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A reminder about THE ST PATRICK'S DAY GIGOF THE YEAR - AN SEISIUN , tomorrow StPatrick's Day - - Wednesday 17th March (TOMORROW!!!!) at South ParadePier, Southsea, where the band share the stage with the wonderfulJACKIE LEVEN! It's a double celebration, as it's also the tenth anniversary ofthe very first Barking Spider Promotion, which just happened to be.. AN SEISIUN on South Parade Pier on St Patrick's Day 2000! AN SEISIUN wereformed as a semi acoustic spin-off from the Celtic rock bandMOTHERFOLKERS, and led by mandolin maestro Pete Clark they play ahighly original "kck ass" hybrid of trad Irish, old timey, rock andeverything else! THE MOTHERFOLKERS areno more, but AN SEISIUN are MUCH more....Pete Clark - mandolin; JohnRoberts: vocals, spoons; Graham Jones: guitar; Greg" Gregory; bass;.Andy James: whistle & fiddle; Stacey: fiddle; Paffs: bodhran & percussion; Chris Smith: washboard & percussion and Carl Jacobs:congas. Although Pete & John now live In County Galway, Ireland, they've decided that Southsea is the place to be for St Pat's! Very special guestJACKIE LEVEN started out in clubs and bars playing his owncompositions, and in 1978 became a founder member of Doll By Doll, acontroversial live act, who made five critically acclaimed albumsbefore accepting they just weren't meant for those times, andregretfully going their separate ways in 1982. The albums have beenrecently re-released, and have received rave reviews . Jackie later startedon a solo career, releasing “The Mystery Of Love Is Greater Than TheMystery Of Death” te first of a string of excellent Cooking Vinylalbums have followed, given him a big cult following, buoth under hisown name and his alter ego, Sir Vincent Lone. Jackie's latestalbum, "Gothic Road", has just been released. Unfortunately there isno governent health warning to alert purchasers to the fact that JohnRoberts, of AN SEISIUN (and the man behind Barking Spider), playsspoons on the title track.... Don't miss this one, doors at 8 p.m. Tickets just £7 on the door - The Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier, Southsea.