sean McComiskey, Pete Miller, Mac Walter, Jamie Wilson and Martin O'Malley are
O'Malley's March
Saturday June 7, 2014Celtic Beat Last Call Reviewby Arthur Ketchen
After twenty five years Black 47 has decided to go out with a bang. This CD is an achetypical collage where Jack Kerouac meets up with William Butler Yeats and James Joyce on the mean streets of Americay.It is a celebration of the end of one era. Where all the old paths have led to dead ends. And yet the truth in history must be remembered.
Friday June 6, 2014 Boston Irish Festival Canton, MA Izzy's Irish Rose The Screaming Orphans
Friday June 6, 2014 Boston Irish Festival Canton, MA Arriving
Friday June 6, 2014 Boston Irish Festival Canton, MA Poster
Wednesday June 4, 2014BLACK 47 Newsletter Black 47 June Newsletter - Boat Cruise - New Gigs - Fallon Show
Thank you all so much for coming out to see us recently. With 165 days to go until we "stand down" on Nov. 15, so many of these upcoming shows will be our last in your area. That will make them even more special and we're looking forward to saying hello/goodbye and thanking you for your love and support over the years.
Monday June 2, 2014 Short Story Contests Still Doing the Funky Ceili at Forty Midlife Collage By Rachel Doherty
Sunday June 1, 2014 Queens, NY Rockaway Beach/Breezy Point Irish Festival St. Camillus Church Parking Lot Encore
Sunday June 1, 2014 Queens, NY Rockaway Beach/Breezy Point Irish Festival St. Camillus Church Parking Lot Johnny Comes a'Courtin with Oona Roche
Sunday June 1, 2014 Queens, NY Rockaway Beach/Breezy Point Irish Festival St. Camillus Church Parking Lot Arriving
Sunday June 1, 2014 Queens, NY Rockaway Beach/Breezy Point Irish Festival St. Camillus Church Parking Lot
Saturday May 31, 2014The Wild Geese
Black 47's Last Call - The Wild Geese
I don't know what milestone I had passed when it struck me. Party band. Good musicians. Good times. Collected. For the Irish.
By the Irish. I realize I over thought this CD. Black 47 is not an obsessed and frustrated composer seeking audience and
brilliance. These boys have fired the furnace of many a feis. They've kicked their heels up in the sawdust of many a
Bronx bar and kept time to reel and rocker alike. I hear the patron's shrieking and the maids giggling. And yes,
I smell the pints and the fags burning. Posted by Kevin Gleeson
Monday May 26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Rebecca Miller photos
Monday May 26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Izzy's Irish Rose Black 47 joined by The Screaming Orphans Taken from the audience by Mary Kotapka
Monday May 26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Izzy's Irish Rose
Monday May 26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Black 47
Monday May 26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Fanatic Heart
Sunday May 25, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Different Drummer drum solo
Sunday May 25, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Southside Chicago Waltz
Sunday May 25, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Three Little Birds
Sunday May 25, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Arriving
May 23-26, 2014 Oak Forest, IL Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest Promo
Saturday May 24, 2014 East Durham, NY BlackThorne Resort Packing up for the last Blackthorne gig
Saturday May 24, 2014 East Durham, NY BlackThorne Resort Different Drummer drum solo
Saturday May 24, 2014 East Durham, NY BlackThorne Resort Rockin' the Bronx instrumental
Saturday May 17, 2014McKee Farms Park Fitchburg, WI Fitchburg Days Rockin the Bronx
Thanks to Jay Allen for all the hospitality and The Kissers
Saturday May 17, 2014 McKee Farms Park Fitchburg, WI Fitchburg Days Culchie Prince
Saturday May 10, 2014 NYC Connolly’s Funky Céilí
Saturday May 10, 2014 NYC Connolly’s Black 47
Monday April 28, 2014Darien News
Column: Ghosts of rock 'n' roll past
It's an out-bloody-standing night of rock, reggae and hip-hop, played only the way Black 47 can; beautiful, magical, sweet rock 'n' roll for the soul.
Saturday April 26, 2014New York Post
David Amram’s encounters with Dizzy Gillespie, Patti Smith, and others
“I performed there (Connolly’s Pub) with the great Irish band Black 47 when Malachy McCourt was running for governor in 2006. We knew Malachy wouldn’t win, but he was so much fun to be with. Everyone was drinking up a storm, but because of my advancing years and because I work 16 hours a day, I was drinking diet ginger ale . . . I shock and disappoint people by not fulfilling my role as the stoned-out, aging boy wonder — I don’t drink, smoke or do drugs. When I go to schools, I tell the kids I’m living proof you can be just as much a crashing bore stone-cold sober as stoned out of your head.”
