Four to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early- to mid-1990s.
From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk.
Four to the Bar was formed in the working-class/immigrant Irish community of Woodside, NY, in 1991. The initial lineup was Martin Kelleher (from Cork) on bass guitar, David Yeates (from Dunboyne, Co. Meath) on...
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Four to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early- to mid-1990s.
From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk.
Four to the Bar was formed in the working-class/immigrant Irish community of Woodside, NY, in 1991. The initial lineup was Martin Kelleher (from Cork) on bass guitar, David Yeates (from Dunboyne, Co. Meath) on vocals and flute, David Livingstone (from Co. Monaghan) on mandolin, and a fourth member (name unknown) on guitar.
That August, Kelleher switched to guitar and the band placed a classified ad for a bass player in the Irish Voice newspaper. Patrick Clifford (from New York City) answered the ad, was hired, and completed the Kelleher-Yeates-Clifford nucleus that would hold for the remainder of the band's existence.
Four to the Bar immediately began to tour regionally. It was during this time that the band gave an opening act for then-rising star...
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