Irish Blue Drifters Trio Irish Band from Minneapolis, MN
Will travel up to 180 miles
- Avg 5.0 | 17 Reviews
- 28 Verified Bookings
- Member Since 2013
- 5 Awards & Badges
- Accepts Online Payment
- Starting at $950 per event
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Irish blue Drifters Trio, Bob Johnson- fiddle/vocals, Steven Howard, banjo/guitar/voice and Tom Pieper, bass. Overall, we can provide a traditional Irish duet, trio or quartet show, We can perform a wide variety of Irish, bluegrass, blues, a capella harmony arrangements, Appalachian and covers, mostly 1960s-1970s.
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Review by Curt M.
Community Event•Reviewed on August 5, 2024•From Tyler, MN
They did a great job. Small crowd because of extreme heat and it is a unique type of music for a select type of audience.
Review by Johnny G.
Celebration•Reviewed on March 18, 2023•From Prior Lake, MN
The performers showed up on time and ready to go. Very polite and very grateful for the opportunity to play. Had a wonderful show. Guests were very pleased with their experience.
Review by Daniel L.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on February 23, 2023•From Saint Paul, MN
The guys made the event very special and memorable.
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- Banish Misfortune | Trad. * - denotes Irish repertoire
- Whiskey in the Jar | *Trad.
- Harvest Home | *trad - instrumental
- Rocky Road to Dublin | *trad
- Flowers of Edinborough | *trad instrumental
- Midnight on the Water | *trad - inst
- The Wild Rover | *trad
- Danny Boy | *trad
- The House Carpenter | *trad
- Temperance Reel/Swingin on a Gate | *trad
- Into the Mystic | *Van Morrison
- Leather Britches | *trad
- Sheebeg Sheemor | O Carolan - 1600's
- What Does the Deep Sea Say | *trad
- The Leaving of Liverpool | *trad
- Fisher's Hornpipe | *trad - instrumental
- Moondance | *Van Morrison
- Over the Waterfall | *trad
- Aran Boat Song | *trad instr
- Rickett's Hornpipe | *trad
- Walls of Liscarroll/Conochtman's Rambles | *trad
- Wind the Shakes the Barley | *trad
- Roaod to Lisdoonvarna/Okeefe's Slide | *trad
- Cooley's Reel | *trad
- Be Thou My Vision | solo plectrum guitar*
- Drowsy Maggie | *trad -instrumental
- below, next is Jazz repertoire
- Lucky Southern | Keith Jarret - jazz
- The Magician in You | Keith Jarret -jazz
- All of Me | 1920s
- Sweet Georgia Brown | 1920's
- Back Home in Indiana | comedy jazz -Homer and Jethro
- After You've Gone | speakeasy
- Faded Love | 1930s Bob Wills Texas Swing
- San Antonio Rose | Bob Wills
- Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love | speakeasy
- I Found a New Baby | 1920's
- I'm Walkin | Fats Domino - 1950's New Orleans
- Minor Swing | Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz
- Night and Day | Cole Porter 1931
- Nuages | Django Reinhardt
- Take Me Back to Tulsa | Bob Wills
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Wizard of Oz
- Blues for Alice | Charlie Parker
- All the Things You Are | C Parker
- Autumn Leaves | swing
- Peach Pickin Time in GA | hillbilly swing
- The Rainbow Connection | 1973 Academy Award, Muppet Movie
- Your Smile | Josh Turner
- First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes
- Wagon Wheel | Darius Rucker
- Moondance, Crazy Love | Van Morrison
- April Come She Will, Homeward Bound | Simon and Garfunkel
- Looking Out My Backdoor, Bad Moon Rising and others | Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams
- Your Cheatin Heart | Hank Sr.