Saturday April 19, 2014 Fairfield, CT Stage One Arriving
Saturday April 19, 2014![HAN Radio logo](media/hanradio.png) Fairfield, CT The Open Hour on HAN Radio Larry Kirwan talks to John Kovach
Saturday April 12, 2014 Bardonia, NY Albertus Magnus High School The Tom Collins Gymnasium Dan Sullivan Foundation Benefit Intro to Encore
Saturday April 5, 2014 Newark, NJ McGovern's Tavern Fanatic Heart
Saturday April 5, 2014 Newark, NJ McGovern's Tavern Arriving
Friday April 4, 2014 Princeton, NJ Princeton University The Night The Showbands Died
Friday April 4, 2014 Princeton, NJ Princeton University The Reels
Friday April 4, 2014 Princeton, NJ Princeton University McCarter Theatre Center, Berlind Theatre
Saturday March 29, 2014FATEA - Reviews
For me, two songs-oddly enough in sequence- stand out especially. USA 2014 shows just how skewed the American Dream has really become, the lopsided nature of society there-replicated elsewhere too, it must be said-laid bare in searing lyrics and music. The Night the Showbands Died, which has as its core the Miami Showband murders in 1975, is a lament not only for those who died, but also for the death of our innocence, in an era when we hung like limpets to the words of journalists travelling in the back of the Transits the length and breadth of Ireland and -during Lent, the U.K.
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Funky Céilí
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Rockin' the Bronx
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Darthead Mike and crew
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Zac (pointing) gets the crowd going
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest The Reels
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Some Good Craic Irish Radio Show T-shirt
Saturday March 22, 2014 Washington, DC ShamrockFest Arriving
Friday March 21, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live The Night The Showbands Died
Friday March 21, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Johnny Comes a'Courtin
Friday March 21, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Bill Murphy's photos
Friday March 21, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Stacey McCarthy Photography
Friday March 21, 2014 Collinsvile, CT Bridge Street Live Lisa's photos
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon End of show Black 47 with Jimmy Fallon —
Notice me holding my phone; which is the video on the left
Monday March 17, 2014The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Thanks to my friend Dennis Heaphy who caught every mention of Black 47
The YouTube video was taken down by NBC. Here's the file as wmv (windows media) for download (180MB)
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Slideshow
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Performance 'St Patrick's Day' The official NBC video
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Introduction
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon About to go on
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Band signs Jimmy's guest book
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Kermit the Frog Rehearsal
Monday March 17, 2014 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill Arriving for sound check
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Camera blocking
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Sound check
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Setting the lights
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Dressing room
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Backstage pass
Monday March 17, 2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Arriving with daughter Claire and driver George
Monday March 17, 2014The New Yorker
Black 47: B. B. King Blues Club & Grill : The New Yorker
The local Irish rock band is calling it quits after twenty-five years of stirring passions here and abroad. Named for the worst year of the Irish potato famine, Black 47 has always been politically aware and hard-rocking in equal measure. Its leader, Larry Kirwan, who is also a journalist, novelist, and playwright, has steered the band on a wide course, embracing diverse musical genres a host of social issues during its long run. The group’s final album, “Last Call,” came out earlier this month. (B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. 212-997-4144. March 17.)
Monday March 17, 2014NYTimes.com
Pop & Rock Listings for March 14-20 - NYTimes.com
Wear green and catch them while you’re able. At 7 p.m., B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, 800-745-3000, bbkingblues.com; $25 in advance, $30 at the door. (Anderson)
Monday March 17, 2014Black 47 & CELTIC CRUSH Newsletter
ST. PATRICK'S DAY MESSAGE
On one day a year, they congregated outside St. Patrick's Cathedral off Prince Street in New York City and marched in celebration. To some of these immigrant Irish and their American born children it was a religious occasion, but to most the gathering was an affirmation of their right, not only to survive but to thrive in their adopted country. That's what I sense on St. Patrick's Day - an echo from a time when the Irish were despised outsiders. And that's why I go along with the raucous energy, the excitement and even the green beer, the plastic shamrocks and the ubiquitous leprechaun.
I didn't always feel that way. When I arrived from Ireland, these manifestations of Irish-America were at best embarrassing. Back home, our own celebrations were rigid and religious; we did sport actual sprigs of shamrock but there was no beer, green or otherwise on this gloomy church holiday. The Parade up Fifth Avenue and the ensuing bacchanal seemed downright pagan by comparison.
I had other immigrant battles of my own ahead. Black 47 was formed to create music that would reflect the complexity of immigrant and contemporary Irish-American life and to banish When Irish Eyes Are Smiling off to a well earned rest at the bottom of Galway Bay. This idea met with not a little resistance in the north Bronx and the south sides of Boston and Chicago; but when irate patrons would yell out in the middle of a reggae/reel "Why can't yez sing somethin' Irish?" I would return the compliment with, "I'm from Ireland, I wrote it! That makes it Irish!"
With time and familiarity, Irish-America came to accept and even treasure Black 47, probably more for our insistence that each generation bears responsibility for solving the political problems in the North of Ireland, than for recasting Danny Boy as a formidable gay construction worker. I, in turn, learned to appreciate the traditions of the community I had joined along with the reasons for the ritualized celebration of our patron saint. And now on St. Patrick's Day, no matter what stage I'm on, mixed in with the swirl of guitars, horns, pipes and drums, I hear an old, but jarring, memory of a people rejoicing as they rose up from their knees.
