The Folk Festival is the biggest week of music in Juneau, Alaska but getting up on stage for the “15 minutes of fame” at the fest is kind of difficult for a 5 piece Celtic rock band. We were excited when Eric Forst offered us one of the Folk Fest nights at the Red Dog Saloon.…
What a whirlwind tour to Anchorage to play the 49th State Brewery! Our travel plans were derailed by a flight cancellation on Thursday. This put us in a bit of a “pinch” schedule wise. Fortunately for us, the sound crew and staff at 49th State Brewing made things happen quickly and we had a great show! Many…
Finally! After years of crawling out of a pandemic we are thrilled to announce our first St. Patrick’s Day show since 2019! And, who better to celebrate this defining moment that with the good people at 49th State Brewing! It will be quite the day with an impressive list of events sponsored by The Irish…
Finally! After years of crawling out of a pandemic we are thrilled to announce our first St. Patrick’s Day show since 2019! And, who better to celebrate this defining moment that with the good people at 49th State Brewing! It will be quite the day with an impressive list of events sponsored by The Irish…
Fire on McGinnis is pleased to announce out first live shows since the beginning of the pandemic! Jeni McDaniel from the Alaskan Scottish Club in Anchorage contacted us to perform June 25th and 26th at the annual Scottish Highland Games. We are super excited of course and the band has begun holding regular rehearsals in anticipation. We have been working…
It’s been a long pandemic and FOM did the right thing by laying low. Certainly it was no fun for any of us but we managed to keep the music alive in small ways. A more common term is “wood-shedding” but we call them “clinics.” Basically they are low volume practice sessions where not all…
Checking in. I guess we are just doing what everyone else is doing. Some of us, like our piper, have taken things to the extreme of course! We have managed to have a few socially distanced practices in Kelly’s garage which has been both a mental and musical life saver! It’s amazing how songs just…
We are sad to announce the cancellation of the March 14th Red Dog show in a effort to curb the spread of the Covid19 virus. The band is super bummed of course as we have been working hard to get ready for this. We planned on playing, for the first time, 4 new songs that…
We have a gig coming up! We were invited by the good folks at Cancer Connection to help them celebrate National Cancer Survivors day on June 1st! Location: The JACC Doors open at 6:30 Awards presentation 7:00 Live music by Fire on McGinnis 8:00 Desserts and no host bar by V’s Cellar Door Cancer Connection is a grass-roots, nonprofit organization…
