Flogging Molly in Phoenix
I think it’s still interesting to hear about people planning their St. Patty’s Day celebrations in Phoenix. There are the usual plans to just go to the pub and drink all day, and with places as congenial as Molly McCaffrey’s, and as hip as Casey Moore’s, there are excellent places to watch the day turn into night, but something happens here every year that makes it seem like planning should be a no-brainer. St. Patty’s Day is as good a time as any to come to Phoenix, luxury hotels are plentiful, and they really do it up right here, and there’s also some of the most spectacular weather in the country here at this time. In some years, it’s already a little warm, but the evenings are cool and full of hope.
But there’s also Flogging Molly. I sure don’t know where it started, or how, but they’ve been playing this holiday here for a few years now. Phoenix has a sizable Irish-American population by most standards, but nothing really unusual. Who knows why this band, which has enjoyed tremendous success all over the world, has decided to love it here so much, but we shouldn’t look this gift horse in the mouth. Or if we do, it should be from the inside of the mosh pit, so we can work it out like real gentlemen.
The truth is, this is one of the coolest bands in the world right now. I’m just a little too young to have seen the Pogues before Shane started losing his ability to walk without scaring the children and the dogs, so this is as good as it gets. To hear Flogging Molly play Phoenix is a cool thing for all of us. They’re shows are extremely rowdy, and always lots of fun. They’ve worked up quite a following, generally speaking, and fans here know what to expect on the holiday named for a man who drove out pagan snakes. At the best moments in their playing, we can almost see the snakes come crawling back in.
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