Sunday March 16, 2014 Empire City Casino - Yonkers Raceway Black 47 & Shilelagh Law The Reels 30°
Sunday March 16, 2014 Empire City Casino - Yonkers Raceway Black 47 & Shilelagh Law In the dressing room which is the owners box
Sunday March 16, 2014 Empire City Casino - Yonkers Raceway Black 47 & Shilelagh Law Arriving building the stage
Sunday March 16, 2014 Empire City Casino - Yonkers Raceway Black 47 & Shilelagh Law Poster
Sunday March 16, 2014The Rockland County Times Irish Rockers ‘Black 47’ Concert at Empire City Casino this Sunday March 16th
Fans from across the tri-state area will descend on Empire City to see the
performance before Black 47 makes its scheduled St. Patrick’s Day
appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in New York City on
March 17. The band will keep the St. Patrick’s Day party going with a
performance that same night at BB King’s on 42nd Street where their show
will be broadcast live by SiriusXM.
Sunday March 16, 2014lohud The Journal News Black 47 bids farewell in Yonkers this weekend
"It's kinda interesting being back in Yonkers," Kirwan says during an interview at
Empire City. "Some of our first gigs were in a place called Fibber McGee's on McLean
Avenue. It's good to come back."
Rather than wrap up with "greatest hits" gigs, the band decided to record one more
album, "Last Call," which came out earlier this month. It offers a slate of new songs
like rap-rock farewell "US of A 2014" and Latin-flavored "Salsa O'Keefe" to balance
longtime fan favorites like "Funky Ceili" and "Maria's Wedding."
The album also introduces a new singer on the reggae-tinged "Johnny Comes a'
Courtin": 18-year-old Purchase College student Oona Roche, niece of folk music trio
The Roches.
Saturday March 15, 2014 Wakefield, RI Ocean Mist Front of House
Saturday March 15, 2014 Wakefield, RI Ocean Mist Arriving
Friday March 14, 2014 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony The Reels
Friday March 14, 2014 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Front of house
Friday March 14, 2014 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Back Stage Pass
Friday March 14, 2014 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Arrive
Friday March 14, 2014 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Poster
Friday March 14, 2014 Black 47 Last Call All Access
Thursday March 13, 2014Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Larry explains what a Culchie Prince is
Thursday March 13, 2014Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Front of house
Thursday March 13, 2014Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Arriving at the gig
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Post show with Nick
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Band with Nick End of taping
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Performance of Salsa O'Keefe
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Getting ready to tape live Funky Céilí
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Makeup
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Rehearsal
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Rehearsal Salsa O'Keefe
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Soundchecking the drums
Tuesday March 11, 2014 VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey Preshow shots
Tuesday March 11, 2014VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live! with Nick Lachey
Arriving at the Viacom building to tape 2 songs for air on St. Paddys Day
Tuesday March 11, 2014Newsletter Black 47/Celtic Crush - Appearance on Tonight Show!! - New Gigs - Playlists
One more combined Black 47/Celtic Crush Newsletter during March Madness!
Black 47 will appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on March 17th. We'll be shuttling between BB Kings and the NBC studios most of that evening. SiriusXM will also broadcast our last St. Patrick's Day show live from BB's.
Thanks so much to all of you who've come to the recent shows. We've been having a blast, and remember - feel free to take pictures or tape the show - they're neve the same. See you at World Café, Thursday; Stone Pony, Friday; Ocean Mist, Saturday; Empire City Casino, Sunday; BB King's Monday. Some of these will be our last gigs in those clubs, so you can be assured, they will be special.
Sunday March 9, 2014 8:45pm Back at the hotel Posting this Realizing we just did a gig in Long Island and one in Florida in less than 20 hours. going to bed.
Sunday March 9, 2014Saint Augustine, FL The St Augustine Celtic Music and Heritage
encore Gloria
Sunday March 9, 2014 Saint Augustine, FL The St Augustine Celtic Music and Heritage
Sunday March 9, 2014 1:45pm Arrive at Jacksonville airport Shuttle to the hotel in St Augustine
Sh!tShaveShower back in the van At the gig Have a beer Doing the gig Great gig...Ok made it through the crunch Relax tomorrow's a travel day
Sunday March 9, 2014 1:45am Home from Bay Shore. Set the clock ahead one hour (spring ahead).
