Kick out the Celtic jams. Bill Grogan’s Goat combines solid Detroit rock with traditional Celtic melodies to produce a truly unique sound. The group’s follow up album, "Second Wind", was recorded at The Woodshed, an intimate Oak Park studio, with few overdubs so as to capture the live session feel. Like a ceilidh band in overdrive, Bill Grogan’s Goat tightly combines traditional songs with reels, jigs, and hornpipes at a pace that will challenge the Lord of the Dance himself.
Highland pipes, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bouzouki, and penny whistle, accompanied by rock and roll bass, guitar, and drums, breathe new life into time-honored songs of love, war and whiskey. "Second Wind" opens fast, with surf rock bagpipes followed up by over driven mandolin. While the Goat loves fist pumping music, they use more than a punk rock back drop to update these songs. Pub classic ‘Whiskey You’re the Devil’ grooves JB style, and ‘Cam Ye O’er Frae France’ embraces the group's prog rock affections.
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Bill Grogan’s Goat is officially releasing the CD at the Old Pointe Bar in Grosse Pointe on Nov 26th. The opening act for the release party is Jeecy and the Jungle. The festivities will begin around 9:30pm. They plan to follow it up with an aggressive series of shows to prime the audience for one hell of a St. Patrick’s Day. Kilt or be kilt, Detroit’s contribution to the Celtic rock story will excite and please.
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For information contact Gerard Smith by phone, 313.969.1110, or email gerard@billgrogansgoat.com. You can also join the Goat herd on our web site, www.BillGrogansGoat.com, or follow us on Facebook.
Bill Grogan’s Goat is:
Jude Closson: Drums, Vocals
Norman Rosenbaum: Guitar, Vocals
Gerard Smith: Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo, Bouzouki, Bodhran
Matt Twomey: Bass
Mindy Whalen: Fiddle, Whistle, Highland Pipes, Vocals
