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Together since 1993, Hair Of The Dog is one of
the world's foremost Celtic rock bands. They've released ten
CDs including "at The Parting Glass", "Let It Flow" and "Donegal".
In January, 2008, the Kingston, New York Freeman Times said that
"Hair Of The Dog plays with a cohesive oneness that most bands never
get. They are a regional music treasure." The Dog was
also recently mentioned in Billboard Magazine as one of Irish
Music's biggest sellers. Their song "One Sunday Morning" was
featured on the 2003 Colleen Records compilation CD "Songs of Irish
Freedom Vol. 3". In 2005 Hair Of The Dog appeared on "One
Child At A Time", a charity compilation. Other artists
included U2, James Taylor, The Chieftains and Carly Simon.
Based in Upstate New York, Hair Of The Dog is Rick
Bedrosian on bass and vocals, Mike DeAngelis on acoustic guitar, bodhran and
vocals, John Haggerty on banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion and vocals, Larry Packer
on fiddle, Eric Finn on electric guitar, mandolin, violin and vocals and Scott Apicelli on drums
and percussion.
The band members boast impressive resumes.
Packer was a member of Sha Na Na, had a top ten hit with a Jimi
Hendrix produced band called Cat Mother and the All NIght Newsboys
and appeared with The Band in Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz."
He also guested on NBC's Saturday Night Live in a sketch that
included John Belushi. Bedrosian lived in Nashville in the 1980's where he performed and
recorded with Stevie Ray Vaughn, Marshall
Crenshaw, Gene Clark of The Byrds and John Stewart of The Kingston
Trio. Bedrosian's also an
accomplished film critic and fine art photographer. He's the writer
and host of "Rick's Picks", a humorous, multi-award winning movie
review podcast on iTunes. His photo of Paul McCartney landed on
the cover of the Spring, 2010 issue of Classic Drummer magazine.
DeAngelis and Haggerty have
been playing and singing Irish songs since they were kids and played
together in a popular Irish band called The Porters. Their
rich voices are a cornerstone of the band's sound. Finn and Apicelli are both graduates of Boston's famed Berklee School of
Music. Finn is a renowned arranger and Apicelli a much in
demand music producer and owner of Blue Sky Music Studios. Hair Of The Dog has performed in
clubs and concert venues in many American cities including Boston,
Chicago, Cleveland, Port St. Lucie, Danbury, Hartford, New York and Buffalo. They
regularly headline or co-headline at Celtic Festivals such as The Irish
2000 Music and Arts Festival, The Great American Irish Festival, The
East Durham Irish Festival and The Capital District Scottish Games.
They've also toured Ireland eight times. |
