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Bap Kennedy - The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney, Monday 13th December. The legendary BAP KENNEDY, formerly lead singer with Energy Orchard is at The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney, tonight, Monday 13th December! Popular in the United Kingdom as well as in the U.S. and Canada, Energy Orchard recorded five albums, "Energy Orchard", "Stop the Machine", "Shinola", "Pain Killer" and the superb live album, "Orchardville". Bap was making a name for himself beyond the pale of the band. He opened shows for Van Morrison, and sometimes shared the stage with Van, who co-wrote a song with Bap which will appear on Bap's next album. Steve Earle attended an Energy Orchard show, and a friendship between Bap and the country maverick was soon forged. After Energy Orchard folded, Steve Earle signed Bap to his own label, and co-produced his debut solo album Domestic Blues, which was recorded in Nashville with a dream band, many of whom accompanied Earle on his classic Train a Comin' album. The band on Domestic Blues included Steve Earle on guitar, Peter Rowan on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro, and the late Roy Huskey, Jr. on upright bass. Other contributors include Nanci Griffith, whose voice graces both "The Ghosts of Belfast" and "The Shankill and The Falls;" and Nancy Blake, who weaves cello through the latter as well as the dreamy "I've Fallen In Love." The album is a spellbinding masterpiece consisting mainly of Bap Kennedy originals - "barroom philosophy with dobros." There are also two covers: Earle's "Angel Is The Devil" and Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town," a raucous duet with Earle himself. There's a new album "in the can" due out early next year, which takes bar-room philosophy to another level, when Shane Macgowan takes the vocals on a song co-written with Bap entitled "On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol". The album also features another co-written song, "Milky Way" which Bap co-wrote with Van Morrison. Last word goes to Steve Earle: “Bap Kennedy’s songs would be great no matter where he grew up - as it is, growing up in Belfast with things blowing up around him made his songs vital.” This promises to be a storming gig, and to make it all the more perfect, entry is free! Bap Kennedy apears at The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney on Monday, 13th December. Entry is FREE!! (Joe D'Urso, who was scheduled to appear at The R.M.A. on Monday is unavoidably unavailable due to a family illness)