Sam Pointer Music  
  Shillelagh Law

Recipe for Shillelagh Law:

1) Start with a mix of rowdy Irish and Scottish pub songs, lightning-fingered jigs and reels, a cappella sea shanties in harmony, and an occasional moving Celtic ballad.
2) Give it a unique flavor by stirring in some elements of bluegrass, contemporary songwriting, and jamband-style improvisation. 
3) Add in the talented Celtic dancers that sometimes show up and perform with the band.
4) Now imagine all that after the audience has consumed a lot of Guinness and Bushmill's.
5) And there you have it: Shillelagh Law, "the ale-swillingest, whiskey-drinkingest, floor-poundingest, love-makingest Irish Band in the world!"

Shillelagh Law has been an institution in the Birmingham Irish community for a number of years and through several personnel changes.  The band first came together in March of 1999 when Bailey’s Irish Pub opened up in Birmingham's Southside.  Energetic guitarist/vocalist Beau Goss, fiddler Leo McDermott, bassist Jeremy Burns, and bodhran player Beth Wetheral packed out the house every Sunday night.  Other former members include Dain Forsythe on bodhran, whistle, bagpipes & vocals. 

The current lineup is:

• Jason Bailey, mandolin & vocals
• Sam Pointer, guitar, bouzouki & vocals
• Jeremy Burns, bass & vocals

Some day we'll get it together and have a separate Shillelagh Law web site... for now www.slawmusic.com points to this page on Sam's site.  By the way, people often ask what the name means; here's one explanation.

To book Shillelagh Law, contact Sam or Jason (205-612-2723).

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