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Beer for Breakfast (Irish)
Ceilidh Irish and Traditional / Wedding Entertainment
Professional male lead 4-piece Irish band playing a lively range of traditional & contemporary Irish, Scottish or English songs & tunes plus Celtic & Country Rock. Full PA supplied. Full Ceilidh with caller if required. Great for parties & celebrations!
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Profile
Beer for Breakfast are all professional musicians who came together 5 years ago from a mixture of academic formal semi-pro and session music backgrounds to form one of the most vibrant and lively bands on the Irish music scene today.
Beer for Breakfast also specialise in Ceilidh's and use excellent Callers for all types of Ceilidh whether you want yours to have an Irish Scottish or English flavour! Beer for Breakfast also have a top quality and self-contained Dynacord PA and Bose speaker system.
Joanne is a professional musician who has played the flute from the age of 7 has a formal music education and also plays saxophone and keyboards. Joanne’s favourite instruments are a silver Flute and a Rudell Carte wooden flute on which she can play virtually any style of music ranging from Irish through Country to Rock and Roll!
Ken is a self taught professional musician who started playing flamenco style at the age of 18 and later graduated to Mandolin, Mandola and Banjo as he became interested in Traditional Irish music. He has played as a session musician and with various Irish and Folk bands and has a unique Mandolin style. He plays a Sobell Mandolin, one of the best acoustic instruments around and a Ryder 4 string electric mandolin.
Alanis a professional musician who can play various instruments from guitar to keyboards. He has played with several bands ranging from Folk Rock to a top flight Ceili Band. He currently features in Beer for Breakfast on a Deering electric Banjo and a Sobell Bouzuki He is an accomplished tunesmith and his knowledge of Irish tunes is unsurpassed.
Barrie sings and plays a Loud-One (Louden) Guitar. He is a professional musician and has played on the folk and country scene for many years and and is acknowledged as having one of the greatest and varied repartees in the business.
Set
list
SONG SELECTION
St. Brendan
Lark in the Morning
Mountain Dew
Murshien Durkin
Mc Alpines Fusiliers
JCB song
Black Velvet Band
Seven Drunken Nights
Paddy on the Railway
Whisky in the Jar
Rarest Flowers
Streets of Dublin
Rocky Rd to Dublin
Nobbys Steamboat
Sally McLennane
I Useta Luv Her
Four Roads
Whisky you’re the Devil
South Australia
Irish Rover
Rose of Allendale
Fields of Athanry
Galway Shawl
Galway Girls
Donegal Danny
Wild Rover
Craic was Mighty in Isle of Man
Shamrock Shore
The Maro
Liverpool Lou
Fairytale of New York
Dark Streets of London
Red Rose Café
Hills of Donegal
Back to Tuam
FCA
Lukeys Boat
Thousands are Sailing
Streams of Whiskey
Grace
Jock Stuart
Rattlin’ Roarin Willie
Nancy Whisky
Rose of Allandale
Flower o’ Scotland
Wild Mountain Thyme
Mingalay Boat song
Northern Lights of Aberdeen
TUNES SELECTION
Ms Sullivan’s
Calliope Ho
Going to the well for water
Scottish
Kerry Slide
Scattery Island
Fairy Reel
Silver Spire
Tamlyn
Silver Spear
Merry Blacksmith
Sportskerry
Parnell’s march
Yellow Wattle
Eddy Kelly
Peter St
Golden Keyboard
Rose in Heather
Aaron’s Key
O Dea's
Macs Fancy
Mist Covered Mountain
Geese in Bog
Cottage in the Grove
Sean Ryan’s
Walter Sammonds
Concertina Reel
Wild Irishman
Lark in the Morning
Jig of Slurrs
Athol Highlanders
Foxhunters
Another jig will do
Sally Lennons set
Sailing into Walpole Marsh
Wheels of World
Julia Delaney
Ill buy Boots for Maggie
O Connors
Johnny I Do miss you
Tom Busby's
James Byrne’s
Four Posts of the Bed
Simons jig
Liverpool Jig
Copperplate old/new (reels)
Tuesday Afternoon
Twelve Pins
Kesh jig
Behind the Haystack
Blarney Pilgrim
Close to Floor
Girls of Bainbridge
Boil the Breakfast Early
Margaret’s waltz
Cathleen O Heirs
Paddy O Rafferty's
Humours of Clonmult
Rev Brothers jig
Congress reel
Eel in the Sink
Mullingar Races
Maids of Mt Kisko
Paddy goes to Glasgow
Sweeney’s Buttermilk
Monahan Twig
Boil the Breakfast Early
Jenny’s wedding
Toss the Feathers
Dobermans wallet setm
Blast of wind
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Songs will play on any PC with Windows Media
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Line-up & instrumentation
4 piece band: singer/guitarist, flautist, mandolin, banjo
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Travel availability
This band are only available in the regions
listed below.
