John and Rory have known of each other for more than thirty years although they have only been playing together for the last twenty five. During that time, they have seperately followed many other musical paths.

John's sojourn in New York in the early eighties found him in the center of a very active Irish music scene. Much in demand as a session player, he recorded with the likes of Jack Hardy and Suzanne Vega as well as performing regularly with such notables as Johnny Moynihan and Rick Epping. John now also plays with The Gasmen, a seven piece Irish traditional band based in San Francisco.

1978 was the year that John and Rory first crossed paths in Amsterdam where they had been playing in the same musical circles. When they "officially" started playing together in 1985, it was in San Francisco with Johnny Cronin, the great Kerry accordian player. This trio evolved rapidly into The Mild Colonial Boys. The band has been through many personnel changes and still plays regularly.

Rory put out one album for the Belgian Parsifal label in 1979, another for Kicking Mule Records in 1983, was a charter member of The Mild Colonial Boys in 1985 with John Caulfield, and formed the Frontmen in 1993 with Stevie Coyle who later went on to start the Waybacks. In 2009, Rory released his most recent recording So Far, So Good with The Ring Of Truth Trio.

The feeling of their music ranges from the comfortable and familiar, to the arcane and disturbing. Their material is drawn from many aspects of Americana music, Irish traditional dance tunes and songs, some orignal songs, Vaudevillian balads, old time story-telling, political commentary and some down-right lies.

Having made hundreds of appearances either as a duo or with larger ensembles, this will be their first time performing together in Colorado.

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