Celtic Clan
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 Booking Info
Frank Ryan   e-mail   FrankRyan123@Gmail.com


Frank Ryan.
From Dublin,Ireland,Singer/Songwriter,Frank has performed  all over the world and possesses that quick "Dublin Wit" and flair for the exaggeration in the telling of a story or the writing of a song.

Billy Hardy-Fiddle.From Cape Cod Mass.,
Billy plays a variety of styles  from|
Irish/Celtic, Jazz,Country and
Blue Grass.

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H
ughie Purcell from Dublin-terrific singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.Hughie's wit and "wisdom" is renowned from Dublin-back to Dublin having been 'round the world!

 

mp3's from "The Big Jig"

Track 03. See the hand that holds the gun.   Frank Ryan (1.0 MB...32kb/sec bit rate.....time :4 min 16 sec)
A powerful ballad about the plight of  kids in Northern Ireland as many of them have 
seen violence and troubles since the day they were born.It also suggests some positive things
that can be done with guns and bombs-like breaking them down and making musical
instruments out of them......let the rifle-stock be broken off
                                        and fashioned by the lathe
                                        into fiddle-heads and wooden flutes
                                        and bodhran beaters made
                                        and the barrel it be drilled with holes
                                        a whistle for the play'n
                                        let the sights be set upon regret
                                        and the recoil be refrain

Track 05 Set of reels: The Tamlin/The Gravel Walk  0.96 MB  32k/sec mono   time 3.54
Billy Hardy-Fiddles.Billy doubles on a low-tuned fiddle as well as one in conventional tuning-Hughie Purcell on banjo , Rich Danforth on Bodhran and Frank Ryan on guitar.

Track 6.Where is Home. Our venture into "Irish Bossa Nova"  (Boss O' Nova) 0.93 MB  32kb/sec    time 4.16
Composed by Hughie Purcell with great jazz-style fiddle by Billy Hardy and additional percussion by "Antonio-Carlos" Ryan

  Schedule        


August

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6

Black Rose
Boston
7

Black Rose
Boston
8 9 10
Black Rose
11
Black Rose

 
12
Black Rose
 
13
Black Rose

 

14
Black
Rose
Plus afternoon 4-7
15
Black Rose
Plus afternoon 4-7
16 17
Kinsale
Boston
18 19 20
Black Rose
21
Black Rose
 
22
 
23 24 25 26 27 28
29

 

30 31        

Sep

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
 

 
1

 
2 3
Black Rose Boston
10.00
4
Black Rose Boston
10.00
Newport Irish Festival RI
5
Newport Irish Festival RI
6
Newport Irish Festival
RI
7
Black Rose Boston
8
Black Rose Boston
9
Black Rose Boston
10
Black Rose Boston
11
Black Rose Boston
plus afternoon 4-7
12
Black Rose Boston
plus afternoon 4-7
13 14
KInsale Boston
15 16 17 18
19 20 21
Kinsale Boston
22 23 24
McNallys Tavern Westminster MA 7-11
25
Chieftain Pub Plainville MA
9-12.30
26 27 28
Black Rose Boston
29
Black Rose Boston
`30
Black Rose Boston
   

 

PERFORMANCES AND VENUES
Westin Hotel,Seoul S.Korea
Princess Cruise Lines

Norwegian Cruise Lines

SHERATON HOTELS.
FORD MOTOR CO.
Governor Mitt Romney-inauguration
PARK PLAZA HOTEL BOSTON.
IBM/LOTUS.
JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY.
MARRIOTT HOTELS.
GUINNESS.
CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH P. KENNEDY .
JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.
THE INN ON 5TH AVE. NAPLES FLA.
THE DUBLINER, WASHINGTON D.C.
THE BLACK ROSE, BOSTON.
NEWPORT IRISH FESTIVAL.
STONEHILL  "              "
GUINNESS FLEADH
GALWAY BAY OYSTER FESTIVAL
MAKEM & CLANCY (OPENING ACT).
DE DANNAN                     "                "
MAURA O' CONNELL     "                 "
MARY BLACK                    "                  "
SILLY WIZZARD               "                  "
STOCKTON'S WING         "                 "
Mark O'Connor

THE ABOVE IS JUST A BRIEF SELECTION OF THE MANY AND VARIED VENUES AT WHICH CELTIC CLAN HAS PERFORMED.