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About Darby O'Gill |
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'Who are you, and why are you here?' - Philosophical Conundrum
Darby O'Gill is a high-energy stage-show band that uses fine music and cutting humor in a singularly Irish style, and is equally at home in an intimate pub setting as on a concert stage. Their music is ancient and modern, from a 14th century Madrigal to Pink Floyd. Many of them are original, award-winning pieces. The majority are traditional Irish/Scottish songs. But the single most important thing to be said about their music is that in none of it is there ever to be found any hint or reference to squirrels. |
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Scott Messer (guitar, vocals, bodhran) - Lead singer and front man, Scott is the heart of the band. An award winning songwriter with imaginative interpretive skills, Scott is a master at reading and drawing out an audience. Over the last ten years, he has been the guiding passion behind Innocent Mischief, 'Tis Themselves and Darby O'Gill as well as making a name for himself as a solo act. |
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E-Mail Scott |
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Ken Andresen (Accordion, Bodhran, Keyboards, Mandolin, Guitar, Violin, Clarinet, vocals) - Ken (Kendo) has been playing many different musical instruments since the age of 10. He met Scott in 1993 at the infamous "Harp & Shamrock" pub and started as a stand-up comic performing during Scott's breaks. In 1994 as "Scott Messer and Friends" began to accumulate other musicians, Ken purchased an accordion and a Bodhran, and with tutelage from Scott on the Bodhran, and sitting in the audience self-teaching on the accordion, Ken eventually got up on stage and soon after "Darby O'Gill" was born. Since then Ken has played with many bands including Finvarre, Peter Yeates, and Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell. Ken also writes songs, novels, Screenplays and has introduced Scott to a great "Hair Replacement" program. |
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E-Mail Kendo |
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Read the 1st chapter of Kendos's Book CARMA |
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Read the beginning of Kendos's Book S.T.U.N.R |
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What is this about "No Squirrels"? |
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Darby O'Gill really harbors no animosity toward squirrels. Personally, we like them just fine. They're clever, intelligent and full of mischief. They pay no taxes and pursue no politics. But we've learned at our cost to keep our songs, and our show, free of them. There are no songs, as far as we are aware, that involve squirrels; and certain historical disasters have been directly attributed to human principals trying to sing songs about squirrels. (The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, the sinking of the Titanic, Watergate, the lean of the Tower of Pisa, the Chicago fire and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius are among the notable events thought by historians to have been instigated by songs about; squirrels).
Certain songs have been written involving squirrels, but disaster and a thorough lack of success followed them until their lyric were changed from "squirrel" to "girl". "Thank Heaven for Little Squirrels", "My Brown-Eyed Squirrel", and "Lucy in Disguise With Diamonds", ("The Squirrel With Colitis Goes By"), are notable examples. |
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Darby Main Page |
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Darby Calendar |
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STUNR Main Page |
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Darby CD's |
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This site and all materials contained herein, unless otherwise specified, copyright (c) 1996 - 2006 CARMA Entertainment. All rights reserved
Darby O'Gill content Copyright (1998 - 2006) Darby O'Gill |
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