Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band
Wraggle Taggle are a professional and talented traditional ceilidh band performing celtic, Irish and Scottish music at parties, festivals, pubs, clubs, ceili da
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Gravel Walks / High Reel Gravel Walks / High Reel
Two traditional Irish Reels. Our accordion player Barbara Hackett is pictured.
Scotland The Brave . Dashing White Sergeant Scotland The Brave . Dashing White Sergeant
A hornpipe followed by two well known traditional Scottish tunes. The picture shows our fiddle player Dave Brown.
Arkansas Traveller . Red Haired Boy Arkansas Traveller . Red Haired Boy
This is a set of two American Reels. The picture shows our banjo player Mick O'Connor
I want to be near you I want to be near you
A popular dance with a chance to hear our caller Nick Male (pictured). Dance to the French tune 'Au pres de ma blonde' which of course means 'I am praying for a blonde!'
A professional and talented traditional ceilidh band based in London, England performing celtic, Irish and Scottish music at parties, festivals, pubs, clubs, ceili dancing, and functions and providing quality wedding reception and corporate entertainment.
Clients include Mick Jagger and British Airways.
Venues include The Royal Festival Hall, Pinewood Studios, The Pride of Bilbao and The Kings Fund.
Contact: Mick Bailey Tel: 020 7267 7737 Mobile: 07906 470991
E-mail: wraggletaggle@gmail.com
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More mp3s available atBand/artist history
Wraggle Taggle was founded in 1996 and grew out of the vibrant North London Traditional Music scene. They have built a reputation as a highly entertaining, professional and talented ceilidh band and go out as anything from a duo to a six-piece, amplified or acoustic, with or without a caller.
All the musicians have been performing, touring and recording for many years and two are award-winning performers.
Wraggle Taggle play traditional Irish, Scottish, English and American songs and tunes with innovation, flair and vitality. More info atHave you performed in front of an audience?See Playing for Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall was quite something!
Your musical influences
Musical influences include; The Chieftains; Planxty; The Bothy Band; Altan; Ally Bain; Boys of the Lough; Jimmy Shand; The Pogues; Van Morrison; The Dubliners and Christy Moore and the many talented friends we have met over the years in the vibrant traditional music scene.What equipment do you use?
Wraggle Taggle use a Dynacord Powermate 600 Mixer Amp, two EV speakers and Shure SM58 mics. This is sufficient for most venues. If your venue is very large or you have a lot of guests we may need to hire something more powerful.Anything else?
most common format for a ceilidh consists of four musicians plus a caller who will teach the dances from scratch - no experience needed! A ceilidh is something really different and ideal for a successful party, as it is a fun way to get families, friends and colleagues to mix and meet and because all age groups become involved. The faster dances are an energetic work out, and they also play in a more relaxed romantic mood.
Mick Bailey: Guitar, Vocals is the founder and lynch-pin of Wraggle Taggle which he put together following many succesful years organising gigs in and around his home in North London. Mick carefully selected the band members for outstanding ability on their individual instruments and as a bunch of good friends. Born in Yorkshire in 1954, Mick trained as a classical pianist and taught himself the guitar. He was always interested in folk music and helped run Knebworth Folk Club in Hertfordshire when he was just a teenager. He was turned on to Irish music during the seventies "revival" by groundbreaking bands such as Planxty, The Bothy Band, and The Chieftans. Mick has worked in a variety of musical areas, composing and arranging for theatre as well as jazz, rock and folk groups. Previous projects include "The Tollpuddle Players", "Take Two", "Yellow Bell"and "Northern Celts".
Tenor Banjo, Mandolin inherited a love of Irish music from his parents who came from County Kerry & Roscommon in Ireland. "The Dubliners" banjo player, Barry McKenna, inspired Mick to learn the Banjo in 1967. He learned tunes from the great London Irish musicians, including John Bowe, Bobby Casey, Tommy McCarthy, and Roger Sherlock, and is particularly influenced by Clare, Galway and Kerry styles of playing.
Mick won the all-Ireland tenor banjo championship in 1971 and two all-Ireland ceili band medals in 1986 and 1987 as a member of "Thatch Ceili Band". He toured the USA & Ireland in 1975 and the UK in 1976 with Jo Burke, Paddy Glakin on a tour organised by "Comhaltas Ceoltori Eirean" the Irish Traditional Music Association. Mick has played in countless concerts and ceili's over the years, and toured in the U.S.A, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Ireland and elsewhere. He has recorded with some of the greats of Irish music including Tommy Makem, Kevin Burke, Brendon Shine, Donal Lunny and Noel Murphy. In 1992 Mick backed Elvis Costello on stage and he performed with Ronnie Drew of "The Dubliners" in 1998.
Mick was delighted to be invited to meet Irish President Mary McAleese at a special reception for traditional Irish musicians at her official residence, ?ras an Uachtar?in, in Phoenix Park, Dublin on 21st April 2004. Click here for more info.
Mick joined Wraggle Taggle in 1997.
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