Wales
The North
The Midlands
International
Ireland
Booking options
You can also choose to have any of the
following options added to your booking.
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Reviews & references
Client
name: June
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Comments: When I booked through alive network i had no concerns as I could see how professional and easy it was to make a booking.
Beer for Breakfast were fabulous, the band were very professional and the music was well played and songs they sang were exactly what I knew the guests would enjoy. Joanne who played the flute was amazing, I had lots of people say she was the best they had ever heard!! I would highly recommend the band for any occasion. I will certainly use them again if any occasions arise. I have a list of people wanting to buy their cd.. all my guests gave them fantastic praise - well done !
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Client
name: Nicky Parkes
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artist rating:
Comments: Beer For Breakfast were friendly, well presented and very entertaining, our guests had a great time!
A good efficient service that provided a great performance at our wedding!
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Client
name: David
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Comments: Dear Ken,
Just a quick email to once again say thank you for your services at our wedding reception last night. Myself and my wife were delighted and we really had a good night- thank you. Given the somewhat limited space we had to work with I think you and your team managed to fill the floor with a good bunch of enthusiastic participants and it definately helped make our wedding day. Thank you once again and merry Christmas and happy new year to you and the members of the band.
Kind regards and festive best wishes, Nigel and Sarah
Brilliant, thank you so very much to you and the band. Everyone, I mean everyone, said how much they enjoyed it and it was a memorable night that they say they will not forget. Happy New Year to you and all
Take Care
David
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Client
name: Naomi
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Comments: Hi Ken,
Just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you so much for your services at our Winter Ball, it was really amazing and everyone really enjoyed themselves.
Here are some comments from our participants who attended:
Hi Faye, apologies for the delay, but better late than never. Just wanna say thanks for getting everythin with the ball organised. We had an awesome nite. Not really sure who else organised it and who I need to thank, but I know you were involved so thought would drop you a quick email.
If you let me know who else I can pass on my regards as well. Roll on the next one! Cheers, Jake
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Hi Faye - Thanks again for the wonderful ball. It was so much fun - really really enjoyed it (although should probably have drunk a little less!)
Lots of love, Naomi
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Thanks again for a great night Faye. The ceilidh was a stroke of genius! See you soon, Sarah
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Kind regards, Fay
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Client
name: Donna Hudson
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Comments: I'd just like to thank Alive Network and Beer for Breakfast on behalf of Balfour Beatty and myself for a wonderful time on Saturday.
I think I only missed one dance!
Everyone I've spoken to thinks you're fantastic and I'd certainly use you again and recommend you to others. Your music, calling and general banter was second to none.
As I said on Saturday, we can be a bit slow at getting started and I think for the novices it was a bit daunting but once up and you're hooked! You managed to get more people on the dance floor on Saturday than anyone else in the last three years put together so well done!
Hope to see you again next year!!
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Client
name: Ken
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Comments: Hi Ken
Angie & Dave have just got back from their honeymoon and we saw them this weekend.
They had a brilliant wedding and really enjoyed the ceili dancing - we even got a bit of it on video!
They both send their many thanks to you, especially as so many other guests also said how much they enjoyed the whole experiece, particularly as they didn't know they could dance!
We trust that you all had enough to eat and drink on the night and many thanks again.
Best Wishes, Kevin
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Client
name: Shery
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Comments: Hi Ken
It was a brilliant night and all our guests have said how much they enjoyed the ceili. Thanks so much to you and the rest of the band for making our day as special and memorable as it was.
Thanks
Shery
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Client
name: Andy
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Comments: Ken
Thanks for an excellent night. I think we were all too knackered after the ceilidh to continue dancing, but we stayed up the bar until late anyway!!
Everyone said how much they enjoyed the dancing and your music, I hope our dancing did it justice!!
However I have to come back to reality and start work again today!
Thanks again
Andy
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name: Kevin
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Comments: Hi Ken
Angie & Dave have just got back from their honeymoon and we saw them this weekend.
They had a brilliant wedding and really enjoyed the ceili dancing - we even got a bit of it on video!
They both send their many thanks to you, especially as so many other guests also said how much they enjoyed the whole experiece, particularly as they didn't know they could dance!
We trust that you all had enough to eat and drink on the night and many thanks again.
Best Wishes, Kevin
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Client
name: Elaine
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Comments: Thanks Ken - it was a great night with a lot of positive feedback. Everyone thought we should have one at least once a month! I'm sure if anyone is planning a do in the future they will ask for your details.
Many many thanks again, Elaine :-)
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name: Nigel & Sarah
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artist rating:
Comments: Just a quick email to once again say thank you for your services at our wedding reception last night. Myself and my wife were delighted and we really had a good night- thank you.
Given the somewhat limited space we had to work with I think you and your team managed to fill the floor with a good bunch of enthusiastic participants and it definately helped make our wedding day.
Kind regards and festive best wishes, Nigel and Sarah
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name: David
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Comments: Brilliant, thank you so very much to you and the band. Everyone, I mean everyone, said how much they enjoyed it and it was a memorable night that they say they will not forget.
