Morgan La Faye are another example of the plethora of fresh talent which has oozed its way out of Lucan’s leafy suburbs recently. Either two people like Jeff Buckley and PJ Harvey hooked up to act as the areas exclusive Adam and Eve or else there’s something in the water. Whatever the reason, there’s definitely a well endowed creative gene pool circulating on the outskirts of town.
The four lads who make up the band Morgan La Faye are no exception to this. The musicians are no stranger to the thousand or so MySpace fans they’ve accumulated over the years. But for those of you who don’t know them they are made up of Derek Marten on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Robbie McCabe on lead guitar and vocals, Dar O’Brien on bass and keyboards and Darren Malone on Drums. They’re your original four piece band with a slight twist produced by throwing blues and even classical music into the mix. Their influences range from anything like the Prodigy to Buena Vista Social Club (nice choice!).
The band took some time out from their songwriting to play the upstairs live venue in Whelans on Sunday 25th April. They played a quick thirty minute set as the warm up act and they certainly did just that. They had their loyal fans nodding their heads and shaking their hips in uniformity. The four Lucan lads opened the set with the song “Cen Fath”. Despite the very obvious Irish connection the sound brought me back to those good old Kings of Leon days when we all hadn’t a care in the world. If you miss that proper rock and roll sound we all became accustomed to back during the millennium when everything was hot, the contents of our pockets included, then check these boys out. Something tells me Morgan La Faye have a lot more to offer that can’t be realized in such a short thirty minute set.
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