Pack for Florida. Set my alarm for 5:30am. Try to close my eyes. Alarm Get up Have a coffee Start driving to La Guardia
495 is closed 10 minutes from the airport Stuck for ½ hour Head exploding Construction Railroaded off the
highway Lost in Queens Stop the car I'm!!$*&%gonnamissthisflight!!.. Try to get it together..GPS Many turns
There's an airport at the end of the block. Gogogo made the plane with seconds to spare. im rattled
Saturday March 8, 2014Bay Shore, NY NY Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
St. Patrick's Day
Saturday March 8, 2014Bay Shore, NY NY Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
The Reels
Saturday March 8, 2014 Bay Shore, NY Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
Friday March 7, 2014irishcentral.com Black 47 to apprear on Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show' on St. Patrick's Dayby Kate Hickey
Black 47 to appear on The Tonight Show on March 17th with Jimmy Fallon. They will also perform the same night at BB King’s on 42nd Street where their show will be broadcast live by SiriusXM. It’s been quite a year so far for the band who will do their final show in New York exactly 25 years after their first gig in the Bronx in November 1989.
The band will also appear on VHI’s Morning Buzz with Nick Lachey. They have also just received the good news that two of their most influential albums, Home of the Brave and Green Suede Shoes will be re-released by Universal Records later this month.
On Last Call, Kirwan was committed to honor the New York music scene as well in his choice of collaborators. “Christine Ohlman has been on our records for years and is an important voice on Black 47,” Kirwan says. “Mike Fazio playing the atmospherics has really added an element of the band over the years as well. Oona Roche, a niece of the Roches, did some great work as well and it was important that these folks be part of the last call, particularly Christine. We always had this big support among New York musicians and it's great to have them in there.”
Friday March 7, 2014SoundPress.net Feature Article: Black 47 Serves Up Last Call as Fans Drink in Last Days of the Band in Paramus!Concert Review
Black 47 Serves Up Last Call as Fans Drink in Last Days of the Band in Paramus. A SoundPress.net Feature Article by Rich and Laura Lynch
Heralding from New York City, Black 47 rocks hard for the passion of music and politics. Black 47 concerts are animated affairs. Their songs are a potent brew of Celtic rock, folk, jazz and reggae topped off with rousing lyrics about civil rights, Ireland, urban unrest and war. Black 47 is a band that has boldly spoken their mind for the past 25 years but they plan to go their separate ways in the fall of 2014.
Friday March 7, 2014Paramus, NJ Bergen Community College Ciccone Theatre World premier of 'St. Patrick's Day' with the three banditos; Mary Ann O'Rourke, Tom Marlow and Jim O'Donnell
Larry announces that Black 47 will be on Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" on St Patrick's Day.
Friday March 7, 2014 Paramus, NJ Bergen Community College Ciccone Theatre Poster
Friday March 7, 2014Philly.com 'Last Call' for Celtic rock's Black 47By Nick Cristiano, Inquirer Staff Writer
It was late last summer when Larry Kirwan first thought about bringing the saga of Black 47 to a close.
"We were coming back from a gig in Buffalo, and I remember thinking, 'Wow, the band sounded really good,' " the frontman for the Celtic-rock sextet said from his home in New York. "And I thought, 'This would be a good time to call it a day - go out when you're sounding really good rather than for other reasons.' . . . Everyone in the band was down with it. It feels like a great time" to finish.
So Black 47 will end in November, exactly 25 years after beginning with the simple ambition of "Rockin' the Bronx." The band went on to do more than that. With a big sound incorporating both uilleann pipes and horns, and spicing the rock with rap and reggae, Black 47 hit like a galvanic blend of the E Street Band and the Clash (Joe Strummer was a big fan).
Black 47, with Barleyjuice, plays at 7 p.m. Thursday March 13 at World Cafe Live
Thursday March 6, 2014Explore LI Where to watch Irish bands perform on LI
St. Patrick's Day is traditionally celebrated by raising a pint or chowin' down on some corned beef and cabbage. Why not shamrock it up by taking in a Celtic-flavored concert? Here are five shows that will help you kick-start your Irish pride.
WHEN|WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday March 8, YMCA Boulton Center in Bay Shore
Wednesday March 5, 2014The New York Public Library - nypl.org Great Albums You Might Have Missed: Black 47's Fire of Freedom (1993) | The New York Public Library - The New York Public Libraryby Shawn P Donohue
I was sitting shotgun on DJ duty during a long volleyball road trip back in high school when I put on a new tape (yes, cassette days) that I was loving of a band I had recently seen playing live at SUNY Albany (yes, pre Internet days). The group was Black 47, the album Fire of Freedom . After about 30 seconds of "Livin' In America" my witty coach who was driving commented "Irish Music is a step below Irish Food", my response was "This isn't Irish Music, it's New York City music."
With St. Patrick's Day on the horizon I wanted to take a second to showcase one of the better albums that my coach would lump in as "Irish Music". Sure you can find loads of traditional songs in audio form or in books, you can find Irish bands who update the traditions in punk-ish or even prog-rock ways but Black 47 plays Irish music in a New York way.
The group during the recording of the album was Dave Conrad (bass), Thomas Hamlin (drums), Fred Parcells (Trombone), Geoffrey Blythe (Sax), Chris Byrne (Uilleann Pipes/Vocals) and Larry Kirwan (Guitars/Lead Vocals). The core played various whistles and programmed drum machines to go along with a host of backing vocalists but at it's center was the 6 players and their style.
