The Black Irish Band have been the clear leaders in the music of the Wildland Firefighters, who fight forest fires way out West!. Their leader, Patrick Michael Karnahan, has been a wildland firefighter with the United States Forest Service for well over 20 years and knows his subject matter first-hand. In 2007 the band recorded their landmark album,"Into the Fire", which was the first of it's kind in the subject matter. the songs from that album have been heard throughout the country, along with the music videos in the millions. More about the bands roots Twenty-nine years, and the release of Twenty-Six albums! When you take Irish, Scottish, Spanish, and Italian Music, and mix it up, you get the true nature of the Black Irish Band. For 29 years this band has created an original sound that no other band has. With over 600 concert performances to date and airplay around the world, the band has kept very busy spreading their brand of progressive folk music to a large audience. Performing both traditional and original music the band is very focused on presenting acoustic music in a very exciting up-beat way that appeals to all ages. The band has written and recorded 96 original songs that appear on many of the bands twenty-five CD recordings. Many of the original works written by the band are based on Celtic history. Hailing from the historic Gold Rush Country of America, the four/-five member Black Irish Band of 29 years, have a musical style that is as timeless as the rugged landscape of the west, a tribute to the people whose lives were spent building the world we now take for granted. The band has a large compliment of traditional maritime and railroad music, as well as ethnic tunes in their repertoire. They excel at Irish & Scottish, Italian, and American folk music with an assortment of original songs and traditional western ballads. The bands musical style captures the spirit of the immigrants of this land, the men and women who tamed the Wild West. The latest release is titled “Give Us All Yer Whiskey”.The Black Irish Band has gained much national attention over the years. In 2005 the band was featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and performed at the National Mall and Kennedy Center. The band was featured on CBS"This Morning". In 2000 the band headlined at the International Music Festival in Singapore. The band also was the featured performers for the 100th Anniversaries of the Alaskan Gold Rush and White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Because of the historical nature of the Black Irish Band many venues such as, the Alaska History Museum, Golden Spike NHS, Gene Autry Museum, the Los Angels, San Diego, and San Francisco Maritime Museums have headlined the group in the past. The band has sold 120,000 albums independently to date, and their music has been featured on College Radio Stations, National Public Radio, and on Satellite Radio Programming. Their recent original song, “Grizzly of Old California”, which features the vocals of Michael Martin Murphey, has been broadcasted on stations throughout the world. Another noted original work by the band, “Ballad of John Muir”, has been celebrated on the official John Muir National web site. The band also boasts 92 music videos on (You-Tube) at ---Patrick KarnahanThe Black Irish band Are: Patrick Michael Karnahan: banjo, melodeon, octave mandolin, trumpet, guitar, concertina, vocals * Steve McArthur: accordion, guitar, piano, vocals * James Dean Nelson: banjo, guitar, vocals * Stan Emmons: bass, vocals ·Tobin Denton, drums (on –request)