We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Practice Recordings "the nice price" (Free digital)

by Peter O'Halloran & The Hired Men

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Play this in your car, behind the bar, by the fireplace, it's the limited edition Practice Recordings CD from Peter O'Halloran & The Hired Men

    Includes unlimited streaming of Practice Recordings "the nice price" (Free digital) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 30 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 260 Rum Bar Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 80%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Best of Cruzados, Whiskey In The Jar & other tales from the bar... EP, Comin' Home, Extra Stout, Op-Operator, Nowhere Man, They Came To Rock, The Rise of The Glimmer Stars, and 252 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $277.40 USD or more (80% OFF)

     

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Con Job 02:14
6.
Big River 03:04
7.
Boo Hoo 02:17
8.
Oh, Boy! 01:44
9.
There You Go 02:41
10.
11.
12.

about

"The band deliver their own brand of raw Celtic music, recalling the likes of The Pogues, the Waterboys and maybe even Dexy’s Midnight Runners (during the Too-Rye-Ay period, at least.)" - Fear And Loathing

Call it celtic, pub or folk-punk, fans of The Pogues, Waterboys, Dexys Midnight Runners, Shane McGowan, The Mescaleros, Rum Bar Records, Stiff Records, the Dogmatics, cold pints, and warm pubs, should all dig this one!!

The Hired Men are a ragtag band of musicians cobbled together by Peter O’Halloran (from Boston music staple the Dogmatics). The group usually includes O’Halloran brothers Jimmy and Dan, as well as friends Johnny Coe, Marie Kettenring & J. Young.

The band has also had the honor of collaborating with additional artists, including various multi-generational members of the O’Halloran family, The Dogmatics, Tom 'TK' Keenan, Wynter Pingel, Dominic Spinzola, Kate Roper, Thomas Rose, Jed Chrysler, Stephen Fredette, and the late accordion virtuoso Gerry “Brickie” McNamara.

Over the last decade, band members from The Hired Men have also jumped on stage with the Dogmatics for live performances and contributed to recent recordings.

Peter has a long-time habit of conjuring up an eclectic variety of tunes from the extensive archives in his head while in the company of family and friends. Somewhere around 2008, this evolved into a more structured band to play at family gatherings, parties, and local venues (for drinks and possibly also money).

The band has yet to hit the studio, and past attempts to record live shows didn’t work out. The tracks on this release are from a variety of informal practice sessions spanning 2010 - 2019. Think of them as ‘demo tapes’ that capture the raw energy of bandmates hanging out and having fun.

Note from the band: We are sharing these substandard-quality practice recordings amid these trying times in the hopes they may brighten your day. We can’t wait to get back to playing at venues and around beach bonfires among our incredible community of music lovers.

P.S. They initially used the name The Hired Hands to play a gig on a farm. They later learned that this name was already taken, so they changed it. The current name is inspired, in part, by the poem The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost.

credits

released May 8, 2020

The Hired Men:
Peter O’Halloran
Jimmy O’Halloran
Dan O’Halloran
Johnny Coe
Marie Kettenring
J. Young

Art, logo & design by: J. Young / Photo: Robin Chan

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rum Bar Records Boston, Massachusetts

"Write this down: Rum Bar Records is turning into one of the absolute best labels for real rock & roll these days."
-- the legendary Bill Kelly, Bill Kelly's Blackhole Bandstand SiriusXm ch21 LSUG

contact / help

Contact Rum Bar Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Practice Recordings "the nice price" (Free digital), you may also like: