Trying to recall St. Patricks’ Days past is always a hazardous endeavor. If you can’t remember one for some, ah, reason … then you can’t remember any! For the past seven years or so St. Paddy’s Day shenanigans have gotten a little mixed up for me. That’s because it always falls in the middle of SXSW madness – the beer always flows anyway.
Well this year I’m taking some Irish music with me … not that there won’t be some playing around Austin during the festivities. Irish music is a lot like the Cajun music I grew up with – that shit rocks out. And you can’t seem to get enough of it. Nevertheless, here’s my St. Patrick’s Day mix that is good for drinking along to, or not.
MP3: “Irish Drinking Song (Drink And Fight)” by Buck O’ Nine
MP3: “As I Roved Out” by The Hit The Bottle Boys
MP3: “Whiskey In The Jar” by Thin Lizzy
MP3: “I Useta Lover” by the Saw Doctors
MP3: “Ditch” by Irish Stew Of Sindidun
MP3: “I Know My Love” by Maura O’Connell
MP3: “March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande)” by The Chieftains & Ry Cooder w/Liam Neeson
MP3: “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U2
MP3: “And A Bang On The Ear” by the Waterboys
MP3: “Thank Christ For The Kids” by the Mighty Stef
MP3: “Danny Boy” by the Three Irish Tenors
MP3: “Celtic New Year” by Van Morrison
MP3: “Haste To The Wedding” by the Corrs
MP3: “Cracklin’ Rosie” by Shane MacGowan & the Popes
MP3: “Celtic Storm” by the Mighty Regis
MP3: “Whiskey Makes Me Crazy” by The Tossers
MP3: “Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon” by Flogging Molly
MP3: “Paint The Town Red 2010” (The Fighter mix) by the Mahones
MP3: “Body Of An American” by the Pogues
MP3: “The Irish Rover” by the Dropkick Murphys
MP3: “Kiss Me, I’m Shitfaced” by the Dropkick Murphys
30 Days Out 