Saturday March 1, 2014 Newton, NJ The Newton Theatre Rockin' The Bronx
Saturday March 1, 2014 Newton, NJ The Newton Theatre Taken by Joseph Juntunen
Saturday March 1, 2014 Newton, NJ The Newton Theatre Poster
Saturday March 1, 2014ShamrockFest ManiaOnTap Magazine
After nearly 24 years as New York’s most popular and political celtic rock band, Black 47 is calling it quits this year, but not before they rock stages – including ShamrockFest’s – one last time on a final coast-to-coast tour.
The six-piece outfit not only brings a rollicking, upbeat musical game, their songs also delve deeply into issues that matter, ranging from longstanding political conflicts in Northern Ireland to civil rights and socioeconomic problems in their hometown of New York City. Frontman Larry Kirwin explained the band’s breakup as amicable.
We’re looking forward to raising a pint of Guinness to Black 47 at ShamrockFest one last time.
Don’t miss out on ShamrockFest March 22.
Friday February 28, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Geoff sax solo on Gloria.
Friday February 28, 2014Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Livin' In America with Amanda the pipes player from
The Ogham Stones.
Friday February 28, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Three Little Birds
Friday February 28, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Sound check Our sound man Joseph Juntunen checks Larry's mic
Friday February 28, 2014 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 Road Manager Zac Yurkovic loading in
Friday February 28, 2014
Black 47 & CELTIC CRUSH Newsletter Almost March Madness 2014
LAST CALL is Black 47's final album. It will be released and available on all digital platforms (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) on March 4th but YOU can NOW buy the CD or download the 13 tracks at theconnextion You can also find the lyrics, chord charts, stories, pictures of players and guests at the Black 47 Archive. LAST CALL is on sale at all Black 47 gigs.
★★★★ On "Last Call," Black 47 serves a 200 proof cocktail made with a shot of funk and two fingers of Irish malarkey thrown in for good measure. Larry Kirwan saves the best for last, using roots, rock, and reggae to bring the final curtain down on the most influential Irish American band in history." Mike Farragher/Irish Voice
This is a combined B47/CC newsletter to alert you to LAST CALL and let you know the St. Patrick's Day season dates for the band. We're especially highlighting BB Kings on March 17th. as this will be our 25th St. Patrick's Day appearance in NYC and our last. In fact many of the upcoming shows will be our last in many venues so we'd love to see you all out enjoying yourselves and raising the rafters one more time in the coming months.
All the best, larry kirwan
Tuesday February 25, 2014 Pictures from Rockville Centre, NY Molloy College: The Madison Theatre with Hard Times from Last Call - So the NEW Black 47 album Last Call sounds
excellent !! I just put this slideshow together real quick . It features the Stephen Foster song Hard Times and the pictures I took at
Molloy College . I'll be playing a few songs off the new album on Some Good Craic tomorrow night . I'd like to say thanks to Black 47
for all the years of great music, great shows and great memories . Some Real Good Craic ….25 years worth ! The new album is now available
for download. Some Good Craic
Saturday February 22, 2014 Radio Friendly and Insightful-Last Call by Black47 | The Celtic Music Fan
I think that the decision for the placement of Salsa O’Keefe by Black 47 as the opening track of The new album Last Call( and perhaps their final one before disbanding later this year) celebrates their years in the music world as the one and only band that fuses Irish and Reggae while maintaining that Punk Rock energy. Wow the last one? You mean to say that perhaps we will never get to hear them together again? But knowing how passionate these guys are, I am sure we will hear them in various incarnations. I guess it is not easy to carry a huge band like this especially in this changing landscape of the music industry. Maybe these questions will be answered once I hear from the main guy Larry Kirwan.
Last Call could be the unapologetic tongue in cheek take on what it means to be Irish in New York city. But when I read the press release it says here that : , (Last Call)explores the life and psyche of Irish playwright, Brendan Behan, model for Shane McGowan and a host of Celtic rockers. No wonder I feel that poetic passion all over the songs. Culchie Prince features a fantastic uilleann pipe, tin whistle and a whole bunch of traditional Irish instruments on top of what could be one for the greatest modern rock song in history.
Let the People In celebrates diversity and explores themes covering immigration. You check out the lyrics because I know this will stir up that patriotic string in your heart and reminds us the reasons why America is called the land of the free. There are thirteen songs and every song has its ‘style’ to show. It closes with an interesting cover of Stephen Foster’s Hard Times. Like I said this could be the last album you will hear from this legendary band so better grab your copies. We fans keep the music alive!
Saturday February 22, 2014 Rockville Centre, NY Molloy College: The Madison Theatre Funky Ceili -
The PA blew up and we were down to 2 mics. The tin whistle is useless with no amplification so I made this video instead.
David Conrad our original bass player coined this 'the bone cam'.
