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Mickey at the Wolfe Tones concert...in the background, these Dublin natives play while a fan waves the Orange and the Green. |
The four original Wolfe Tones have been playing Irish songs of patriotism for over thirty-seven years. |
Band founder, leader, mandolin player and singer Derek Warfield takes time off from autographs for a photo with Mickey. |
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Brian Warfield picks the banjo and sings. |
Noel Nagle plays the tin whistle. |
Tommy Byrne sings and plays guitar. |
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Mickey poses with Noel Guthrie, who has backed up the Wolfe Tones on the bass guitar for seventeen years. |
The Wolfe Tones drew a crowd of about 1000 Irish-Americans and others passionate for a peacefully united Ireland. |
Mickey with Tommy Byrne, lead singer and guitar player for the Tones, and Jerry Wyatt, owner of a local Kansas City Irish pub. |
Derek Warfield sings and plays mandolin. |
 Brian Warfield, co-founder of the Wolfe Tones with his brother, plays several instruments including the banjo and guitar, and writes the majority of the band's songs. |
Noel Guthrie plays the bass guitar. |
Noel Nagle, tin whistle and uilleann pipe player, and one of the four original band members, takes a moment with Mickey. |
By the end of the night, the crowd was in a frenzy over the highly emotional, lively and entertaining music of the Wolfe Tones. |
For more information on the Wolfe Tones, visit their web site by
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Photos by Megan Kilbride |
