ROONEY’S IRREGULARS featuring Pat Alger , Sam Bush , Tim O'Brien , Shawn Camp , Pat McLaughlin , Richard Bailey , Bill Kenner , Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson , Dan Dugmore , Pete Wasner , Dave Pomeroy , Larry Atamanuik & Pat McInerney with John Lomax

JIM ROONEY: Grammy Award-winning Nashville producer who has worked with John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Hal Ketchum, Iris DeMent, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Paxton, Peter Rowan, and David Olney. SHAWN CAMP: IBMA Vocalist of the Year, member of The Earls of Leicester, songwriter for Two Pina Coladas, Would You Go With Me, Nobody But Me, Sam Bush; co-founder of Newgrass revival, Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, four-time IBMA Mandolinist of the Year recipient from Americana Music Association and King of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. STUART DUNCAN: World-class fiddler, member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band, collaborator with Edgar Meyer, Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Aoife ODonovan on chart-topping Grammy-winning albums; valued session contributor to countless projects; Irregular since inception. TIM OBRIEN: Original member of Hot Rize and Red Knuckles Walk The Way The Wind Blows and Untold Stories. PAT ALGER: Member Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Georgia Music Hall of Fame; songwriter for Goin Gone, Small Town Saturday Night, The Thunder Rolls, Like We Never Had A Broken Heart. PAT MCLOUGHLIN: Mainstay of Nashville since 1980 with album Wind It On Up produced by Jim Rooney; later co-produced Party At Pats for Appaloosa Records; songs include Lynda Tell me About It and Bill Kenner's Holdin Heaven, Paradise Tonight, Your Love Is A Miracle. PETE WASNER: Pianist with Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Vince Gill; songwriter for Whenever You Come Around, Dont Let Our Love Start Slippin Away, One Night A Day, Mama Knows The Highway. DAN DUGMORE: Steel guitar player with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor; session musician on hundreds of albums. DAVE POMEROY: Bassist with Don Williams; co-leader of jazz fusion group Tone Patrol with Kenny Malone for fifteen years; played on hundreds of recordings. RICHARD BAILEY: Co-founder of The Steeldrivers contemporary bluegrass band; also performed banjo with Roland White, Kathy Chiavola; sought-after session musician recording with Tom Rush, Tom Paxton, George Jones and others. KIRK JELLYROLL JOHNSON: Harmonica player on countless sessions for The Judds, Randy Travis, Hal Ketchum, Suzy Boggus; often accompanies songwriter Don Schlitz on Grand Ole Opry. LARRY ATAMANUIK: Drummer with Seatrain folk-rock band, Peter Rowan's Crucial Country Band, Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers, Alison Krauss, Shawn Camp and many others. PAT MCINERNEY: Drummer who moved from England to Nashville to play with Don Williams; has remained in the city for over twenty years; played extensively with Nanci Griffith and co-produced her album The Loving Kind.