Do Three Dollar Band play Irish music? Well yes, they do. They play music from North America and Northern Europe (most of which is from Ireland), but their musical roots and interests go much further than that. The band do a rather good job of explaining it themselves:

In Three Dollar Band we do not hide the fact that we love traditional Irish music, nor do we wish to downplay that we are all Americans with an equal appreciation for the music of our native country. Fortunately for us, Irish and American music have been influencing each other for centuries, a phenomenon we wish to highlight in our music. We create and interpret music that is indicative of our influences and strive to remain true to both ourselves, and the music.

The band of course also have a MySpace page and a FaceBook page (root around, FaceBook is being temperamental for me this morning).

You can see Three Dollar Band perform this St Patrick’s Day season 2010 at various venues in the KC metro area - posted on the Kansas City Irish Events calendar

But for some reason even more people want to see him perform his Irish music during the month of March.

Here are Eddie’s gigs for the 2010 St Patrick’s Day season:

Friday March 12 Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 6-9pm
Saturday March 13 Immaculata Highschool Auditorium Leavenworth KS, 8pm
Sunday March 14 Shawnee St Pats Parade, after the parade
Sunday March 14 O’Dowd’s Little Dublin, The Plaza, 8pm
Monday March 15 Blue Note, Columbia MO, 8pm
Tuesday March 16 with John Morris, Marriott Downtown KC, 4:30-7pm

Wednesday, March 17, St Patrick’s Day,
Mike Kelly’s Westsider at about 1.30 - 4pm-ish.
O’Dowd’s Little Dublin On The Plaza at about 4.30 - 9.30pm-ish

And Eddie says he hopes you have a ball, which if you are given to gratuitous Gaelic references could mean a Gaelic Football, but I suspect it doesn’t.

These events have been posted on the KC Irish Events calendar where you’ll see loads of St Patrick’s Day stuff and loads more to be added.

Do check out the page on Eddie Delahunt for Eddie’s regular gigs where people don’t wear green.

I’ve already told you about the appearance at Brownes Irish Market & Deli - but he’s also visiting 2 other venues in Kansas City.

After performing his Guinness ambassadorial skills at Browns from 2pm to 4pm, Fergal is then appearing at:

    O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza, 4 – 6pm
    The Cashew after the Flogging Molly concert, 10pm-ish

To be honest I think Brown’s is by far and away the venue to see this event, and that’s where I’d be going - if I wasn’t in Dublin walking past the Guinness brewery that day.

These events are posted on the Kansas City Irish Events calendar.

At 7pm on March 15, 2010 Kelly are performing in the Corbin Theatre at 15 N Water Street in Liberty, MO.

Admission is $10 at the door.

Kelly of Kelly says you needn’t worry about dinner as food and drinks will be available.

You don’t get too many chances to see Kelly perform - and this sounds like a great chance.

This event is posted on the Kansas City Irish Events calendar.

At 2 pm, Col. James Crofutt gives his first-person narrative of Missouri’s 7th “Irish” Brigade.

You can see, hear, and experience up close, Civil War re-enactors who made up Missouri’s Irish Brigade.

Medical demonstrations, real Civil War artifacts, rolls of the 7th Brigade (possibly including your ancestors?) and live period music.

Men and women with authentic firearms, tents, equipment and dress will share their knowledge and enthusiasm of this part of Kansas City’s regional Irish history.

It’s a big thumbs up, for all three acts, including Boston’s finest purveyors of Irish Punk Metal, or whatever it is that the Murphys do:

Beers clanking, crowd-singing along to every word, it was like we were all friends magically transported away from Kansas City to an intimate pub in Ireland.The band was tight and sounded better than their recordings and countless radio singles. They, too, showed their fans love with constant time in the crowd. The piano had never been used so rockingly. It was just insane fun to watch and take part.

Read Bethany’s review on Popwrreckoning.

See Other Stuff, Clearly Related:
   • Dropkick Murphys in KC Way Better Than Ninja Turtles
   • Video of The Dropkick Murphys and Scorsese’s The Departed
   • Flogging Molly in Missouri: A Report

As the parade that starts at 1pm in South Park makes its way down Massachusetts Street and onto the Kansas River bridge, it will be steered east onto Elm Street — detouring to Locust Street and ultimately on to the usual stopping point at The Flamingo Club — the regular traffic will be allowed to proceed past temporarily removed barricades up until Locust.

With the construction due to be finished in August, even if it’s late next year’s parade should be back to normal.

See the Lawrence Journal-World for more information, and a video.

