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Bag of Rats[Folk, 4 piece]
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Bag of Rats
Scurrying from the Somerset and Dorset area of the West Country comes a flurry of rats; in fact, the Bag of Rats. The band consists of: John Archer (flute, harmonica, percussion and vocals), Mike Hall (guitar, mandola, vocals and songwriter), Mary Gilmour (melodeons, Queen Rat) and Beerchan McCarthy (violin and Celtic Warrior). All four had played in various kinds of bands over the years and came together in 2005 with a view to forming a band which could combine their individual musical experience. The result is a rich brew of Traditional English, Blues, Irish, Jazz and Country; a smidgeon of Ska, a hint of alternative and a peppering of psychedelic skiffle; in a nutshell, Verminous Folk!
Bag of Rats have spread their "verminous folk" with astounding ebullience and success at Burnham-on-Sea Folk Fest, Minehead Beer Festival, Wessex Folk Festival, Glastonbury 2007, Lapstock Festival, Goldhill Fair, Wimborne Folk Festival (The White Hart), Watchet Carnival and knawed and nibbled at the dancing souls and cheering crowds at many pubs. Bag of Rats had a triumphant return to the places that saw them over the last three years with lots of new venues requesting their entertainment. They always prove popular with audiences they entertain and are continuing to do so. Bag of Rats have supported 3 Daft Monkeys on a number of occasions in 2008 and Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs. They will soon be supporting RSVP! Please look to website and my space page for further details.
The fabulous CD 'Abbey Rodent', has eight scrummy examples of the Rat sound; this is on sale at gigs or online. The next album "Ratify Yourself" is in the pipeline.
You can listen to Bag of Rats or find out where they're playing on their website and My Space pages. Please contact Mary Rat for festivals, gigs, support slots, interviews, record deals and tours around the world oh and television. They're not asking for much! Go on, I can tell you want to!
Bag of Rats - somewhere between the Spinners and Hawkwind
...........it's up to you to decide where!
www.bagofrats.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bagofrats1
Mary: 01935 410773 or 07899848604
Email: mary_gilmour_mary@hotmail.co.uk
Forthcoming gigs (4 of 9 total): Sat 17th Jan: The King William, Glastonbury... Sat 24th Jan: Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil... Fri 13th Mar: The Royal George, West Coker... Fri 1st May: Fleur de Lis, Stoke Sub Hamdon
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| Page last updated 26 October 08, gig/event details last updated 3 January 09. |
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