Have a Pint with Gaelic Storm: World music chart-topper pays first-ever visit to Bend

Wait, are you calling the fashion police on yourself?Ever have one of those nights where the house band in some Irish pub is
so much fun to sing along with and dance to that the night could
stretch into sunrise and not only would it be all right, the idea
actually makes sense because several pitchers of beer and that one
group of friends - you know the one - told you it would be OK?

Gaelic
Storm is that band. They're infectious. They're the definition of fun.
They're meant to be seen rather than heard. They have the ability to
make a show played at a venue the size of Bend's Tower Theatre, where
they'll perform Monday, feel like it's actually taking place inside
some hole-in-the-wall bar where the only drink choices are Guinness,
Harp and Irish whiskey. They're a sing-along, dance 'till you drop,
make-it-up-as-they-go, Celtic band whose music sticks in your head for
days after hearing it.

The subdudes dress for the occasion.According to the subdudes guitarist and lead vocalist Tommy Malone, the
band has decided to take a seat for a while. And he means that
literally. Just like their intentional lower-casing of their band's
name, the five-piece roots rock band with plenty of soul is stepping
back from their electric instruments to sit down in a quieter, softer
stage approach.

"We're liking this configuration so much that we're
thinking of making it a permanent thing," Malone says of the band's
seated and acoustic take on their current tour, which can be seen on
its new concert DVD to be released just three days after the subdudes’
Sunday night appearance at the Riverhouse Convention Center as part of
local radio personality Elise Michael's birthday party.