Paddy's Pig Irish Band from Los Angeles, CA

Southern California-based Paddy's Pig performs lively, acoustic renditions of traditional (and modern) Irish and Celtic music. Their repertoire includes songs, hornpipes, jigs, ballads and drinking and rebel songs, and even the well-chosen non-Irish rock/pop/country tune, and can be customized to include your requests. Equally at home playing barn-burners like "The Blacksmith" and the Pogues' "Sally MacLennane", heart-wrenching ballads such as "He Fades Away" and "She Moved Through the Fair", or classic tunes like "Black Velvet Band" and "Whiskey in the Jar", Paddy's Pig never fails to get the audience involved, occasionally leaving the stage to do so, blurring the line between audience and performer. Lead vocalist, Missy Gibson, with her striking and distinctive vocals, is a feisty and fun lass who never lets an audience down. Instruments can include a combination of mandolin, penny whistle, guitar, drums, Irish Bouzouki, accordion, bass, percussion, and more. "...they're true originals. Unlike other young bands performing Irish folk music, this quartet resists any attempt to update these centuries-old ballads of drinking and highway robbery. Paddy's Pig still delivers these venerable songs with wisecracks and rock-n-roll energy".