The Band
Keith Fallon - Lead Vocals and Guitar
Tom Canny - Guitar, Bass and Vocals
Mike Canny - Guitar, Mandolin and Vocals
Dean Russo - Drums
Steve Canny - Bass, Guitar and Irish Tenor Banjo
"The Show"
To see the Canny Brothers Band live is to have a
transcendent cultural experience. Brothers Steve,
Tom and Mike Canny, Dean Russo, and Keith Fallon all
may hail from Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, but their
musical roots know no boundaries. Heavily
influenced during their formative years by the magic
of The Grateful Dead and the whiskey-soaked blues of
the Allman Brothers Band, the brothers have
continued to explore new musical frontiers, most
notably the earthy sounds of their Celtic
forefathers. Though primarily a cover band, they
have also, in recent years, begun to work some high
quality original music into their sets. The result
is a huge working repertoire of songs, and live
shows that are rife with possibilities and surprises.
On "Beggar's Banquet," the Rolling Stones aptly
described their band as a "Jigsaw Puzzle." It
worked because all of the pieces fit. The same
applies to the CBB. All of the pieces fit in this
band, too. But rather than a "jigsaw puzzle," the
Canny Brothers Band are more of a tapestry, woven
together by their common love for music, good humor,
friendship, and a rollicking good time! Words, of
course, can only go so far. No matter how carefully
crafted, they cannot hope to replicate the primal
forces that are at work in a live rock n' roll show.
It would be best for all those who read these words
to heed the tribal drum, and come on down to the
next Canny Brothers Band Show.
Thomas E. Harkins