Mulligan Stew has been a fixture in the Irish/Celtic Music Scene in Chicago since 1978. They got their start playing in several nostalgic locations such as Durty Dicks, Kilkenny Castle Inn, Glenshesk Public House, O’Sullivans, Callahans, Irish Mill Inn & Irish Eyes. More recently you will have seen them playing at many local venues like Abbey Pub, Andys, Claddagh Pub, Curragh, Moher, Celtic Knot, Bridie McKennas, Johnny O’Hagens, Carraig Pub at Gaelic Park, Fifth Province Pub at Irish American Heritage Center and many others as well as Chicago Irish Fest, Gaelic Park Irish Festival and Milwaukee Irish Fest.
Their song selections come from Traditional Irish Music, Irish Drinking Songs, Folk, Rock, Bluegrass & Country Music. Mark and Bob, two of the original three members of the band have been playing music together since meeting in College at the American Conservatory of Music in 1974. Rich Trumbo, the other original member who played Bass & Flute, retired from Mulligan Stew in 1999 to concentrate on his own music store business, Music House located on West Devon Ave in Chicago. Since then, they have added a fiddle/mandolin player and more recently, percussion.