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name: Fay
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Comments: Just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you so much for your services at our Winter Ball, it was really amazing and everyone really enjoyed themselves.
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Client
name: Tim & Zoe
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Comments: We loved the band and you were everything we hoped for. Everyone at the reception had a great time and you got people dancing who never dance. I'd recommend you to anyone looking for a Ceili and actually one of our guests enquired about booking you for their 40th birthday next year. I'll be sure to put them in touch.
Thanks again for being great and for being so easy to work with.
Best wishes, Tim and Zoe
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Client
name: Eamon
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Comments: I spoke to my mother on Sunday and she was still raving about you (as everyone else did!) - it really made her night and we would like to say thank you on behalf of all the family!
TOP WORK!
Thanks again
Eamon
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Client
name: Helen
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Comments: HI BEER FOR BREAKFAST. THANK TOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. YOU WERE ALL GREAT AND THE PARTY ATMOSPHERE WAS FANTASTIC. SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO SAY GOODBY ON THE NIGHT. THANKS AGAIN, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO ANYBODY.
HELEN X
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Client
name: Deborah
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Comments: Just to thank you for helping the party go with such a swing on Saturday. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and many are thinking of giving up the gym and taking up ceili dancing instead - think they need a bit of practise! I have received lots of compliments about how good you were and how friendly you all were. The hotel staff and food were also excellent but it's the band who made the night.
Thanks again.
Kind Regards
Deborah
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Client
name: Helen & Jim
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Comments: We really were so very pleased with the whole event. Both Helen & I (and perhaps more importantly, Ann & Adrian!) wouldn't hesitate for one moment from recommending you to other people needing Irish music!
At that reception we had people present from all kinds of backgrounds, from factory workers in the woolen industry, to at least 1 GP, a medical Consultant, a TV personality (the anchorman for the "Calendar" News programme each night on Yorkshire TV), an irish professional dance accordian-player & singer from Northern Ireland with at least 12 albums to his name (my brother-in-law!), and 1 Tribunal Judge. -Every single person in the entire place came at some point and told us how much they had enjoyed the dance! The response was totally universal, so that says much more about the quality than I could ever say single-handed! And the Caller was superb! He held everything together so well.
I think the 1st dance was done by people who didn't feel too challenged by the thought, as they had at least some vague experience of Irish dancing before, However, when the rest of the folks saw things going belly-up and how much laughter was going on by those dancing, then the bug simply spread. Everybody wanted a go, and the one thing I remember about the dancing was purely and simply the amount of constant laughter and fun that everybody taking part was having. -It was certainly a master-stroke by Ann to have an Irish ceili, as it didn't isolate people the same way a disco would have done, and our thanks have to go to you and the band for a truly superb evening of dance and fun.
At the end of the day we would have to say that the entire evening was brilliant. Ann & Adrian returned from honeymoon in Barbados on 20th December and they were still, even then, talking about how much fun they had and how good the music was on the night (even after just coming back from having 2 weeks of Bob Marley!).
Helen & Jim
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Client
name: Helen
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Comments: Well I think we can safely say the Christmas party was a roaring success!! Please thank everyone in the band, we all had a great night, you're a very talented group and will be recommending you at every opportunity !!
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Client
name: Helen & Jim
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Comments: Hi Ken,
As I said to you afterwards on the night itself, we really were so very pleased with the whole event. Both Helen & I (and perhaps more importantly, Ann & Adrian!) wouldn't hesitate for one moment from recommending you to other people needing Irish music! At that reception we had people present from all kinds of backgrounds, from factory workers in the woolen industry, to at least 1 GP, a medical Consultant, a TV personality (the anchorman for the "Calendar" News programme each night on Yorkshire TV), an irish professional dance accordian-player & singer from Northern Ireland with at least 12 albums to his name (my brother-in-law!), and 1 Tribunal Judge. -Every single person in the entire place came at some point and told us how much they had enjoyed the dance! The response was totally universal, so that says much more about the quality than I could ever say single-handed! And the Caller was superb! He held everything together so well. I think the 1st dance was done by people who didn't feel too challenged by the thought, as they had at least some vague experience of Irish dancing before, However, when the rest of the folks saw things going belly-up and how much laughter was going on by those dancing, then the bug simply spread. Everybody wanted a go, and the one thing I remember about the dancing was purely and simply the amount of constant laughter and fun that everybody taking part was having. -It was certainly a master-stroke by Ann to have an Irish ceili, as it didn't isolate people the same way a disco would have done, and our thanks have to go to you and the band for a truly superb evening of dance and fun.
At the end of the day we would have to say that the entire evening was brilliant. Ann & Adrian returned from honeymoon in Barbados on 20th December and they were still, even then, talking about how much fun they had and how good the music was on the night (even after just coming back from having 2 weeks of Bob Marley!).
Helen & Jim
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