Tullamore Tree Black Velvet Band Video

This clip was filmed at the Pig'n'Whistle in Indooroopilly, Brisbane in 2001. The Tree were regulars for a couple of years until they fell out of favour with the management due to a disagreement about alcohol provision,Tullamore Tree are a Brisbane based band who accidently became popular in the wake of the Riverdance bandwagon and the Irish Theme Pub craze that hit the city in the late 90's. They were (and still are) scorned by the traditionalists as they concentrate on good pub entertainment delivered with a total irreverant attitude as oppposed to playing jigs and reels that start to sound like the same auld shite after a few guinness or even perrier water for that matter. They play a few rebel Irish and Scottish songs but also do blues, rock and pop songs too all done with with an attention to the light side. Some famous Irish artists such as Finbar Furey have attended Tullamore Tree performances and stayed to the end. (more likely due to the case of red wine he helped polish off rather than the band's prowess) But he did have a swally with Scruffy after the gig. This is more likely to be caused by the same fascination a bairn would have on their first trip to the zoo. Audience participation is a great part of the act although "Public Humiliation" is a term that rolls of the tongue freely from most observers. It always seems the band are as much victims of this musical and verbal abuse as are the poor individuals Scruffy relentlessly lambasts with the help of a PA system and total lack of political correctness.Scruffy is a singer with a Licence to offend; an expat Glasgow man and long time supporter of the best team in Glasgow and has called Australia home for the last 40 years. (I think Partick Thistle were good in 1966). Next we have a mere newcomer to Australia with only 22 years in the country, Jock (name changed to prevent embarassment to his family) is from Dalkeith just ootside Edinburgh (no his fault). He plays guitar and mandolin and is not impartial to alcholic offerings. Last but not least is dinky die Australian, the Sergeant who has only spent 3 and a half weeks in Dalkeith on a drinking holiday with Jock. He plays the bass and guitar and has signed the necessary forms with the Queensland mental health department to allow Jock and Scruffy out to play on weekends. If all of the above still hasn't put you off coming to a Tullamore Tree gig and putting some money over the bar..... our gig guide can be found on the following website. www.users.bigpond.com/tullamore.treePS If your're going to the bar please remember it's 3 pints of Guinness for the band.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: October 29, 2006 at 2:21 am
Author: hugebhind

Length: 04:09
Rating: 4.55
Views: 8733

Tags: band  black  celtic  irish  music  pig'n'whistle  scruffy  tree  tullamore  velvet  

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