JIM ROONEY: Veteran Grammy-winning Nashville record Producer: John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Hal Ketchum, Iris DeMent, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Paxton, Peter Rowan, David Olney.
Shawn Camp: IBMA Vocalist of the Year, Member of The Earls of Leicester, Writer: “Two Pina Coladas,” “Would You Go With Me,” “Nobody But Me,”
Sam Bush, co-founder of Newgrass revival, member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, 4-time IBMA Mandolinist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from Americana Music Association, and “the King” of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
Stuart Duncan is a world class fiddler, member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band, collaborator with the likes of Edgar Meyer, Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Aoife O'Donovan on chart-topping, Grammy winning albums and valued contributor to countless album projects. Stuart has been an Irregular since the beginning.
Tim O'Brien is an original member of Hot Rize and Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers (he was Red). Tim has written many hit songs, including "Walk The Way The Wind Blows" and "Untold Stories"
Pat Alger: Member Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Writer:“Goin’ Gone”, “Small Town Saturday Night , The Thunder Rolls, “Like We Never Had A Broken Heart
Pat McLaughlin: Pat has been a mainstay of the Nashville Music scene since 1980 when he made his first album "Wind It On Up," produced by Jim Rooney. Rooney and David Ferguson later produced "Party At Pat's" for Appaloosa Records. Pat has success with his songs: "Lynda" "Tell me About It"
Bill Kenner:Played mandolin with Leon Russell, J.J. Cale, Skeeter Davis. Band leader Big Jumbo Shrimp. Songwriter: “Paradise Tonight,” Your Love Is A Miracle,”( Mark Chestnut)”Holdin’ Heaven.”
Pete Wasner: Played piano with Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Vince Gill. Songwriter: “Whenever You Come Around,” ”Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away,” “One Night A Day,” “Mama Knows The Highway.”
Dan Dugmore played steel guitar with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor. Has played on countless albums with just about every artist you can think of.
Dave Pomeroy played bass with Don Williams. With the late Kenny Malone he headed up the jazz fusion group Tone Patrol. He has played on hundreds of albums and for the past 15 years has headed up Local 257 , the Nashville Musicians Union.
Richard Bailey is co-founder of the contemporary Bluegrass band The Steeldrivers. He has also played banjo with Roland White, Kathy Chiavola and many others. Richard is in demand as a session musician, having recorded with Tom Rush, Tom Paxton, George Jones and many others.
Kirk “Jellyroll” Johnson has played harmonica on countless recording sessions, adding his distinctive sound to records by The Judds, Randy Travis, Hal Ketchum, Suzy Boggus, to name a few. He often accompanies songwriter Don Schlitz on the Grand Ole Opry.
Larry Atamanuik has played drums in the folk-rock band Seatrain, with Peter Rowan's Crucial Country Band, Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers, Alison Krauss, Shawn Camp and many others.
Pat McInerney came to Nashville from England to play drums with Don Williams and never left. For more than 20 years he played with Nanci Griffith and co-produced her album “The Loving Kind.”
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(SOLD OUT) ROONEY'S IRREGULARS: JIM ROONEY, SHAWN CAMP, SAM BUSH, STUART DUNCAN, TIM O'BRIEN, PAT McLAUGHLIN, PAT ALGER, "JELLYROLL" JOHNSON, PETE WASNER, DAN DUGMORE, RICHARD BAILEY, BILL KENNER
Wed
October 4, 2023
7:30 pm
(Doors: 6:00 pm )
3rd and Lindsley
All Ages