Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club are an independent

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from Ireland. Jerry Fish is the alter ego of musician and record producer Gerard Whelan (who also leads the band

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) who founded an independent record label and the band Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, an eclectic, roots collective of musicians, friends and songs inspired in part by a musical circus troupe from

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, the movie soundtracks of

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and the music of

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artists

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and

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(Mink DeVille). The band's sound has been described as a mix of 'lounge lizard schmooze and mariachi passion' and 'punk Latino'. Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club released the debut album ''Be Yourself'' in September 2002 and had a top ten hit in Ireland with the song ''True Friends'' after it was used in a television advertisement for

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, the album went on to achieve multi-platinum sales in Ireland and was released in the U.K. in 2003 to critical acclaim. ''Be Yourself'' also includes contributions from Irish singer

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. Jerry Fish was given an Irish Music Award at the

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for best Roots/Country Artist and went on to present the second series of the music television programme ' Other Voices' produced by Phillip King that same year. The Mudbug Club toured ''Be Yourself'' in Ireland and the U.K. throughout 2002, 2003 and 2004 and became a festival favourite in the United Kingdom and Ireland playing

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, The

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, V Festival,

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and

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. In 2004 Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club recorded and released a live album and DVD ''Live at The Spiegeltent - floating on The River Liffey'', recorded at the Palais de Glase Spiegeltent as part of The

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. In 2009, the band released ''The Beautiful Untrue'' featuring guest vocals from rockabilly singer

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and indie singer Carol Keogh. ''The Beautiful Untrue'' entered the Irish charts at number 7. In the same year Jerry Fish also recorded an album with the actors

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and

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, and the singer

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, with the contributors reciting poems written by Madsen. Fish and Madsen signed a deal to make three records together, released on Fish's "The Mudbug Club" label . Fish also composed music to appear on the tracks as a soundscape. No release date has been named yet for the album. At Christmas 2010, the song ''Back to before'' from the album ''The Beautiful Untrue'' featured in a television and radio advertisement in Spain and Portugal for the department store chain

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. In 2011, ''The Beautiful Untrue'' was released in Spain by

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Discography

;Albums: *''Be Yourself'', 2002 *''Live At The Spiegeltent'', 2004 *''The Beautiful Untrue'', 2009 ;DVD: *''Live At The Spiegeltent'', 2004 (Free Bonus DVD on CD Limited Edition)

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fish and The Mudbug Club, Jerry Irish alternative rock groups Musical groups from Dublin (city) Musical groups established in 2002