It’s been six years, four albums, hundreds of shows and thousands of miles, and the Wild Colonial Bhoys are only beginning.
This past year they have played Irish festivals across the Midwest, headlining several in the process. They have been featured three times on NBC TV’s Twin Cities affiliate KARE-11. They were chosen to include a track on Home for the Holidays: A Minnesota Christmas, a charity compilation featuring 15 of the A-list of Minnesota musicians, AND they released their own new album, Live…What’s it to Ya?!, selling out their CD release show to boot.
The album, their second release for Loud Folk Records, features fifteen tracks that display the Bhoys at their best—playing a high-energy live show for an adoring crowd and showcasing their considerable musical talents. Featuring their full band (Adam Coolong on lead vocals and guitar, Geno Carlson on guitar and vocals, Cody McKinney on bass and vocals, Tony Comeau on fiddle and Derek Jaimes on drums), the album is a definitive example of a sweaty live WCB show.
As Paddyrock.com puts it, “this CD is almost a “Best of Celtic Rock”, featuring WCB originals like Hair of the Dog, I Am Ireland, Better Off, and more. They also have some great covers of Spirit of the West’s Home For A Rest, Steve Earle’s Galway Girl, Charlie and the Bhoys’ Charlie and the MTA, and some killer versions of everyone’s favorite staple pub songs like Wild Rover, Come Out, Ye Black and Tans, and more!”
“We wanted an album that captured the feeling of our live show so that people who weren’t there could experience it,” says guitarist Geno Carlson. “We wanted people to have some classics that feature regularly in our shows but we haven’t recorded yet, as well as some new material”. On this CD the Bhoys live up to their ability to connect with and excite a crowd, as they have done all over the Midwest, as well as the East Coast of the US and Ireland.
Bassist Cody McKinney notes “we’ve set some high goals for ourselves in the upcoming year. We want to tour more, as well as release a new studio album.” From their humble beginnings as simply Adam and Geno playing acoustic guitar duo shows, the Wild Colonial Bhoys have begun their transformation into a Celtic rock tour-de-force. They are turning heads all over America and 2010 promises to be their brightest year yet.
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