We're a Dorset, UK, based Irish band, formed by fiddler Gill Collins and guitarist John Reeks. The two having met and played atvarious Irish music sessions across the South of England, set themselves the task of seeking out other like minded individuals in the area to take their love of music to the masses.

Originally Gill named the band "Tripping Upstairs" after the name of a jig that her and John regularly played at the Coventry Arms pub in Corfe Mullen, however she soon fell out of love with the name when they found themselves playing the tune everywhere they went!

Eventually they recruited multi instrumentalist, vocalist and generally tall person - Clive Jennings, who is well known in the Dorset area for his singing and playing with various bands and accordionist Mike McDaid who is known for his playing around the Irish sessions and as a founder member of The Treefellahs and one of the organisers of the Wessex Folk Festival