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Discography
Gobs O’Phun has produced seven CDs: “Liverdance, A Collection of Celtic Drinking Songs”; “These Gobs are Revolting”, historical rebel tunes; most requested pub favorites can be found on “Major Phun’s Loyal Hearts Pub Band”; a collection of half Scottish and half Irish called “Highland Derry Airs”; songs of folk‘n’fun on “Barstools and Bad Habits”; a collection of all original material called “Out of Our Minds”; and their most recent cd release, “Phun-duh-mentals”, with the emphasis on “duh”, or was that “mentals”? The titles alone give you an idea of what to expect!
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Bio
Gobs O’Phun is an Irish/Scottish acoustic folk trio from “County Denver”.
The “Gobs” perform traditional Celtic folksongs, strongly influenced by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Their songs tell stories that run the gamut from silly to sad and everything in between. The emotion of the songs have a universal theme, appealing to diverse demographics and multicultural backgrounds. Their name is a play on words. It means what you might expect when you first hear it, but the word “Gob” is slang in the British Isles for your mouth, and since they are more of a vocal group than instrumentalists, it seemed even more appropriate.
Members include Martin Lambuth, and brothers Denis and Tim Sullivan. Martin is Denis and Tim’s brother in law, making this band truly a family affair. They accompany themselves with guitar, bodhran, sticks, banjo and the awe-inspiring instrument not found in any other band—“Bagmonica”. March 2009 will mark their 15th year together as Gobs O’Phun.
They can be found in pubs all over the region, and may even be singing in some of them. Their summers have been filled with festivals of all kinds throughout the years, including two of the largest in the country—the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver and the Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Festival in Estes Park.
And the most recent feather in their cap—an honor bestowed perhaps not so much because of their talents, but because of their enthusiastic fan support and loyalty—Gobs O’Phun took 5th place in the 2008-2009 Denver Channel 7 A*List
competition for Best Local Band.
www.gobsophun.com
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