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Johnny and Steve have been playing together for more than ten years. Johnny is also known as guitarist/vocalist with 'Horslips', while Irish bass guitarist Steve, is perhaps best known for his time with 'The Miami Showband'. This year the pair are joined by Blendi Krasniqi on drums and percussion. Catch the trio gigging together for a Rock and Blues experience with Trad & Celtic Rock sets and some classic material from their earlier careers.
Johnny's Celtic Rock history is a matter of record. It's less well known that his early musical leaning was towards the Blues. Less well known again, is that Stephen Traver's career led him to find his own role for the Celtic bass guitar. By working the lower mid-bass tones and using bodhrán rhythms for his bass playing, Stephen feels his style marries naturally into traditional and new Celtic music. People will surely recognise rock and blues numbers from the live set, but the band doesn't use the diverse instruments (keyboards or fiddles etc) of previous Celtic Rock outfits. Instead there's a lot of bass-lead counterpoint and Johnny's guitar coverage really needs to be heard to be believed.