Artist description Hair of the Dog is a five-piece band with celtic, bluegrass and folk influences. The guys have steadily built a huge following based on their hard-driving sound and the fact that they cater to audiences of all ages.

Music Style Familiar celtic/folk/bluegrass tunes with new twists.

Musical Influences The Clancys, Wolfetones, Christy Moore

Similar Artists Great Big Sea, Finnegan's Wake

Artist History Formed in 1992, Hair of the Dog has recorded six critically acclaimed CDs and has appeared with several international acts, namely Seven Nations, Cherish The Ladies, Black 47, Stockton's Wing, Solas, The Clancy Brothers, and more. Hair of the Dog often ventures beyond their upstate New York home to festivals in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York City and other locations. The band has also had three successful tours of Ireland.

Group Members Rick Bedrosian (bass, vocals) has been playing celtic music for over 15 years and has performed with the Kingston Trio's John Stewart and The Byrds' Gene Clark. Mike DeAngelis (acoustic guitar, vocals) and John Haggerty (acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals) have been performing together for over 20 years (15 in the celtic circle). Eric Finn (electric guitar, vocals) is a graduate of Berkley and has been with the band since 1998, bringing with him some incredible "chops." Larry Packer (fiddle), our most famous member, toured with Jimi Hendrix in "Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys" and has recorded and/or toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, The Band, Phoebe Snow, Linda Ronstadt and Lou Reed. Larry appeared twice on "Saturday Night Live" and was in the movies "The Last Waltz" with The Band and "The Road to Wellville."

Albums "Hair of the Dog" (1995) and "K9" (1996) are early recordings of us as a trio and no longer in print; "Release the Hounds" (1997), "Dirty Dog" (EP), "Gaelic Bark" (1998), and "At The Parting Glass" (2001).

Press Reviews "A passionate, fine-tuned and extraordinarily musical performance that didn't pander, compromise or take any prisoners. They nailed, with fire and urgency, well-worn Irish warhorses and coaxed emotion-a-plenty out of their own tunes. They were funny and genuine." (Paul Rapp, Metroland Magazine, August 1999.) "Michael DeAngelis can really sing, you can't hear too many from him." (Dave Malachowski, Times Union Special, Feb. 1999.) "A festival favorite." (Hunter Mountain Festival/Coney Island Great Irish Fair, '97-'99.) "For some reason, the crowd kept wanting to dance and climb various pieces of pub furniture." (Michael Eck, Troy Record, 1998.)

Location Albany, NY - USA

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