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24-25 COSTA MESA, CA
United Scottish Society's Highland Games
Saturday 12:30-1:30pm; 4-5pm
Sunday 11:15am-12pm; 2:45-3:45pm
Orange County Fairgrounds, info: www.unitedscottishsociety.com
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3 ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA
FREE CONCERT
6-8pm Fountain Area of Promenade on the Peninsula
550 Deep Valley Dr.
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2-3 COLUMBUS, OH
Dublin Irish Festival
info & tickets: Dublin Irish Fest
13 PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA
Malaga Cove Plaza Library Summer Concert Series
7pm - FREE! - 2400 Via Campesina - info: 310-377-9584
29-30 KANSAS CITY, MO
Kansas City Irish Festival
info & tickets: KC Irish Fest
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5 LOS ANGELES, CA
Farmers Market -- Friday Night Music
6333 West Third St., West Patio (near Fairfax Ave.)
7-9pm - info: Farmers Market
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Hard to believe but BAD HAGGIS celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2008.
10 years of writing, recording and performing our music--10 years of laughs, adventures and damn fine food & wine--10 years of meeting people who dig what we do.
All we can say is...thanks for listening.
We owe you a new website, and it's coming!
New BH art will be splashed on the clothing and website.
So...step into our universe. CD´s, DVD´s, live performances, news, fashion apparel, Hollywood connections, mp3´s, downloads, videos and many more things here today and coming tomorrow...
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Quick history lesson:
BAD HAGGIS formed in 1998.
We've released 4 CD's and a live DVD.
Here's a blurb on the DVD:
Our live DVD entitled, SPAN, available on the Haggis To Go page, received nominations in two categories by the 2004 SURROUND MUSIC AWARDS, "Best New Artist" and "Best Additional Features".
It was the latter nomination that really captured our attention, as our fellow nominees were several lesser-known groups like THE ROLLING STONES, THE WHO and THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!!
The lips got it.
JPF Music Awards BAD HAGGIS was nominated in 6 categories for the JPF Awards www.jpfolks.org, including “Best World Music CD” for WINE DARK SEA out of 350,000 songs, 25,500+ albums, 1000+ videos from 70
countries around the world.
Preliminary judging took a full year.
A panel of 8000 judges reviewed the entries without knowing the names of the artists of more than 80 genres/categories from A Capella, Classical, Children’s, Celtic, and Gospel to Hip Hop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Industrial, R&B, Blues and many more.
Here's how we burned down the house:
“Best World Music Album”—Winner BAD HAGGIS for “Wine Dark Sea”
“Best Celtic Instrumental Song”—Winner BAD HAGGIS for “The B-52”
“Best Celtic Instrumental Album”—2nd Place BAD HAGGIS for “Trip”
“Best Live Concert Video”—2nd Place BAD HAGGIS for “Span featuring Rubén Blades”
The night finished with The Founders’ Awards which included unannounced nominees for “Best Album of the Year”, “Best Male Singer-Songwriter of the Year”, “Best Female Singer-Songwriter of the Year”, “Best Live Show of the Year”, etc.
BAD HAGGIS was announced “Best Group of the Year” and received a huge ovation from the audience of nearly 2000 people!
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Here´s what it´s all about...
Featuring 11 songs tracked live on a concert hall stage, viewers can "sneak" into an intimate studio recording session and sit in the "best seat in the house"...right inside the circle of the band!
Recorded in 5.1 "surround sound" at 96K audiophile quality, the DVD is 2-sided.
One side offers "DVD Video" of the concert, and the other, the new format of "DVD Audio"...the latest in high resolution sound technology.
The DVD not only boasts cutting-edge media quality, but exciting guest collaborations, featuring legendary Salsa singer and Hollywood actor, Ruben Blades, and a "wall-of-bagpipe" sound from the Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band.
Bonus DVD features include a retrospective of the band in photographs, rare video concert footage from yesteryear, individual musician's biographies, the "making of SPAN" mini-documentary, and selectable listening perspectives of the concert.
