Every Thursday Night:
The Irish Rogue
Every Friday Night:
Paddy Reilly's Pub
See schedule for more!
About the Mickey Finns
Introducing The Mickey Finns!! Voted the "sexiest Celtic Rock band in NYC for 2005" by the readers of Celtic Rock Digest*!!! Here's a little more info about the sexy boys themselves!!!
*themickeyfinns.com can neither confirm nor deny the existence of said publication, nor can we be held responsible for their viewing The Mickey Finns as mighty sexy.
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Ray Kelly: guitar & vocals Direct from Whitegate, Co. Clare, Ray Kelly brings to The Mickey Finns a hard edge voice and biting guitar that he honed with his years in The Boatmen in Ireland and The Prodigals in NYC. |
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Matt Mancuso: fiddle, vocals & guitar Matt comes to the Finns after honing his skills with Raglan Road and touring as the lead fiddler in Lord of the Dance. In addition to the fiddle, you might catch Matt on guitar, octave mandolin, or trumpet. His fiddle playing must be heard to be believed!! |
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Brian Tracey: drums & vocals After many years with The Prodigals and a few good, drunken months with The McCabes, Brian is back playing drums, though this time with a wide array of percussion instruments. Brian is also the fool who has to write all of this stuff and update the website. Have some pity, please! |
Special Guest Stars!
Padraig Allen: Padraig plays guitar and sings with the Mickey Finns on Thursday Nights. He is also has his own band, The Whole Shabang and just finished a new solo cd. You can find Padraig's schedule and cd information off of our link page.
Dave Barckow: Dave often fills in for us on guitar and vocals when if Ray or Padraig are incapacitated...which seems to happen alot! Dave has his own great band, Trigger, which you can find on our links page, as well.
Darren Maloney: Darren has helped us out on banjo and for those of you who have been lucky enough to see him, you know that he is one of the most amazing musicians in the world....seriously!! You can find his website on our links page.
The story of the Mickey Finns so far...
The Mickey Finns were born out of the ashes of two well known NYC Irish bands: The Prodigals and Raglan Road. Ray Kelly (guitar/vocals) & Brian Tracey (percussion/vocals) were longtime members of The Prodigals. With The Prodigals, they produced 3 well received CD's and toured most of the US, Europe, and Canada. However, all good things must come to an end (amicably, of course!). Ray left The Prodigals after 6 years to open his own pub in Fairfield, CT. Brian left the band after 7 years to go back to school.
After a year of not playing live, Ray and Brian started The Mickey Finns as a way to get back on the scene, work on new songs and get free beer. Since it's inception, The Mickey Finns have had help from some great friends and musicians, including Monty Monaghan, Sean McCabe, Dave Barkow, and Padraig Allen. It wasn't until Matt Mancuso (fiddle, vocals, octave mandolin) joined the band that the Mickey Finns sound really came together. Since then, The Mickey Finns have become the Satuday night "house band" at Paddy Reilly's, an honor previously held by The McCabes and Black '47. You can also see them as they start touring around the country in as many pubs and festivals that will have them! Slan!