FAIRGREEN CEILIDH
Fun & frolic on the dancefloor ~ Norfolk, Suffolk & Cams
fairgreenceilidhband@gmail.com 07753 462936
"Absolutely fantastic!" "Perfect for our wedding" "We had so much fun at our wedding thanks to you guys!"
"Loads of happy dancing people - what more could one want" "Thanks for making such a memorable day for us"
"We had the best time, everyone was so happy with the Ceilidh, even the Italians had no trouble following!"
"...you were honestly the best ceilidh band we've seen at a wedding!"
"I don’t think we could have found a more perfect band for the day!"
One of the Top 10 most booked Ceilidh bands on Encore!
"Hale be your heart! hale be your fiddle! Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle"
The core of the Fairgreen Ceilidh Band has been playing together for 7 years now. The band has seen some great musicians come and go. We are now taking advantage of the considerable drumming & vocal talents of Baz to make up the 4 piece.
We have all been playing in bands since knee high to the proverbial grasshopper. We are all working on various other musical projects (see links)
The music is largely fiddle driven by our extremely talented 'maestro' Tri with mandolin, guitar, bass and some occasional additional jiggery pokery to make the sound even bigger.
We take a lot of care finding great tunes to complement the dances, tunes thast really want to make you want to dance.
TRI the Fiddle:
He has been playing the violin for 30 years or so, a full-time musician while living in Indonesia. He can turn his bow to all kinds of different genres - Irish folk, country/bluegrass, jazz and blues as well as original music and improvisation. All of which he uses to inject that extra special twist to his playing in the band - once he gets going it's hard to know when the good stuff is going to end. Influences; Irish fiddler Kevin Burke of the Bothy Band and Patrick Street, the 'Western Swing' style of Bob Wills and jazz rock violin of Jean Luc Ponty. He also teaches violin in Norwich.
PAUL the Bass
European tours, videos, hit singles with the ace Norwich indie band the Nivens are all some of the excellent things Paul has played a part in! He's also written songs and music for films..... talking of films, he's acted in quite a few not to mention the stage appearances. He is also a voice over artist - very talented man indeed.
CHRIS the Dance Caller, Guitar & Mandolin
After playing in York indie band Pinq Stuff for 5 years in the 1980's headed to Norfolk to play in several bands - the wedding cover band Moonshine, Peter Gold Country Band, Tom Thompson Band and more recently 5 years in a well known Norfolk Ceilidh Band, Whirligig. His hobby is trawling youtube for new dances and tunes. Favourite bands include Bellowhead, Altan, Solas, AfroCeltic Sound System, Imagined Village, Peatbog Fairies, Shooglenifty, Blazin Fiddles, Sharron Shannon...