Molly's Revenge Celtic Music Band, performing at the San Diego Scottish Highland Games and Gathering of Clans
from an interview with Lisa D. Smith and Pete Haworth

David Brewer, Pete Haworth, Stu Mason and John Weed got together in the Santa Cruz, California area in 2000. A local pub was searching for a band to play their St. Patrick's Day night and these four got together for one performance. Some months later the arrangement became permanent and Molly's Revenge Celtic Music Band was formed.

The band's rousing vocals along with their hard driving rhythm and superb musicianship, brings the best of Celtic music to their audiences at festivals, Highland Games and private concerts.

Pete Haworth hails from England and is a guitarist that now plays the bouzouki, a mandolin like instrument from Greece that fits Irish and Celtic music perfectly.

Stu Mason was born in West Virginia. He plays rhythm guitar, and is a talented cartoonist as well. You can see his illustrated story behind how the band got it's, set to the music of the bands original song, The Saga of Molly's Revenge, by visiting www.MollysRevenge.com

David Brewer, who moved from Oregon to the Santa Cruz area, is a multi-talented wood wind musician. The standing joke in the band is "If something stays still too long , David will find a way to play it." David plays Scottish Highland bagpipes, uilleann pipes, Irish Bagpipes, the penny whistle bodhran, mandolin, and guitar. He is an enthusiastic collector of musical instruments.

John Weed is the fiddle player from Sacramento. He started out as a classical violinist, but after seeing a performance by Dale Russ, he feel in love with Irish fiddling. John has also spent time in Ireland learning about the tradition at it's source.

Molly's Revenge has toured through parts of the USA, China and Australia, to the delight of all the audiences. They appeal to audiences of all ages, and even do some school programs. In Shanghai, they were asked to learn and perform a Chinese song, which they did, astounding the Chinese audience with their version of a traditional Chinese song.

The band is currently working on a new CD, to be produced by John Doyle and released in the early part of 2008. You can find information about their CD's, performance schedule and booking information by visiting www.mollysrevenge.com

For a movie and a clip of Molly's Revenge music, please click here.

For more about the San Diego Highland Games & Gathering of Clans, click here.