Lenahan

Hooligans in Suits

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"Wild & wonderful Celtic rock...infused with a rare fire, energy & passion," (Time Out London) recorded live at Britain's Gosport Festival by New York City's Celtic rock trailblazers.

tracks

: 1 The Mind Reels
: 2 Lanigan's Ball/Hideaway
: 3 Geese in the Bog
: 4 Day Ever Comes
: 5 Green Grooves
: 6 Look to the Mountains
: 7 Dudelsack Blues
: 8 Islands in the Storm
: 9 4 Jigs to the Wind
: 10 Drink Takes a Man
: 11 The Exempt Fireman's Dance
: 12 Hooligans in Suits
: 13 Oakey Strike Evictions

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Live Lenahan Rocks England's Gosport Folk Festival!

Award winning Celtic rock band Lenahan brings its exuberant, high energy Celtic American music to England's Gosport Festival & "have everyone on their feet in a red-hot, rocking performance." (Rock 'n' Reel).

"Hooligans in Suits," recorded live at the U.K.'s prestigious Gosport Festival, features the dynamic piping and soulful Celtic & Blues guitar of band leader Tom Lenahan, who also plays lively tin whistle & sings lead vocals on the album.

Lenahan fiddler & rhythm guitarist Clarence Ferrari provides singular, spirited fiddle playing comprised not only of traditional Celtic fiddling, but also Country, Cajun & Bluegrass influences.

Irish Edition music critic Jamie O'Brien says, "Downright great playing...Hooligans in Suits shows just what a superb band Lenahan really is...from reels to twelve bar blues and back to jigs, Lenahan knows which way is right.

This performance's power & brilliance will carry along all who listen." "Hooligans in Suits," named after Tom Lenahan's rave up song of the same title, introduces the new listener to the high octane music of one of the best known American Celtic rock bands.

The album delights fans with the first recording of Lenahan live and the inclusion of songs never previously recorded, such as Tom Lenahan's reggae bagpipe song "Islands in The Storm," which debates the far reaching effects of neo-colonialism.

His "Day Ever Comes" is based on the traditional Irish song "The Little Beggarman," while "Dudelsack Blues" features traditional pipe tunes which were arranged into a Celtic blues rave up while on tour in Belgium & Holland.

In addition to the high energy and musical savvy which characterizes Lenahan both live & in the studio, the album captures the band's esprit de corps and camaraderie with the audience.

See for yourself why Time Out London says, "Wild & wonderful Celtic rock. Lenahan infuses his music with a rare fire, energy and passion," and why Irish music critic John O'Regan says, "Hooligans in Suits captures the fire & frisson so beloved of our New York Celtic brotherhood...Lenahan are a natural live band...New York's finest kicks up the dust with power and authority."

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Lenahan IS Celtic rock
author: Dan Willging, Dirty Linen
In many ways Lenahan defines the term Celtic-rock. For this particukar set of tracks, the New York-based band reeled out in a capitvating performance which was recorded live at Britain's Gosport Easter Festival. On a few of the sedate selections, Tom Lenahan's piping swirls with channeling passion as if to nudge the pagan dieties from their sleep. On other tracks, the rousing, spirited piping, along with the joyous guitar and rhythm section, ensures that these dieties aren't about to return to their slumber. Its an intoxicating set of tracks - fiddles dancing with pipes, pipes dancing with fiddles, guitars come thundering in while the pennywhistle spins and pirouettes. A couple of tunes are straight-ahead Chicago rhythm-n-green rockers, mustered with enough grit to bring back memories of wet T-shirt contests and $3 pitchers. Lenahan achieves a perfect balance - they're not Americans pretending to be Irish, nor are they banal rockers sriking ridiculous poses. Simply put, Lenahan IS Celtic-rock.
Celtic Rock & Blues from the Masters of the Genre
author: J. Gagnon, Celtic Beat
"Hooligans in Suits" will surely capture the interest of a broad audience whether it be Celtic, Blues, Rock or Cajun. This CD incorporates it all very, very well. Listeners will enjoy "The Mind Reels," spirited and fastpaced with mean interplay of fiddle and electric guitar. Equally fiery is the tune "Green Grooves" featuring dynamic tin whistle and fiddle..."Dudelsack Blues" truely wins the "Coolest Celtic Tune I Ever Heard" award. Piping set to Blues (Celtic Blues)!...Also unique are "Islands in the Storm" (Celtic reggae - a must hear tune) and the title cut, "Hooligans in Suits." Lenahan has the incredible talent to mesh traditional Celtic music with other genres such as Blues and Rock with polished transitions within the blink of an eye. If that isn't musical mastery, what it?