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Potcheen

The Best Damn Celtic Rock Band in Colorado !!!!

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The History and Adventures of our bus "Grace"



Formed at an open Mic in Evergreen,Colorado, Potcheen has been ripping up the Colorado Music scene, entertaining folks from Irish Pubs to Rock, Metal, Punk, Blues, Bluegrass, Country and Folk venues. Potcheen fuses traditional Celtic songs & tunes with hard hitting rock/punk rhythms with rebel, drinking and pirate songs that get folks drinking, dancing and yelling "ARRRRRRRRRRGHHH".
************************************************************ *** Potcheen quickly rose through the Denver music scene to become Colorado's Premier Celtic-Rock Band.potcheen has been getting regular airplay on the top radio stations in Colorado and over a 25 national Webcasts.They have won several awards including "Best way to drink and drive while invoking the spirit of the Irish" Best of Westword Issue 2006.
They have been Nominated in the 2007& 2008 Westword showcase for "Best World Music" and 2006 Westword showcase for "Best Avante-Garde-Eclectic Band" in Colorado.
Listed among the Top 100 Denver Bands in The Denver Post Underground Music Poll.
Finalists and Runner up at the 2006 Coors Music Throwdown.
"Best Encore Performance" at the 2006 South Park Music Festival by the Colorado Music Buzz Magazine
'Best Irish-punk-pirate band" The Celtic Connection
Awarded "VIP Music Recording Packaage" at the 2006 SouthPark Music Festival. from Immersive Studios (Boulder,CO.)
They have performed on: 99.5 The Mt. Homegrown hour 97.3 KBCO Studio C, KRFC Ft.Collins Live at lunch KGNU Boulder Radio.
They have performed with such acts as: Gaelic Storm, Los Lobos, Paula Cole, Michael Franti & Sprearhead, The Elders, Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney), Switchback, Beth Patterson. Black 47, The Prodigals, The Young Dubliners, The Bridies, Enter The Haggis, Scythian, The Glengharry Bhoys and Zilla & Zuyuva (michael Travis from String Cheese Incident). Widespread Panic, William Topley, Ben Harper, Eileen Ivers & THe immigrant souls, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Les Claypool, Perpetual Groove, Railroad Earth, Ozomatli, North Mississippi Allstars, Ka'Nal, New Monsoon, Yonder Mt. String band and so many more!!!!
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We'd like to shout out to our Kick ass Sponsors.....Blochinger Home Inspection Services. 303-674-3080 Who graciously provided our bus "Grace"Our Drummer has a regional endorsement from Sabian Cymbals.
Our incredible Sponsor: POCKET SHOTS !!! "your favorite alcohol in a pouch!!!"
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************************************************************ ***** You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.
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************************************************************ ***** Take the quiz:
Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You?

Pog mo thoin
Pog mo thoin - 'Kiss my ass.'You're one tough bastard, and if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss your ass. You enjoy fighting and causing grievous bodily harm. Hey! What are you lookin' at, punk?
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/31/2005
Band Website: ThePotcheenFolkBand.com
Band Members: A group of mild mannered citizens by day
Who call Denver... Home!
..but at night They become the Super powered legion of Pirate-vigilantes of Colorado known as POTCHEEN !!!
SAINT PATRICKS DAY ~ 2008



the Band is a constantly changing and flowing entity, Musicians come and go, adding their own distinct talents and flavors to the entity called POTCHEEN: You'll never know what the lineup will be, But know it will always kick some Ass Celtic Style!
booking: CHECK OUT OUR SONICBIDS EPK: http://www.sonicbids.com/Potcheen
Founding Member: Christian Blochinger, Drums, Percussion, Vocals.

Manuel Nunez: Guitar/Bass/Bouzouki/Zither/Harp/Melodica/Vocals

Gretchen Kunz: Guitar/vocals/flute.