Friday February 21, 2014 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Beer Week Fanatic Heart
Saturday February 8, 2014 Connolly's NYC Culchie Prince
Saturday February 8, 2014 Connolly's NYC Salsa O'Keefe
Saturday February 8, 2014 Connolly's NYC Livin' In America with Mary Courtney
Saturday February 8, 2014 Connolly's NYC
Saturday February 8, 2014 Salem, MA The First Universalist Church Different Drummer
Saturday February 8, 2014 Connolly's NYC Gloria
After the gig I met Chris Malone the trombonist for The Pandemics.
Friday February 7, 2014
Empire City Hosts Outdoor Irish Concert Featuring Black 47, Shilelagh Law | The White Plains Daily Voice
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Empire City Casino recently announced that it will be hosting its first pre-St. Patrick's Day
performance to honor the Irish and will feature popular bands, Black 47 and Shilelagh Law on Sunday,
March 16 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Shilelagh Law is known to embody New York Irish music. By interpreting traditional Irish music through a filter of
urban grittiness, Shilelagh Law defines the Irish-American experience.
Wednesday January 29, 2014
Black 47 January Newsletter - New Gigs - Hard Times Extended
Thank you so much to the 599 people who joined us in raising the money to pay for the recording costs of Last Call,
Black 47's final CD. This album is as much yours as ours and it's one of our best! We're close to finishing it and
your pledge incentives will be going out soon. There are two days left to make a pledge - this will ensure that you
will get a download copy of the album some time before the general public. Click on the link below to get information,
enjoy previews and other information.
Saturday January 18, 2014 Salem, MA The First Universalist Church Getting overhead video
of Hammy's drum solo
Here's the video from above
Saturday, January 11, 2014
As he completes "Last Call" CD, Black 47's Larry Kirwan is busier than ever | Off The Record | IrishCentral
Many of us, including this writer, got the inspiration to crack open an Irish history book after hearing a Black 47 lyric. Last Call, the band’s final album, will have a bit of that as well.
This time, band leader Larry Kirwan shines the light on fellow author and playwright Brendan Behan on the track “The Ballad of Brendan Behan.” Kirwan sings, “Born in the glory of Russell Street/you grew up humming Amhrán na Bhfían/your auld lad did time in a Free State jail/for Republican activities beyond the pale/you were your Granny’s best boy, your Mammy’s best chap/you loved to cheer all the old ladies up/but your soul had been scorched with the Orange White and Green/you were the one and only Brendan Behan.”
Tuesday December 31, 2013 New Year's Eve at Connolly's view from the audience
and the view from the stage
Tuesday December 31, 2013
Black 47's 16th New Year's Eve gig at Connolly's in New York City
Thursday December 26, 2013
Black 47/Celtic Crush - Happy Holidays - Free Download - New Year's Eve
I'd like to wish you the very best in this holiday season and I hope you're all
enjoying yourselves. Because I'm writing this on Christmas Day and am a bit rushed
I'm combining the two newsletters but will add the Celtic Crush playlists at the
bottom. Thank you all for supporting Black 47 and Celtic Crush in 2013 and I hope
you'll have a happy, healthy and fulfilling 2014! As a gift we'd like to invite
you to a FREE DOWNLOAD of
New Year's Eve in Olde Tymes Square from the LAST CALL recordings.
larry kirwan
Friday November 29, 2013Happy 100th Birthday, Danny Boy | MOJO
“In the film, I use Johnny Cash’s 1965 recording of Danny Boy as the prism to investigate the appeal of the song to country artists. His daughter, Rosanne Cash, speaks of why it’s such a natural fit for poor white southerners and their tough, intense lives. While Larry Kirwan of the Irish-American band, Black 47, explains how 19th Century Irish immigrants brought their fiddles and music to the Appalachians. This subsequently influenced bluegrass – then country. With an ancient Irish tune, the Londonderry Air, at the song’s musical heart, it was all beginning to make sense.
“Songs like Danny Boy that last 100 years are rare. They appear simple, but are beautifully complicated. You need a bunch of keys to unlock the mysteries of Danny Boy, but I believe one of its most essential elements is its emotional dialectic – loss and hope, joy and pain, sunshine and shadow – and these lie at the very centre of all our lives.”
Tuesday November 26, 2013
Celtic Crush Thanksgiving Newsletter
Ireland Trip 2014 - Price of Turnips
A MESSAGE TO YOU, RUDY
What do you think of Robert Anthony Noonan? Doesn't ring a bell? Well, he's originally
from Buffalo but could just as well be hailed as the Mayor of Bleecker Street. Oh,
you mean Willie Nile? Yeah, the very man!
I don't know when I first met Willie thought I do remember his record company president,
the legendary Clive Davis, boasting that Willie would be the next Dylan. Back in
the early 80's that was akin to a death sentence. Willie has had a number of near
misses in the superstar stakes but I'm firmly convinced this is his time. Why, because
he's got great songs and the wherewithal to deliver them onstage. His new album,
American Ride, is a revelation.
