JOSH RITTER, THE DUKE AND THE KING, JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, JASON & The SCORCHERS, CHRIS SMITHER, HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, BAND OF HEATHENS, PETE MOLINARI, DEX ROMWEBER DUO, JOE PUG, UNCLE MONK, CAITLIN ROSE, JAMES VINCENT McMORROW, plus over 50 free gigs on Smithwicks Music Trail!
Friday April 30th – Monday May 3rd, 2010
This year Smithwick’s is celebrating 300 years of brewing craft and tradition in Kilkenny. Founded by John Smithwick in 1710 he chose the site of an ancient monastery, St Francis Abbey in Kilkenny, to position his brewery. Due to this heritage and Smithwick’s reaching this momentous occasion we are delighted that the Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival will be celebrated with the Smithwick’s brand being the principal sponsor at the festival.
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Guitarist and singer Barry Barnes is one of Europe’s most active enthusiasts working to keep alive the music and memory of Rory Gallagher. Since 1996 Barry has organized the annual Rory Gallagher tribute gig at Dukinfield Town Hall, near Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, making this the first, and the longest running Rory Tribute in the world. Currently established as one of the main events on the Rory calendar, and forced to re-locate to Sheffield, it continues to grow and now ‘The Rory Gig’ attracts audiences in excess of four hundred people from throughout the UK and abroad.
The same impetus to celebrate Rory’s genius led Barry to form a tribute band with two like-minded musicians – bassist Dave Burns and, more recently drummer Steve Tansley. Both Dave and Steve are lifelong Rory fans, not just some rhythm section that Barry has cobbled together, and it shows! Together as Sinnerboy and driven by belief, enthusiasm and passion, it’s the bands stated aim to be amongst the best Rory Gallagher tribute acts in the world.
Sinnerboy are ever-presents at all the major Rory festivals throughout the world and were Donal Gallagher’s choice of band for the first London festival at Hammersmith (Donal calls them his favourite ‘boy’ band!)
Playing live is what Sinnerboy do best. Anyone who has seen them will tell you, it’s all about energy and passion, strong songs played with verve. But how else could you approach playing Rory’s music?
Their repertoire numbers over forty songs (and rising), with material from every stage of Rory’s career including his early days with Taste. Bullfrog Blues, Walk On Hot Coals, Tattooed Lady, Shadow Play, Moonchild and many more are the essential ingredients of every Sinnerboy set. For Sinnerboy, keeping the music of Rory Gallagher alive and live for people who love to hear it is all that matters …and don’t look for three guys on stage poncing about in wigs trying to look like three other guys, what you get with this band is all out passionate Rory Gallagher music!
