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SUMMARY:THE MIGHTY REGIS \"VERY SPECIAL GIG TONIGHT 10:30PM FREE\"
DESCRIPTION:ALCHEMIST\n\n8/15/2009 10:30 PM at THE MIGHTY REGIS\n435 S
 outh Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130\nCost: Alwa
 ys Free\nAfter years of playing the north west counties of the \"Emera
 ld Isle\"’ the lads of THE MIGHTY REGIS (The Irish Show Band from Co
 unty Sligo) have made their way to the U.S. This band of misfits donâ€
 ™t have much of a story if you ask them but here ’tis: Young Gavin M
 cLoud had the idea to form a band with some of the best musicians in a
 ll of Ireland...it didn’t quite work out that way. So instead he ask
 ed the help of his friend Ronnie McDonald, a local music teacher and t
 he nicest of people. The fellas then found a drummer when Gavin’s sc
 hoolyard chum Gabby Byrne was released from prison, having been mistak
 en for an IRA soldier. Next came the search for the perfect frontman. 
 Gavin looked and looked and finally had no other choice then to ask hi
 s half brother Francis \"Franky\" McNorman. A failed soccer player, Fr
 anky doesn’t like his brother and doesn’t like to sing, but not ha
 ving any other football teams in Ireland to get kicked off of Franky r
 eluctantly joined. While touring through the Dingle Peninsula after ab
 out a year together, they picked up a hitchhiking rabbinical student n
 amed Paddy McRib. Convinced that a life dedicated to music and making 
 people happy would be more pleasin’ to the Lord, young Paddy traded 
 his yalmulka and tallit set for a used accordion and never looked back
 . The final pieces were added when Franky heard the voice of an angel 
 during Mass one fateful Sunday, and the lovely Ryan O’Neill was brou
 ght on board. Finally, the band’s biggest fan, Darby, an orphan boy 
 who couldn’t even afford a last name, filled a void at bass, and hop
 es his real parents will one day come to a gig. Slainte’. Influences
  Shane MacGowen, Dave King, James Joyce, Brendan Behan, Bob Dylan, Bru
 ce Springsteen, Jim Morrison, Joe Strummer, Mike McColgan, The Pogues,
  Flogging Molly, The Dropkick Murphys, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, So
 cial Distortion, NOFX, The Bouncing Souls, The Street Dogs, The Clash,
  The Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Ray Charles, The Grateful Dea
 d, The Police, The Who, The Animals, Paul O’Neill, Robbie Keane, Joh
 nny MacEnroe, Kevin McHale and the greatest Irish American walking thi
 s earth, REGIS PHILBIN. Sounds Like The fastest mandolin in the world 
 stealing yer girlfriend whilst kicking yer arse.\nOfficial Site: http:
 //www.myspace.com/alchemistlou...\n\nFor more information visit http:/
 /neighborsforneighbors.org/events/the-mighty-regis-very-special
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CATEGORIES:irish, folk, punk
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
ORGANIZER;CN=Lyndon:http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Lyndon
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