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St Dominic's Trio
10+ albums
Allrockelvis costelloMinnesotavan morrison
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St Dominic's Trio plays rootsy rock that gets blue, swings, drops by motown, and drives through the back roads of Americana. The band originated as an offshoot of the Minneapolis-based Van Morrison tribute band The Belfast Cowboys. The Trio plays original music, along with songs by Van Morrison and other bands/artists. In 2002, as The Belfast Cowboys began playing in the Minneapolis/St Paul bars, Terry Walsh looked for a way to bring the band into venues that were too small for the Cowboys' 9-piece ensemble. Kieran Folliard, owner of The Local, Kieran's Irish Pub, and The Liffey gave the new lineup a home. The smaller band was dubbed St Dominic's Trio, after the Van Morrison album, St Dominic's Preview. In the autumn of 2002, St Dominic's Trio played its first gig, at The Liffey in St Paul. Walsh was on guitar and vocals, Bart Bakker (27 Various, Terry Walsh and 2 A.M.) on bass, and Andy Crowley (Fat Tuesday, The Mammy Nuns) on keyboards. The combo continued to hone their live show until the spring of 2003, when Bakker was badly hurt in a motorcycle accident. During his long rehabilitation, drummer Dave Haugen (Terry Walsh and 2 A.M) filled in as the third piece of the trio. After a few months, with Bakker's recovery and musical future uncertain, Joe Baumgart (Peal, The Mammy Nuns) joined the band on bass, making the trio a quartet (or The World's Biggest Trio). Baumgart added a dry wit and soulful lead vocals to the marathon gigs during which Walsh's voice often needed a