It hasn't been easy for Willie, but then again, the man wanted it all - the family,
the music career, the home life, the bright life. He raised four children and still
managed to hone his craft and turn out a number of top-class albums - all the while
developing his legendary stage presence. There were times he had to do without himself
in order to put food on the table for his family. That's the Buffalo Irish ethic.
You do it, you do it quietly, and you only talk about it years later when it's history.
"We all got through it, and were tougher and wiser for the experience," he shrugs,
although those of us aware of the full story know the cost.
That's what a dream does for you - and no matter what calamity befell him Willie
always kept his eyes on the prize. Probably no surprise since he's descended from
Noonans, Kiernans, Kanes, and Gallaghers; from an early age he was determined to
fuse the immigrant poetry of their lives with the rock & roll he grew up listening
to on FM Radio. That's what propelled him onto the mean streets of New York as a
young man. He got a job in the mailroom of a publishing house and played the Bleecker
Street strip at night, burning the candle up the middle as well as at both ends.
Ending up with an illness that one doctor feared was Leukemia he was forced to return
to Buffalo for some years to restore his health.
No one on the strip doubted that he'd be back and his friends were always there
for him. Willie too was never less than encouraging to his peers: I don't know how
many nights I saw him in Paddy Reilly's bopping to the beat while urging on Black
47. But he never lacked for his own fans. The late great Mayoman, Pat Kenny booked
him numerous times, and it was while performing at Kenny's Castaways that the New
York Times gave him a spectacular endorsement on his return to New York.
Bruce Springsteen is another admirer and has invited him onstage at Shea Stadium
and other arenas. I asked Willie about that experience - "It was great, man," he
replied with a glint in his eye, "except that one night Clarence Clemons' ring fell
off and rolled over center stage. When I tried to retrieve it for him, I looked
up and Bruce was staring down, no doubt wondering what I was doing on my knees in
front of him."
Bono too thinks the world of Willie. Speaking about American Ride, he enthused,
"There are a few Americas here to discover - the mythic, the magic, the very real.
It's one of the great guides to unraveling the mystery that is the troubled beauty
of America."
Willie's family is grown now. He raised his kids and did the right thing. But the
dream still shimmers before him. He's on the road much these days, in Europe and
all across America, punching the Rock & Roll clock and enjoying every moment of
it. There's a lot of ear candy out there - mucho gloss with very little substance.
When you want to get to the heart of the matter and come face to face with the real
deal, Robert Anthony Noonan is your man - or should I say, Mr. Willie Nile.
Thursday November 21, 2013 Black 47 NewsletterNew Gigs/Last Call
Black 47 has finished recording the tracks for Last Call. We're at present adding overdubs and guests,
and will soon begin mixing for a late January release. We'd love if you could join us on this last sonic
adventure and pledge $10 for a pre-release download of the CD.
TOURING 2014
Black 47 will be playing many gigs right through Nov 15th, 2014 when we'll do our final show in
New York City. Right now we're planning on hitting as many parts of the country as possible and have
already scheduled soon to be announced performances in IL, WI, OH, FL, NV, LA, with many more in the works.
We'll announce them as they get confirmed. We expect to play many Irish festivals in a farewell tour through
the summer and hope to see you. Thanks for your love and support.
Saturday November 16, 2013 Paddy Reilly's, James Connolly
Wednesday November 6, 2013 I got 8 ½ hours sleep last night and actually feel human again. Great day in
the studio. I finished all my parts for the rest of the songs: Hard Times Come Again No More (we had to do that one
over), US of A 2014 (Geoff did the horn arrangement), Let The People In, Saint Patrick’s Day (I wrote a strange intro
using a musicbox from John Kuhlman's
collection), Ballad Of Brendan Behan, and finally New Year's Eve in Olde Tymes
Square.
Tuesday November 5, 2013 11:45pm Recorded 8 songs today: Johnny Comes ‘a Courtin’, Queen of Coney Island,
The Night The Showbands Died, Salsa O’Keefe, A Culchie Prince, Shanty Irish Baby, Dublin Days, Hard Times.
By the last tune I fell in a heap on the couch behind the console while the band struggled thru.
Tuesday November 5, 2013 4:45am Woke up early today with all the new tunes swirling around in my head.
We're going into the studio to record the new album 'Last Call'. Putting the final touches on the charts and
making copies for the horns.
Saturday October 26, 2013 Rocky Sullivans of Red Hook Brooklyn, Salsa O'Keefe from album Last Call by russrose13
Saturday October 26, 2013 Rocky Sullivans of Red Hook Brooklyn NY with Chris Byrne for Walk All the Days/Gloria/I Fought the Law by dartheadmike
Wednesday October 23, 2013 "SOME GOOD CRAIC" Some Good Craic welcomes back to the show Fred Parcells. I'll be playing some tunes and interviewing Fred.
