Black Irish Band – “A Winter’s Night Barbary” – 35th Anniversary!
December 28 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$18 – $21Doors 6:30, show 7 pm. Open seating, beer and wine available. $18 Advance / $21 Day of Show
“A Winter’s Night Barbary” – Named for the famous “Barbary Coast” district in San Francisco – Upbeat songs from the historic Mining Days of California & Nevada. Sure to get rid of your after Christmas Blues and Cabin Fever pains!
The Barbary Coast was a red-light district during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in San Francisco that featured dance halls, concert saloons, bars, jazz clubs, variety shows, and brothels.
When you take Celtic, Spanish, and Italian Music, and mix it up, you get the true nature of the Black Irish. Celebrating their 35th anniversary! This band has created an original sound that no other band has. Performing both traditional and original music the band is very focused on presenting acoustic music in a very exciting up-beat way that appeals to all ages. The band has written and recorded 96 original songs that appear on many of the bands twenty-one CD recordings. Many of the original works written by the band are based on Celtic history.
Hailing from the historic Gold Rush Country of America, the four member Black Irish Band just celebrated their 35 year anniversary, and have a musical style that is as timeless as the rugged landscape of the West, a tribute to the people whose lives were spent building the world we now take for granted. The band has a large compliment of traditional maritime and railroad music, as well as ethnic tunes in their repertoire. They excel at Irish & Scottish, Italian, and American folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional western ballads. The bands musical style captures the spirit of the immigrants of this land, the men and women who tamed the Wild West.
The band has sold 120,000 albums independently to date, and their music has been featured on College Radio Stations, National Public Radio, and on Satellite Radio Programming. Their recent original song, “Grizzly of Old California”, which features the vocals of Michael Martin Murphey, has been broadcasted on stations throughout the world. Another noted original work by the band, “Ballad of John Muir”, has been celebrated on the official John Muir National web site. The band also boasts eighty-five music videos on You-Tube at trainfire28.
The award winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215 seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. Voted Best Indie Theatre multiple times (KCAR A-List).