Location: The Horseshoe Inn

Date: Friday June 11th

Time: 10:30 — 12:30pm

Due to the huge reponse that followed last years blistering performance at Abbeyfest, Dave and Mr.Bowell have been asked to return again this year for what promises to be a night not to be missed!

A true sequence of coincedences brought these two characters together on stage last year and the saga continues this year as they return with a seven piece band comprising of members from Daves touring band and Johns legendary band ‘Spanners In The Works’.

This will be an eclectic mix of seasoned musicians coming together to create a Bluesy Rock vibe, covering a wide range of classic material including some of Dave’s own songs from his forthcoming Debut Album ‘Bring Out The Light’.

Check out full details on the Abbeyfest page and get there early for this event folks as seating will be limited and standing room is first come first serve. Alternatively, feel free to join up here and tell a friend. A complimentary copy of Dave’s new single will be available on the night for those of you who attend via this event!

So grab your shades and put on your leather jacket and get your ass over to Abbeyleix on the 11th June for the craziest night of your life!!!!!

Doors at 8pm.

Line up:
Dave Morrissey/Vocals and Acoustic
John Bowell/ Harmonica and vocals
Keith Bogan/ Lead and ryhthm electric guitar
Mick Brennan aka Funk/ Drums
Ben Morrissey/ Precussion
Louise Handy/ Backing vocals
Eugene Mac/Bass guitar

www.myspace.com/davemorrisseymusic

‘Its just one step into the light, and I’m feeling high as a kite,

It’s just one more twist of the screw and I know I can get through to you’

Dave Morrissey is a talented artist who combines excellent melodies, biting lyrics, and understated production to illustrate his tales of life, love and loss. He has the hallmark of an experienced musician at ease with his craft and style with the ability to command an audience, something other entertainers rarely achieve.

But this would be of little consequence were it not for the strength of his material. In fact every one of his finely crafted songs amply displays his prodigious musical and lyrical talent at work. His sound is clean and substantial where the rifts really roll the rhythm rocks and the melodies have more bite than a flotilla of psychotic crocodiles on crack!

He is a wonderfully versatile vocalist and a colourful character and it is each of these vital strengths that make his music work and work brilliantly. He generates a personalised power surge; he has an abundance of obvious enthusiasm, rasping vocals and a real penchant for harmonic hummable material. He hits our hearts with his arrangements, which add a whole new dimension to the music. And this is great music – raw, alive, hot and cooking, it’s blessed with a kind of nagging hook that will stay with you for days on end. Tempo wise there’s something for everyone here, chest beating riffs, mid-paced stompers sculpted from acoustic wood shavings and the classically flavoured tear-jecker with immaculately crafted melodies.

Having just recently finished recording a full-length album in Bluebird Studios Dublin, Dave is hitting the road in June & July 2009 on a nation-wide acoustic tour. Hitting hotspots in Dublin, Limerick, Cork Wexford, Wicklow & Laois as well appearances on Balcony TV Dublin & London; armed only with a guitar & some tunes, punters will form their own opinions based on what they see and hear, the most crucial ingredient being – the music.

For further details of tour dates and venues, please see: www.myspace.com/davemorrisseymusic

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