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We need your current e-mail and/or snail-mail address.
We're always updating our Mailing List found on the Contacts/Links page.
It's cool if you don't want to give your street address, but PLEASE give us your
city, state, post code and country.
It helps us keep somewhat organized so that we can notify you when we come
to your neck of the woods.
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Back out again for a St. Patty's-fueled run in March, Eric's on the road with these high-energy Irish Rockers.
Check out their latest CD, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT: The Irish Sessions featuring Eric on uilleann pipes and whistles.
Here are the dates featuring Eric:
FEBRUARY
29 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
MARCH
1 State Theater, Bay City, MI
2 Inside Out Gallery, Traverse City, MI
4 Potowanami Casino, Milwaukee, WI
5 Peoples, Des Moines, IA
6 Knickerbockers, Lincoln, NB
8 The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
9 Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV
13 Soiled Dove, Denver, CO
15 CBS Morning Show, NYC
15 The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
16 The Joint at Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV
17 Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
17 Shamrocker Festival, San Diego, CA
For more info, THE YOUNG DUBLINERS
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In addition to his busy schedule promoting the
“Bagtar” with Bad Haggis, Mike has found the time to
assemble a solo CD in his musical laboratory.
WILD RUMORS features 5 original compositions that showcase
Mike’s exceptional guitar playing.
Check out his website www.mikehoffmaNN.com to order his CD and find
out what makes him tick.
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Bad Haggis master of rhythm is currently touring the world with DJ/House/Trance group, INFECTED MUSHROOM.
Check out his frequent flyer mileage at www.infected.co.il.
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Studio-wise, Eric's pipes & whistles are featured on new CD's by FAITH HILL, KEITH URBAN, BETTE MIDLER, and MEATLOAF, as well as a national HALLMARK greeting card commercial for the Valentine's Day season 2007 with singer JOSH GROBAN.
For a laugh, check out Eric's pipes on the 400th episode of THE SIMPSONS.
On the Hollywood set, the BIG NEWS is Eric's appearance in the OSCAR-winning film, MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
Eric and fellow piper John Allan were on location last June for the filming of the boxing sequence where Eric leads Clint Eastwood and Hillary Swank down the steps of the arena and into the ring.
Make that 3 "Best Picture" Academy Award-winning films that Eric has performed on!
Also out recently is MUST LOVE DOGS with John Cusack and the new Ron Howard film starring Russell Crowe titled, CINDERELLA MAN featuring Eric's pipes and whistles in a boxing training sequence and throughout the end credits.
Television audiences can hear Eric's pipes and whistles on two episodes of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and the new commercial for TITLEIST golf.
Last year's work included solos on the soundtracks of LADDER 49, golfing legend BOBBY JONES--STROKE OF GENIUS, and Brad Pitt's TROY, as well as the latest studio album by singer Josh Groban, CLOSER.
"What is the connection between Eric and Ruben Blades," you ask?
Well, he's been touring with the legendary Salsa
singer and Hollywood actor since early 2002.
You might have seen Ruben´s latest film, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, also starring Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Selma Hayek, and Willem Dafoe.
Ruben's amazing new CD which features Eric on four tracks and was released in September 2002 on Sony Records is called, MUNDO, and won the 2003 GRAMMY for "Best World Album".
Having toured with Ruben and his Costa Rican band, Editus, for two years, Eric´s had the pleasure of playing in front of huge Latin audiences in Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, as well as two tours of the USA.
Many of the thousands who attend Ruben´s shows have never seen bagpipes, nor heard a fusion of Celtic music with Salsa and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Very cool experience!!!
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Sights & Sounds from the road...please allow loading time for videos!
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"Braveheart" Dublin,OH 8-6-05
Having trouble with the above MP3s? Click here to download WinAmp (it has both a Windows and Mac version).
 Dublin Irish Fest Aug 05
BEIJO Video, Pyrenees, Spain, July 2006
NIMBLE ATTITUDE Video, Arrival in Spain, September 2005
Watch a video whilst you chew yer cud.
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