St. Paddy's Day Set?
 

Hi guys! My band just got booked for two gigs St. Paddys day weekend and I was looking for some insight on some songs to play. Our original songs will fit in perfectly because we have a very irish folky sound but we've never had to find covers that would fit in with that theme too. Anyone have experience playing st paddys day gigs and could help me out with some ideas for new covers? Thanks, it's much appreciated!

Nico

Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys
The Pogues
The Cranberries
U2
Thin Lizzy
My Bloody Valentine
Van Morrison
the Corrs

I've been playing in a traditional Irish folk group for a little over a year now. We did probably a dozen shows last March and three on the 17th! For more traditional stuff, you gotta stick with Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners. You'll have an easier time learning those as well if your more of a folk band.

We do throw in a couple Dropkick Murphys, Pogues and Young Dubliners when the crowd is a bit younger.

BTW, if you work up an "all Irish" set there are about 2.3 million festivals and pubs you can get fairly easy work from ;)

Lily the Pink
7 Drunken Nights
Waxie’s Dargle
Wild Rover (No Nay Never)
Sally MacLennane
Health to the Company
Old Hogshead Pub
The Parting Glass
Roll Out the Barrel
The Old Black Rum
The Yellow Bittern
Johnny Jump Up
Old Dun Cow
The Night Paddy Murphy Died
Barley Mow
Whiskey in the Jar
Finnegan’s Wake
The Salt Song
Patriot Game
Nancy Whiskey
The Scotsman
Wild Colonial Boy
Dirty Old Town
Gypsy Rover
The Men Behind The Wire
Roll Your Leg Over
All For Me Grog
Come Out Ye Black and Tans
Three Drunken Maidens
Rising of the Moon
The Moonshiner
Mary Mack
A Drop of Nelson’s Blood
What’s the Rumpus by Gaelic Storm
Darcy’s Ass by Gaelic Storm
Pair of Brown Eyes by The Pogues
Do Virgins Taste Better by Brobdingnagian Bards
Have a Drink by O’hAnleigh
Monahan’s Mudder’s Milk by Marc Gunn
Another Irish Drinking Song by the Foremen
The Rogue Of Dundee by Leza Mesiah
Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits by Marc Gunn
I’ll Drink from Dusk Til Dawn by Marc Gunn
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers by Marc Gunn
Traditional Irish Folk Song by Denis Leary
Home for a Rest by Spirit of the West
Almost Irish by Ceann
40 Shades of Blue by Black47
Weekend Irish by Barleyjuice