The Happy Cats

A drop of the Irish, a spoonful of Country, a splash of Cajun and a twist of folk…

was back at Powburn on Saturday evening (17 June 2017). Almost one year to the date since The Happy Cats gave their their last sell-out performance at Breamish Hall.

Multi-talented line-up

Marty Craggs (lead vocals, saxophone, harmonica, flute, tin whistle, tambourine, bodhran), Les Dodd (guitar, vocals) and Lenny Brown (accordion, vocals) had the crowd pulsating with an exhilarating, high-energy performance from beginning to end.

Celtic sounds, Geordie and Irish folk, and some nostalgic ‘Lindisfarne’ classics had toes tapping, hands clapping and the crowd on their feet.

Simply stupendous!

How it played out

Marty Craggs

Lenny Brown

Les Dodd

The Happy Cats on stage

Marty Craggs playing flute

Les Dodd – guitar

Lenny Brown – accordion

Marty Craggs – saxophone

A hot spoonful of salsa

Lenny Brown

Lenny Brown’s dazzling jigs and reels

Les Dodd

Les Dodd’s rocking rhythms

Marty Craggs – bodhran