Trotters Wake

• Drew Monasky - Acoustic Guitar/Mandolin
• Sandy Lineweaver - Keyboard/Bodhran
• Anna Merritt - Electric Bass/Piano
• Cyndy Gaughan - Bodhran
• Jonathan Miller - Fiddle/Mandolin/Harmonica

We have more fun playing Irish music than should be legal, and we want your guests to experience the same thing. Our tag line says it all: Trotters Wake ...bringing the pub to your party! TM

Trotters Wake is a 5 piece acoustic Irish band, playing in the Phoenix-Metro area and beyond. Our instrumentation includes guitar/mandolin, piano/bass, fiddle, keyboard, bodhran (Irish hand drum), and vocals. We play a high energy mix of Irish drinking songs, rebel songs, ballads, and traditional instrumental tunes. Aside from standard pub or restaurant performances, we can enhance any event or program. Here are some suggestions:

Weddings - How about an hour of Irish music to keep your guests entertained before or after your wedding ceremony while your pictures are being taken. You'll even receive some free/discounted CD's as gifts for your wedding party or other special guests. We've also done Rehearsal Dinners and Receptions. Our band is well suited to provide music for the ceremony as well, with accomplished pianist, violinist, and vocalists.

Corporate - Ballads and Instrumentals as background music during a lunch or dinner, followed by some audience participation. In true corporate form, we can also provide a PowerPoint presentation for the sing-along selections if desired.

School/Civic/Community Events – Finding an Irish band to do a family friendly event can be challenging, but Trotters Wake has nearly 3hr of material suitable for such events.

Church - Trotters Wake is uniquely positioned to provide entertainment to churches, since two of our musicians are Christian praise leaders and two others play on praise teams. Like corporate events, we can provide music during a meal, and some sing-along, but with praise music before or after your program.

Funerals - Yes, we have played Irish music before and after a funeral and even provided spiritual music during the service!

Private Party - Duo, Trio, or Full Band to suit your budget

Trotters Wake …bringing the pub to your party! TM

• Step It Out Mary
• Whiskey in the Jar
• Mermaid (Ocean Waves)
• Tell Me Ma
• Black is the Colour
• Foggy Dew
• Unicorn Song - Irish Rovers
• Tommy Shaunessy - Original
• Seven Old Ladies
• Ferryman
• The Scotsman
• Back Home in Derry - Christy Moore
• Black Velvet Band
• Irish Rover
• Wild Rover
• Hare's Lament - Susan McKeown/Lowlands
• Rocky Road to Dublin
• Jolly Beggarman
• Cockles and Mussels
• If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly
• City of Chicago - Christy Moore
• Three Drunken Maidens
• Galway Races
• Seven Drunken Nights
• Lanigan's Ball
• Erin-Go-Bragh (Traveler) - Jim Malcom
• Finnegan's Wake
• Orange and the Green - Irish Rovers
• Drunken Sailor
• Mermaid (Tail) - Great Big Sea
• End of the World As We Know It - R.E.M.
• Come Out Ye Black & Tans
• Crooked Jack
• Let Mr. McGuire Sit Down
• Mush Mush Mush Tural-i-addy
• All for Me Grog
• Emigrant
• Five Bridges to Cross - The Battlefield Band
• Jolly Tinker
• Ballad of an Ordinary Man - Christy Moore
• In the Valley O
• Bold O'Donahue
• From Clare to Here
• Rare Ould Times
• Snows They Melt the Soonest - Susan McKeown/Lowlands
• Town I Loved So Well
• Green Fields of France
• Come In
• Star of the County Down
• Lass of Glenshee
• In Your Head - Original
• Fields of Athenry
• Mountain Dew
• Bridgette Flynn
• Mick McGilligan's Ball
• At McCarthy's Party
• Danny Boy/Londonderry Air
• Spancil Hill
• Wild Colonial Boy
• Roll Out the Barrel
• Johnny Be Fair
• Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel
• Fiddler's Green
• Whistling Gypsy Rover
• Quare Bungle Rye
• Women Are Worse Than the Men
• Nightingales Sing
• Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
• Noone as Irish as Barack Obama
• Jigs: Father O'Flynn / Kesh / Morrison's
• Jigs: Road to Lisdoonvarna / Blarney Pilgrim
• Jigs: Haste to the Wedding
• Polkas: Peg Ryan's/Ballydesmond 1 & 2
• Slides: Joy of Life/Trout in the Bath
• SlipJigs: Fox Hunters/Butterfly
• Air: The Dark Island
• Air: Father
• Air: Air Tune
• Air: Ashokan Farewell
• Air: Silver Strand - The Corrs
• Reel: Toss the Feathers
• Reel: Tam Lin
• Reel: Dunmore Lasses
• Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
• Fire and Rain - James Taylor
• Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
• Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
• Sister Golden Hair - America
• Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
• Hold My Hand - Hooty & the Blowfish
• Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
• Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
• I Like Being Left Alone - Robbie Fulks
• Green Eyes - Coldplay
• You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
• As the Raven Flies - Dan Fogelberg
• In the Palm of Your Hand - Alison Krauss
• What Was I Thinkin' - Dierks Bentley
• Size Matters - Joe Nichols
• Andrew's Lullaby - Original
• Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
• Volcano - Jimmy Buffet
• Walkin' Back to Georgia - Jim Croce
• Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffet
• Big Jim - Jim Croce
• I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
• Marry Me - Train
• First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
• Love Potion #9
• The Wexford Carol
• The Boar's Head Carol
• Personent Hodie
• Gaudete
• Babe in the Straw - Caedmon's Call
• Light of the Stable - Selah
• And On That Day - Phil Keaggy
• Galway Girl - From P.S. I Love You
• Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
• Jigs: Up in the Air / Across the Black River / All in Good Time - Celtic Fiddle
• Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
• A Man is in Love - The Waterboys

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Restaurants, Reunions, School Assemblies, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• We were EXTREMELY happy with Trotter's Wake! We didn't do the traditional band or DJ, so they were our only entertainment after dinner. We asked them to play fun, upbeat music, which they certainly did. Our guests really enjoyed that they brought books of the lyrics so that they could sing along. Our only regret is that we didn't book them for longer, because the guests were having such a great time. We would absolutely book Trotter's Wake again for our next event. -- Erin O, Phoenix, AZ, 3/19/2011
• Trotter Wake did an fantastic job!!! We will be using them for our event next year and our guest want them for their own events!!!! -- Catherine G, Goodyear, AZ, 5/14/2011
• The performance was great! Our residents enjoyed the music in the background as they had there St. Patricks day celebration. It wasnt to loud where you couldn't hear the person next to you, but loud enough to enjoy the music. Great Job!! -- Hilda A, Sun City West, AZ, 3/16/2012

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