Kelly’s say that nearly 80 friends, longtime patrons, suppliers and organizations with ties to the Kelly family became step sponsors.

Friday, March 12th: Waxy O’Shea’s, Shawnee 8pm. No cover. For information, call (913) 631-1759.

Saturday, March 13th: O’Malley’s Pub, Weston 3:30pm - 7:30pm
Preceded by The Three Dollar Band, and followed by Connacht Town. Also performing that night in the upper cellar is Bob Reeder. $5 cover. For more information, call (816) 640-5235.

Sunday morning, March 14th: St Patrick’s Parish in Emerald, KS from 11:30am - 1:30pm

Sunday early-evening, March 14th: Waxy O’Shea’s, Shawnee, KS 5:30pm - 9:30pm. No cover. For information, call (913) 631-1759.

Wednesday, March 17th, St Patrick’s Day: O’Malley’s Pub in Weston, noon - 3pm.
Tullamore are followed by The Three Dollar Band and Ellis Island. And in the upper cellar is Bob Reeder. $5 cover. For more information, call (816) 640-5235.

Keep up to date with Tullamore on their official website

These events will all be added to the Kansas City Irish Events calendar. Well, except for the Emerald, KS gig maybe.

And now maybe I can get back to Irish news more directly affecting Kansas City, and you can buy some of my paintings.

Em, I don’t know about you but I could do a serious amount of damage to a keg of Guinness in 2 hours, and the Biscuits & Gravy wouldn’t hurt either. Not that I want to encourage gluttony, but it sounds like good value to me for a solid feed of pints and food in advance of the parade.

The Kansas City Star featured Ian in their Case of The Mondays where they got to ask him some questions, e.g.

How does it feel to be named grand marshal?

I was just in shock … dumbfounded, flabbergasted and extremely proud. Ever since I came to this country, I’ve been amazed at the whole parade. I went to my first one in 1988, and I’d never seen the likes of it in my life.

Read the rest in the full article in KC Star

Armed with a range of musical instruments such as his 6- and 12-stringed acoustic guitars, banjo, cittern, and even bagpipes, you can catch Bob perform every week at a variety of venues in the KC metro area. But this is March.

The following are Bob Reeder’s special appearances this March, 2010, in addition to his regular weekly appearances (see below for details/times etc) at O’Dowd’s of Zona Rosa, The Office of Gladstone, and O’Malley’s of Weston:

Wed March 3rd 2pm Little Sisters of the Poor 8745 James A. Reed Rd, Raytown
Sat March 6th 8pm O’Malley’s Pub in Weston, MO
Tue March 9th 7pm Gary’s Place, 12909 S US Hiway 71, Grandview, MO
Wed March 10th 7pm Waxy O’Shea’s, Shawnee Mission Pkwy & Quivera
Sat March 13th 11am Harp & Shamrock Float in Snake Saturday Parade
Sat March 13th 4pm Norty’s, 1117 Fredrick, St. Joseph, MO
Sat March 13th 8pm O’Malley’s Pub in Weston, MO

Wednesday, March 17, 2010, Bob Reeder’s St Patrick’s Day Schedule:

   11am KC parade on the Harp & Shamrock Float
   2pm O’Dowd’s Zona Rosa
   5pm The Office in Gladstone
   7:30pm O’ Malley’s Irish Pub in Weston

Wednesday March 31st 7pm Waxy O’Shea’s Shawnee Mission Pkwy & Quivera (Next Bob Reeder Fanclub meeting will be at this event)

These performances are in addition to Bob’s regular weekly schedule, of which here is a reminder:

   9pm Every Thursday at O’Dowd’s in Zona Rosa
   8:30pm Every Friday at The Office, 6825 North Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO
   3-9pm Every Sunday at O’Malley Pub in Weston, Missouri

Updates to Bob’s schedule can be checked by calling 1-888-213-6949 anytime.

I’ll get around to adding all these special appearances by Bob to the Kansas City Irish Events Calendar just as soon as I can.

UPDATE: 5 more paintings have now been added. Of the 15 in total in the sale to date, 8 are currently sold.

Just a quick note to confirm today I launched a sale of new paintings.

They launch at half-price and with free shipping worldwide. Normal prices and shipping will apply from the end of the week.

The sale was started with 10 paintings; more will be added through the week.

Best Personal Blog is the same category that my personal blog Bicyclistic has been nominated in (IrishKC is in Arts & Culture).

See the full list of nominations to see what other categories there are, and more importantly to discover many great blogs.

Best Personal Blog is sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group

Nominations precede the longlists and the shortists. Winners are announced in Galway at the Awards on March 27, 2010. See you there?