Sean Murphy: Electric Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin/vocals

Amanda "Mandy" Malone - Violin, vocals

************************************************************ *************************** Former members include:
Fiddlers:
Bevin Foley, Bobby Krech, Michelle MacGregor, Chris Field
Guitar: Evan Sitchler, Chris Shelby, Brett Marlar
Bass: Dave LaMothe
Cello: Angela Kimber
Mandolin; Chad Timmer

Influences: Bobby Sands, Shane McGowan & The Pogues, 7 nations, Gaelic Storm, Derek Warfield & the Wolfetones, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy, Black 47, Great Big Sea, the Chieftans, Bob Marley, The Grateful Dead, The String Cheese Incident, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, The Police, Van Morrison. U2. Metallica, Tool, Madness, Nirvana, Dead can Dance oh yeah..WHISKEY!!!. "
Sounds Like: Take a blender..then add some Pogues, Young Dubliners, Gaelic Storm, Great Big Sea, Flogging Molly and add in a touch of Ska, some trad tunes and some jams. Put it on Puree. Order up some shots of Whiskey, many pints of guinness wave a flag, grab some booty and get ready to dance!!!

***** Buy your tickets now for the 2008 Colorado Irish Festival follow this link: https://tix.extremetix.com/tix/SilverStream/Pages/pgIndex.ht ml?siteID=945
.. CDBABY LINK for THE POTCHEEN FOLK BAND: "Up She Rises" & "The Bottom of the Bottle Battle" --
Record Label: Jedibongo Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Vote for us in the Westword Showcase

Westword showcase. Category: Music okay so my band...
Posted by Potcheen on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:34:00 PST

St.Paddys weekend...a blurry reflection

okay im exhausted!!!!  lets get that straight and you can understand that my head feels like its filled with cement.WE had another Lonnnnnnnnnng weekend of shows filled with Drunks, strippers, bl...
Posted by Potcheen on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:52:00 PST

The first show of many...was AWESOME!!!!

CONNORS WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!Okay, first it was butt cold in BOulder, probably abourt 10 degrees out, the 16th street mall was empty and so was connors when we got there. not a good sign.Some drunke...
Posted by Potcheen on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:44:00 PST

Time to get excited!!!

  Okay, firstly I want to thank all the great musicians who asked to become A part of the New Potcheen.I had almost 40 talented people respond to my advertisements for new players. But I pretty m...
Posted by Potcheen on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:50:00 PST

Like a phoenix, we burn bright, then emerge new from the Ashes

  Slainte and fair tidings my friends.Alas all things come to an end. But from that end a new beginning.  The last weeks have seen yet another change for the Potcheen Folk Band.Evan Sitchler...
Posted by Potcheen on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PST

Potcheen makes top 100 Bands: Denver Underground Poll

The Denver Post Undergorund music Poll comes out every year. Last year we were honored to make the list at 142. This year Potcheen moves up into the top 100 to land at 93. thanks to all the Denver ind...
Posted by Potcheen on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:07:00 PST

Mid west tour...we survived the Muggy!

Well, we left Colorado at 3am and around 4:45am Grace truck a deer outside Limon, well actuall puree'd one is more aptly put. Its stomach exploded and green goo (from all the grass it ate)and hair was...
Posted by Potcheen on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:16:00 PST

Potcheen in the Colorado Daily: MIX feature

The Mix
Posted by Potcheen on Fri, 25 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

Ramble on the River @ the Mish

This weekend was a blur!! I say that because there was not one person sober at this entire event all weekend.It was an all star line up of bands from across Colorado, many of which i was not familiar ...
Posted by Potcheen on Mon, 21 May 2007 03:07:00 PST

CD RELEASE "Bottom of the Bottle Battle"

  Thanks to all our friends who came out to the CD RELEASE!!!It really was one of our most enjoyable nights! The crowd really fueled our band and the air was electrying. We' love to shout out to ...
Posted by Potcheen on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:51:00 PST