He was my guest on the very first Some Good Craic radio/interview show. Episode 1
Tuesday October 22, 2013 Irish Echo Black 47 winding up for long goodbye - Colleen Taylor
Saturday October 19, 2013 The Cedar Lounge Revolution This weekend I’ll also be listening to… Black 47
...an Irish blog with a unashamedly, but undogmatically, left-wing view of the world
The title of the bands 2010 album ‘Bankers and Gangsters’ is evidence that their political outlook hasn’t changed and is still to the fore. They have recently announced that next year , after 25 years a-rockin’ the band will be disbanding . They will shortly be recording a final album ‘Last Call’ and embarking on a final tour, so hopefully they’ll be coming your way soon.
And heres a few final selections , covering the different aspects of the band across the years- history, politics, the emigrant experience and pure comedy.
Wednesday October 16, 2013 Irish Echo Down memory lane into Paddy Reilly's - Pat Fenton Black and white photo showing Black 47
performing against the back right wall of
Paddy Reilly's on 28th St and 2nd Ave.
From left to right; Geoff Blythe, Jeffrey Ladd, Fred Parcells, Chris Byrne, and Larry Kirwan (not shown but present is Thomas Hamlin
playing percussion on a front row table)
Saturday October 12, 2013 Black 47 Connolly's Pub Klub 45 NYC Culchie Prince - world premier of a new tune to be recorded November 2013 for the upcoming album 'Last Call'
Wednesday September 18, 2013 UPI News Feed. Irish rock group Black 47 says it will disband after 25 years
Wednesday September 18, 2013
NY Daily News Longtime New York Celtic band Black 47 to call it quits next year
Black 47 - New York’s most prominent, political and beloved Celtic band - will fade
to black in November of 2014.
In an email sent out by band leader Larry Kirwan, the singer announced that the
group will pull-the plug just over 13 months from now.
The timing coincides with the 25th anniversary of Black 47’s first gig.
In a long and detailed statement, the musician claims “there are no fights, differences
over musical policy, or general skulduggery. We remain as good friends as when we
first played together.” Kirwan puts the split down to “a simple wish to finish up
at the top our game after 25 years of relentless touring and, as always, on our
own terms. The last gig we played at the South Buffalo Irish Festival was as good
as any we've ever performed. Our goal now is to play another full year plus and
dedicate all those performances to you who've supported us through thick and thin.”
Kirwan, who has his own radio show on Sirius XM, also promises new music from the
band. “Rather than just running out the clock,” he wrote, “we will be recording
‘Last Call,’ an album of new songs this November. We would like to say good-bye
to you all personally and will make every effort to come play in your city, town,
college, pub, club, performing arts center and should you wish to alert your local
promoter you can download booking particulars here.”
Kirwan, a native Irishman from Wexford, moved to New York at age 19. He formed the
band with Brooklyn policeman Chris Byrne in 1989. They took their name from 1847,
the worst year of the Great Irish Famine.
The group created their fan base by playing relentlessly at Paddy Reilly’s bar on
the East Side of Manhattan. Their got their national breakout after being heard
by Frank Murray, manager of the great Celtic-punk band The Pogues. They released
their first album, “Home of the Brave, Live in London,” in 1989.
In his missive, Kirwan summed up the band’s core meaning and legacy. “Black 47 has
always been more than a band. We've spoken out for the nationalist population in
the North of Ireland, against the war but for the troops in Iraq, for our gay brothers
& sisters, immigrants - legal and undocumented - as well as for the voiceless of
1845-47.”
Yet, Kirwan admits, “in the end it all comes down to the music, the songs, and the
desire to give audiences the time of their lives and send them home smiling and,
perhaps, with a question on their lips. We look forward to seeing you all at the
upcoming gigs. Thanks for the support and the memories - lets make many more over
the next year.”
Tuesday September 17, 2013Black 47 Newsletter
GOOD-BYE BLACK 47! In early November 2014, exactly 25 years after our first gig, Black 47 will disband. There are no internal disagreements, "differences
over musical policy," or general skulduggery, we remain as good friends as when we first played together. We just have a simple wish to finish up at the top our game
after 25 years of relentless touring and, as always, on our own terms. The last gig we played at the South Buffalo Irish Festival was as good as any we've ever performed.
Our goal now is to play another full year plus and dedicate all of those gigs to you who've supported us through thick and thin. Rather than just running out the clock
we will be recording "Last Call," an album of new songs in November. We would like to say goodbye to you all personally and will make every effort to come play in your
city, town, college, pub, club, performing arts center, and should you wish to alert your local promoter you can download booking particulars
here.
Black 47 has always been more than a band, we've spoken out for the nationalist population in the North of Ireland, against the war but for the troops in Iraq, for our gay brothers & sisters, immigrants - legal and undocumented - as well as for the voiceless of 1845-47; but in the end it all comes down to the music, the songs, and the desire to give audiences the time of their lives and send them home smiling and, perhaps, with a question on their lips. We look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming gigs. Thanks for the support and the memories - let's make many more over the next year. Take care of yourselves. Beir bua!
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