Artist description Combining the best of Irish, Breton and Scottish traditional music, Poor Man's Fortune features some of the most famous Celtic musicians in Texas and brings decades of experience to a stage. Well known throughout the region for their stirring and authentic interpretations of traditional Celtic dance music. Poor Man's Fortune also performs traditional Breton and Scottish ballads.

Music Style Traditional Celtic dance tunes and ballads played with grace and fire. No museums. No hair dos, no faires.

Musical Influences All Celtic musicians

Similar Artists Altan, Kornog, Bothy Band, Planxty, Dervish, Skeduz, Clandestine, Pennoł Skoulm, Old Blind Dogs

Artist History Formed in 1997, Poor Man's Fortune has entertained audiences throughout the Soutwest from all the major festivals to intimate parties and pubs.

Group Members Serge Laine - vocals (French, Occitan, and Breton), accordion, lowland pipes, musette Bechonnet, scottish small pipes, cabrette, dulcitare, bodhran and hurdy-gurdy.....Larry Rone - flute, bombarde, pennywhistle, subois.....Heather Gilmer - fiddle and vocals.....Wolf Loescher - guitar, bouzouki, bodhran, vocals......Richard Kean - highland bagpipes, border pipes, parlor pipes

Instruments accordion, lowland pipes, musette Bechonnet, Scottish small pipes, cabrette, dulcitare, bodhran, hurdy-gurdy, flute, bombarde, pennywhistle, subois, fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, highland bagpipes

Albums Blow Hard

Press Reviews "The astonishingly professional outfit known as Poor Man's Fortune gives a four star performance on the humorously titled Blow Hard. The local fourpiece balances Irish and Breton music--the jig beside the gavotte, the reel by the plinn--with delightful results."...Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle, April 14, 2000"...........Poor Man's Fortune, a Celtic quintet from Austin, has a very open musical attitude. Their debut CD, "Blow Hard", demonstrates a refreshing curiosity to make something new out of traditional material. Specializing in the music of Ireland, there is a surprising French accent in the music by way of Brittany. The album also contains brilliant original compositions. Both their style and passion brings to mind the Houston based quartet, Clandestine. The band is tight, and the sound seems to be much more than just the sum of the parts. Poor Man's Fortune's music gives strong testimony that Celtic roots run deep in Texas."...Gert-Ove Fridlund, Hallandsposten, Gotteburg, Sweden, April 3, 2000"..............a very unusual band, whose elements of Irish, Breton, Scottish and French traditions are blended into a fresh and sharp sound all their own."...Steve Winick, Dirty Linen, #88, June-July 2000"...............This Texas-based group is one of the few I've heard that relies successfully on the Breton tradition...not that Poor Man's Fortune isn't capable of a more than decent Irish tune."...Jack B. Nimble, Green Man Review, June, 2000

Location Austin, TX - USA

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