BACKGROUND ON ARTIST/ALBUM:
Angie McLaughlin, a Scot transferred to Dublin via
San Francisco, meets Gary Fitzpatrick (Great Western
Squares, Pincher Martin, Ciunas) through a mutual
friend. He agrees to bring her to an open mike night
in a pub, the host doesn't show up, and the bar owner
asks the two to takeover. After a few weeks of terrible
poets and singers the pair decide to change the open
mike policy and build a band instead to indulge in
their passion for all things with lyrics, regardless
of genre. After two years of carefully being unaware
of what they were doing, The Sick and Indigent Song
Club had grown to a multi-instrumental six-piece
band, with Shane McGrath (Joan of Arse, Dog Day),
Sheila Sullivan (Northlight Razorblade, The Racketeers,
Pat Clafferty), Christian Volkmann (The Wandering
Harrys, Ali & the DT's) and Gerry Fitzpatrick
completing the lineup.
They play a mixture of original,
traditional and covers from anytime over the last
few centuries, in no particular order. The band name
comes from The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society,
the oldest extant charity in Dublin who's aging and
listed headquarters Gary had ended up playing a few
solo gigs in. They have recorded their 3rd album
'Punch Drunk' which they will be launching at The
Sugar Club, Oct 18th. They have played various venues
including the Electric Picnic (4 times), the Hugh
Lane Gallery, Voodoo, Whelans, the over sixties night
in the Dublin Conservative Club, and the wet homeless
shelter on Aungier Street. Every last Sunday of the
month we can be found in Whelan's on Wexford St.
LIVE DATES:
October 18th : Sugar Club, Dublin. Punch Drunk Album
Launch.
October 25th
20:00 : Whelan’s Dublin,
Dublin
November 14 20:30 : The Mill Bar Sixmilebridge
Clare
November 29 20:30 : Whelan’s Dublin
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