- Bloody Mary Morning | Willie Nelson
- Something in the Way She Moves | George Harrison
- Sugar Magnolia | Grateful Dead
- Brown Eyed Girl and Into the Mystic | Van Morrison
- Ballad of Jed Clampett | Flatt and Scruggs
- Like a Rolling Stone - many more | Bob Dylan
- That's the Way Love Goes | Hank Snow
- Go My Way - and other titles | Gordon Lightfoot
- Ripple and many other tunes | Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia
- Bluebird | Buffalo Springfield
- One Toke Over the Line | Brewer and Shipley
- Illegal Smile and Paradise | John Prine
- King of the Road | Roger Miller
- Thank God I'm a Country Boy and Country Roads | John Denver
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart and others | Neil Young
- Crossroads Blues and Walking Blues | Robert Johnson
- Jack Daniels if You Please and others | David Allen Coe
- Trashy Women | Confederate Army Railroad
- Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich
- Better Man | Clint Black
- Lodi | CCR
- Walk on Boy | Mel Tillis
- Girl From the North Country | Dylan
- Folsum Prison Blues | Johnny Cash
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love 1928 | J McHugh and Dorothy Fields
- Let's Do It | Let's Fall in Love 1928
- Honeysuckle Rose 1929let's do itlet's | Fats Waller
- Take Me Back to Tulsa 1930 | Bob Wills Texas swing
- F/Back Home in Indiana 1917 | comedy tune Homer and Jethro
- After You've Gone | 1918
- San Antonio Rose | Bob Wills Texas swing trio harmony vocals
- What a Wonderful World | 1968 biggest selling hit single of 1968 in Great Britain by Louis Armstrong written by Weiss and Healey
- Limehouse Blues 1922 | Philip Braham and Douglas Ferber
- Sweet Georgia Brown 1925 | Bernie and Pinkard
- All of Me 1931 | Ruth Etting
- Cherokee 1938 | Ray Noble
- Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do 1949 | #4 hit Hank Williams
- Peach Pickin Time in Georgia 1928 | Jimmie Rodgers yodeling brakeman
- Minor Swing | Django Reinhardt
- Christmas Lullaby | 19th Century German tune arranged by Arthel Watson as Appalachian tune
- I Found a new Baby 1925 | Ethel Waters written by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams
- Lucky Southern | Keith Jarret
- The Magician in You 1968 | Keith Jarret
- Sugar Magnolia 1970 | from American Beauty
- Bad moon Rising | CCR
- Down the Road/Cripple Creek 1955 | Flatt and Scruggs medley
- I'm Walkin 1956 | Fats Domino
- Gentle on My Mind 1967 | Glen Campbell
- Tennessee Stud 1958 | Stonewall Jackson
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 1969 | Robbie Robertson The Band
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart 1971 | Neil Young from After the Gold Rush
- Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald 1976 | Gordon Lightfoot
- Buckets of Rain 1975 from Blood on the tracks | Dylan bottleneck slide guitar
- Walking Blues 1938 | Robert Johnson
- Beverly Hillbillies Theme 1962 | Paul Henning
- Love Please Come Home 1956 | Leon Jackson The White Oak Mountain Boys
- Something in the way She Moves 1969 Abbey Road | George Harrison
- Alabama Getaway | Grateful Dead
- Rainy Day People | 1975 Gordon Lightfoot
- Into the Mystic 1970 Moondance album | Van Morrison
- Like a Rollin Stone 1965 | Bob Dylan
- Your Smile 2007 | Josh Underwood
- Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used to Do Hank Sr. | 1949 #4 hit
- Looking Out My Back Door | CCR
- A Fool Such As I | Hank snow
- Jambalaya Lovesick Blues Setting the Woods on Fire Your Cheatin Heart | Hank Williams Sr.
- King of the Road 1964 | Roger Miller
- Calling Baton Rouge 1994 | Garth Brooks
- Moondance 1970 | Van Morrison album Moondance
- Big River 1958 | Johnny Cash
- Folsum Prison Blues 1953 | Johnny Cash first recorded in 1955
- Behind Closed Doors 1973 | Charlie Rich
- Highway 40 Blues 1981 | Ricky Skaggs
- Take Me Home Country Roads 1971 | John Denver
- Thank God I'm a Country Boy 1974 | John Denver
- Brown Eyed Girl 1967 | Van Morrison
- Streets of Laredo 1949 | Marty Robbins
- Dead Flowers 1971 from Sticky Fingers | Rolling Stones
- Stop Breaking Down 1972 Exile on Mainstreet | Rolling Stones 1937 recording by Robert Johnson
- Fire on the Mountain 1974 Searchin For A Rainbow | Marshall Tucker Band
- Did She Mention My Name 1968 | Gordon Lightfoot
Booked Events
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Upcoming Events
March 15, 2025 • Club Event
Past Events
August 3, 2024 • Community Event
June 4, 2023 • Birthday Party (Adult)
March 17, 2023 • Celebration
February 18, 2023 • Birthday Party (Adult)
November 4, 2022 • Thunder Bros Brewery
August 27, 2022 • Funeral
June 26, 2022 • Family Reunion
March 17, 2022 • Corporate Function
February 5, 2022 • Birthday Party (Adult)
October 23, 2021 • Birthday Party (Adult)
June 9, 2019 • Three One Six Bar and Grill Brookview
March 16, 2019 • St Patties Private Party - Uptown Area
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