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The Devil's Tailors
- Alexandria, VA
- Celtic Music
- Travels up to 120 miles
- $500-$1750
Overview
We play traditional Scottish music from the last 400 years; a mix of dance music & songs in Scots, English, and Gaelic, for wedding receptions, Ceilidh dances, Burns suppers, Celtic and international festivals, and similar events. We are normally a 5-person act, but can hire a pianist and a caller for dancing.
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Booking Info
Price Range: $500-$1750
Gig Length: 40 - 150 minutes
Languages: English, Scottish Gaelic
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Basic liability on a per-event basis with surcharge.
What to Expect
We perform traditional Scottish dance music, alternating between pipes + fiddle and twin fiddles sets, with accompaniment on guitar, bouzouki, percussion, whistle, and harp. Our tunes are a healthy mix of reels, jigs, and strathspeys, with the occasional hornpipe and slip jig, and we keep the instrumental sets high energy.
Our songs are also drawn from the Scottish repertoire; we have songs in Scots, English, and Gaelic, backed by a mix of instrumentation as above.
When playing for a Ceilidh, we usually bring in a caller and pianist, and will teach dances as needed. We can arrange for requested dances with the client, and will prepare a dance repertoire specific for the dances chosen.
When performing for a Burns Supper, we offer a full package - the piper for the haggis & Gaelic toast, soft instrumental music (based on Burns song airs) for dinner, and a full concert & Ceilidh for the dancing. We also prepare Burns songs for the concert portion.
About
Named for one of the most famous reels in the fiddler’s repertoire, “The De’il Amang the Tailors,” the band was conceived as a high energy Scottish Celtic band, heavy on pipes and fiddle, with a repertoire of tunes and songs spanning four centuries.
The Devil’s Tailors has played at the National Tartan Day Festival in Alexandria, VA, the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD, Celebrate Fairfax!, the Virginia Scottish Games, the Southern Maryland Celtic Festival, at Burns suppers for the alumni clubs of the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, at John Strongbow’s Tavern in Alexandria, VA, and Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, MD, along with ceilidhs, weddings, parties and other events, with more shows soon!
Additional Booking Notes
If performing with a house PA, we need a stage area of about 7'x14' minimum area. If we are providing our own PA, we will require this much space, plus space to mount the speakers.
We will need a minimum of 3 110VAC outlets, preferably 1 near the front of the stage, and 2 near the back. If using a house PA, we need at least 4 XLR inputs and 1 1/4" mono input for instruments (or 5 XLRs and a DI). One of these channels will need +48V phantom power. We will bring our own instrument wireless rigs as well as cables from our rigs to the stage snake or mixer. In addition, we will need a minimum of 4 vocal mics & stands (or provision to plug in our own wireless vocal rig, which needs an additional 110VAC outlet and has 4 XLR outputs). The total channels used are 4 instrumental, 4 mic-level instrument channels, and 1 line-level instrument channel (unless using a DI).
If we are retained for a dance, we will need an additional 1/4" line input and 110VAC outlet for the piano, and a fixed vocal mic and stand for the caller.
Services Offered
Past Booked Events
March 17, 2023 • 6:00pm - 9:30pm | Holiday Party |
Set List
Songs:
Galley of the MacNeills (Là dhomh 's mi 'm beinn a' cheathaich)
Killiecrankie
Puirt a' Beul (Chan eil mo leannan ann an seo/Mòr a' cheannaich/A' chur nan gobhar as a' chreig/Hug air a' bhonaid mhòir)
Cairn o’ Mount
Sing Me a Song of a Lad that is Gone (Skye Boat/Outlander Theme)
Maggie Lauder
Instrumental Sets:
The Shetland Fiddler/The Drummer/The Easy Club/The Fourth Floor
Highland Whisky/The Devil in the Kitchen/The De'il Amang the Tailors/The Dram Shell/Timour the Tartar/Jack Daniel's Reel
My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing/Mr. John Trotter's Reek/The Detroit Jig/Glencoe Hall
The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre/The Stool of Repentance/Lieutenant Maguire/Jig Runrig
Crossing the Minch
The Highland Wedding/Stumpie/The Clumsy Lover/Tail Toddle/The High Drive
Influences & Inspiration
Our main influences are Old Blind Dogs, North Sea Gas, and Clandestine, but we were influenced by a lot of the classics of Scottish music, such as The Corries, The Tannahill Weavers, Battlefield Band, Dàimh, and others.
Setup Requirements
Generally we need a PA with 12 input channels; but can provide one as needed. We can play acoustically, but this means the Highland pipes would be replaced with border bagpipes.