Bat Kinane & The Whole Hog Band release their debut album, “Ordinary Days”, this March, with an album launch taking place in the Tramway Theatre Blessington, Co. Wicklow on March 29th.
Bat Kinane began his music career in rock band Glyder releasing four albums internationally and touring the world, opening stages for greats like Metallica, Slash and Thin Lizzy. In 2010 he took a completely different direction with his folk rock and Americana album “A Lifetime to Kill”. The album featured Johnny Cash’s bass player Dave Roe Rorick from Nashville as well as Ireland’s greatest soul singer, Rob Strong. It was critically acclaimed by magazines like Hotpress and Maverick Country, with regular airplay on RTE1 from John Creedon and Niall Toner, as well as regional and international stations. A Christmas song called “Turn on the Lights” was played on Today FM and KFM over Christmas 2013. Bat’s songs have made it twice to the finals of The Allingham Song Competition.
After Glyder split Bat started a family and a Roots based cover band called The Whole Hog Band to help pay the bills! The Whole Hog Band has been busy playing events all over the country. They have become a well-respected and in demand act. This led to the decision to incorporate The Whole Hog Band’s Roots and Country sound with Bat’s original compositions. The end result is the album “Ordinary Days”. Most of the album was written in July 2013 and it is Bat’s first attempt to produce, engineer and mix an album in his own studio Téach Rock Studios.
Bat and the regular members of The Whole Hog Band Band, John Treacy (Bass) and Gavan Murray (ex Jaded Sun) are joined on the album by some of Ireland’s finest musicians. Percy Robinson plays pedal steel – Percy is widely regarded as one of the best pedal steel players in the world and has played with Paul Brady, Mary Black and many more. Paul Kelly contributed the fiddle and a mandolin part – Paul performs with the best including Sharon Shannon and Eleanor Shanley. Martin Cooney also regarded as one of the best in his field plays the five string banjo and has played on recordings by The Clancy’s and Derek Warfield among others.
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